Excalibur Model 932ED Stiletto III (1996) Electronic Chess Computer

EXCALIBUR STILETTO III Electronic Chess Computer - picture taken from box

MAIN EXCALIBUR STILETTO III MODEL 932-ED GAME CHARACTERISTICS

72 Levels of Play
Excalibur's Exclusive Teach Mode Teaches Beginners and Challenges Advanced Players
Special Rating Function: Monitors Your Level of Play and Improvement
100’s of Preprogrammed Book Opening Positions
Estimated Rating 1600

PLAYER RATING SYSTEM. How Good is Your Chess? Measure Your Progress

Your computer can estimate how strong you are as a chess player from the results you score against it and from the amount of time you take to think.

The computer adjusts your rating at the end of each game, according to the result of the game and the relative thinking times used by you and the computer.

The basic principles of the rating system are very simple. Let us start by assuming that you and the computer both use the same total time during a game and that you win the game. Since you won the game your rating will go up. The amount it goes up depends upon the rating difference between you and the computer before the game started.

If you were rated very much lower than the computer before the start if the game then the computer would be expected to beat you most of the time, so you will gain a lot of rating points for beating it. If you were rated slightly lower than the computer then you will gain fewer rating points. and if you were rated higher then the computer the you would be expected to beat it more often than not and so you will gain still fewer rating points for beating it.

On the other hand, if you lose a game against the computer you will lose rating points. If you had been rated below the computer before the game, you will lose comparatively few rating points if it beats you. But if you were rated higher than the computer before the game you will lose more rating points if it beats you.

Now let us consider what happens if you take much longer than the computer over your moves (of vice versa). If you take longer than the computer then you are, in effect, making yourself stronger than in the previous example because you are thinking more. The computer's rating system takes this into account and when it calculates your new rating, after a game, it first considers whether you or the computer took longer to think and, if so, by how much. So you will gain extra rating points for winning a game if you use less total thinking time than the computer, and you will gain fewer points for winning a game if you use more total thinking time than the computer.

The following scale indicates your playing category:

If your rating is below 800 you are an absolute beginner.
Between 800 and 1,000 you are a novice.
From 1,000 to 1,200 you an intermediate player.
From 1,200 to 1,500 you are an advanced player.
Above 1,500, you are too strong for this computer and should think about an upgrade to a stronger model.

Excerpts taken from the Excalibur The Stiletto III user manual.

NOTE: The User Manual included with the Excalibur Stiletto III can be used for Models 922E, 923N, 932ED and 969WE .

Technical Specification

Excalibur Stiletto III (1996)

Box

Control Buttons

User Manual

Spacious Mind

Schachcomputer.Info

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MANUFACTURER

PROGRAMMER

Excalibur Electronics, Inc

David Levy/Mark Taylor

1600 USCF

6/23/1996

$99.95

Not Available

Year:

MFR ELO:

Original Price:

Wiki ELO:

Model #:

932ED

My Serial #:

Not Available

Processor OEM

Timorite

Processor:

SC437609F

Speed:

Type:

8 Bit

2 MHz

ROM:

7744 Byte

RAM:

176 Byte

Battery Type:

4 x AAA

Power Adapter:

6V DC +/-

Display:

LCd 4 Pos 7 Seg

Board Type:

Press Sensory

Overall Size:

Board Size:

8x8 in

11.1/4x9.1/2x1

Options Select:

Button Select

Play Levels:

72

Opening Book:

250 Half Moves

Take Back:

2 Half Moves

Position Setup:

Available

Position Verify:

Available

Move Analysis:

Display Info:

Not Available

Solve Mate:

Mate-in-2

Save Game:

Available

Ponder:

Not Available

Search Depth:

Not Known

Provide Hint:

Available

Teach Mode:

Not Available

Change Sides:

Available

Active Level:

TM Level:

LV 71

Infinite Level:

LV 72 (4-5 min)

LV 48

Hardware Specification

Game Features

Matchplay & Test ELO Ratings

Computer Game Rating

Rating Test

Other Computer Chess Ratings

USCF

Spacious Mind

Human Rating

USCF

CCR

CCNS

Ply

FIDE

USCF

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1358

1219

Class D Level Electronic Table Top Chess Computer!