Happy birthday to me!
My birthday was a couple of days ago and my wife got me one of those DGT sensory chess boards. It is a beautiful piece of work. I've not had a chance to try it out yet. I'm hoping it will be good for playing blitz games with OJ since it will record all of our moves. Also, I think it might be fun to let Fritz analyze our weekly games as we play and see what Fritz has to say about our moves immediately after the game...
posted by fussylizard @ 1:00 PM
8 Comments:
Congratulations. That's an awesome birthday present. (Don't you agree Margriet?)
Happy Birthday!
Great gift! Let me know how you like it. I've been eyeing one of those :)
It's pretty cool. I let Shredder whip my ass a few times last night.
The main realistic benefit for me is that I can keep record of blitz games that are played OTB, and immediate feedback on game performance (though I prefer to do my own analysis before tainting myself with the computer's analysis). Other than that I don't see much practical benefit over internet play that you couldn't get by just playing moves on a physical board as they come in from your opponent. Also, the board is a bit heavy and bulky, so it will be a bit irritating to transport. And I certainly wouldn't take it to a tournament for fear of theft.
On the non-practical side, the board is beautiful, the pieces are nice, and it's just plain cool. It's pretty neat to set up a position on the board and then be able to play it against Shredder.
Of course the best thing will be when we have holographic boards and you could load up a position on the computer and have it displayed on a real board. *That* would be awesome!
Oh, and thanks for the birthday wishes! :-)
Happy Birthday, Mr. Lizard! :)
Beautiful board!
Hey, I want one of those! Congrats, and happy birthday.
Happy birthday man. That is one sweet gift!
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