Exceptional machine! I was a massive Saitek chess computer fan back in the day and this was always one of the 'boutique' computers you'd see in the manuals that came with the 'Cavalier'. I still have a pocket plus and calculator chess to this day. Great stuff! :D
👍 What never fails to amaze me is the fact, that even if I buy 30 or 40 yr old machines from Mephisto or Saitek, I expect them to work....and they do. Regarding the Virtuoso, I always wanted one and recently had the chance to buy it. You don't see that many of them.
@@followyourpassion8378 The 'Olympiad Chess Computer', I believe. It has some battery corrosion that I cleaned up this morning and it turned on....I will get a chance to try to tonight or tomorrow. I love it...the idea, anyway. 😄 I like that it comes with regular pieces and checker type pieces. that's a fun feature, imho
@@evilpandakillabzonattkoccu4879 Nice find! The Olympiad is definitely strong enough to give you a challenge for quite some time. It is around 1400+ ELO. Maybe the quickest way to win is to trade off all pieces early and win in the end game.
@@followyourpassion8378 I'm a low ranking player [as in: never played a ranked game] .... casual at best.....I had it on the hardest settings and it never took more thank 30 seconds to come up with a move. The few openings I do happen to kind of know....it decimated from move two, I could tell....then it would get hyper aggressive. My 2nd game, I told my wife "look at this board" and I was checkmate with my king, one knight and two pawns left....and the computer had 6 pawns, a rook, a bishop, it's king and a new queen (I traded queens....it punished me for it). 😄🤣 It's great! For me, that's how I learn the best....to lose, assess where my mistakes were.....lose again, reassess, rinse repeat. 😄 so, the stronger my opponent, the better I will be forced to become (or I will just get spectacular at losing to really good opponents). 😄 Kasparov taught us all a thing or two about man vs computer.....and, because I'm not a high ranked player, I have a bit of an edge....in theory. A pro will expect pro moves and beginner mistakes. If a beginner adapts to the pro players moves, the pro player will tend to go for the expected defense for the anticipated move. The beginner won't know what the most expected moves and, while reacting to the situation and adapting, has a chance to make a move that makes sense to them and will win, but isn't obvious for the pro. I have one chess app and I play the computer at its highest level. I have a 5% win rate....and it rates me at 1400elo [which isn't true. I'm nowhere near that good]. why? Because I play the hardest setting, make moves that it doesn't anticipate, then see that I've lost early and resign....so it gives me points for being able to 'identify' the problems and know I was losing, after making 'well calculated' moves. so, I'm gaming the system, essentially. that doesn't count. it against the cpu only. it doesn't show me as a high ranked player to others (im not a valor thief, to be clear haha) I hope to actually learn with this! 🤣 it has a 'new game' button so I can rage quit, but no resign, so I get to play until I die. no way to game the system.
@@Albertoni80 😄 still, never have seen it. I really like Mephisto Montreal 68000. It is very convenient to operate. In the "laptop" form factor, I like Mephisto Atlanta and, of course, my first chess computer, Saitek GK2000.
Exceptional machine! I was a massive Saitek chess computer fan back in the day and this was always one of the 'boutique' computers you'd see in the manuals that came with the 'Cavalier'. I still have a pocket plus and calculator chess to this day. Great stuff! :D
👍 What never fails to amaze me is the fact, that even if I buy 30 or 40 yr old machines from Mephisto or Saitek, I expect them to work....and they do. Regarding the Virtuoso, I always wanted one and recently had the chance to buy it. You don't see that many of them.
Muy linda computadora de ajedrez es Kasparov Virtuoso!!!
Gracias 🙂
Combien mesure une case du Virtuoso? 2cm? 2,5cm?
@@Alinktome 2,5cm
very nice machine, thank you for the post.
Hola. Donde puedo conseguir el manual? Gracias
chess-computers.eu/Data/pdf_manuals/Saitek_Virtuoso_ES.pdf
I found a lower quality, but same maker, board today and, while I have yet to test it....it looks amazing! They charged me $2 for it. 🤷♂️
Nice! Do you know what model it is?
@@followyourpassion8378 The 'Olympiad Chess Computer', I believe. It has some battery corrosion that I cleaned up this morning and it turned on....I will get a chance to try to tonight or tomorrow. I love it...the idea, anyway. 😄 I like that it comes with regular pieces and checker type pieces. that's a fun feature, imho
totally works and is amazing! its.....beat me three times already. 🥺☹🤣
@@evilpandakillabzonattkoccu4879 Nice find! The Olympiad is definitely strong enough to give you a challenge for quite some time. It is around 1400+ ELO. Maybe the quickest way to win is to trade off all pieces early and win in the end game.
@@followyourpassion8378 I'm a low ranking player [as in: never played a ranked game] .... casual at best.....I had it on the hardest settings and it never took more thank 30 seconds to come up with a move. The few openings I do happen to kind of know....it decimated from move two, I could tell....then it would get hyper aggressive. My 2nd game, I told my wife "look at this board" and I was checkmate with my king, one knight and two pawns left....and the computer had 6 pawns, a rook, a bishop, it's king and a new queen (I traded queens....it punished me for it).
😄🤣 It's great! For me, that's how I learn the best....to lose, assess where my mistakes were.....lose again, reassess, rinse repeat. 😄 so, the stronger my opponent, the better I will be forced to become (or I will just get spectacular at losing to really good opponents). 😄
Kasparov taught us all a thing or two about man vs computer.....and, because I'm not a high ranked player, I have a bit of an edge....in theory. A pro will expect pro moves and beginner mistakes. If a beginner adapts to the pro players moves, the pro player will tend to go for the expected defense for the anticipated move. The beginner won't know what the most expected moves and, while reacting to the situation and adapting, has a chance to make a move that makes sense to them and will win, but isn't obvious for the pro.
I have one chess app and I play the computer at its highest level. I have a 5% win rate....and it rates me at 1400elo [which isn't true. I'm nowhere near that good].
why? Because I play the hardest setting, make moves that it doesn't anticipate, then see that I've lost early and resign....so it gives me points for being able to 'identify' the problems and know I was losing, after making 'well calculated' moves.
so, I'm gaming the system, essentially. that doesn't count. it against the cpu only. it doesn't show me as a high ranked player to others (im not a valor thief, to be clear haha)
I hope to actually learn with this! 🤣 it has a 'new game' button so I can rage quit, but no resign, so I get to play until I die. no way to game the system.
Hi.. do you know where I can buy one of the Millenium Kings? Thanks!
Where are you located? In the US, www.chesshouse.com/ is worth a look. They carry Millennium and have all the models available.
I'm in Fairview, North Carolina.
I loveeeee it
It is a very nice set, sometimes hard to find. However, check out this one:
ruclips.net/video/RC2nGrYEwOQ/видео.html
@@followyourpassion8378 I knew it, I have a passion for classic chess computer and I have seen them all.
@@Albertoni80 Did you ever come by the Novag Disney Magic Castle? I'd really like to see that one...
@@followyourpassion8378 Only on the internet, is for children, I m not interested in that type of chess computer, it is not serious 🤣🤣. It's a joke??
@@Albertoni80 😄 still, never have seen it. I really like Mephisto Montreal 68000. It is very convenient to operate. In the "laptop" form factor, I like Mephisto Atlanta and, of course, my first chess computer, Saitek GK2000.