The Chess Computer Review

A new way of finding products such as chess pieces, chess sets and chess computers or electronic chess has arisen through Google’s growing conquest of the online world - called Google Product Search. As a brief aside from the review of individual chess computer models, it’s worth looking at this excellent provision from a company that allows free listings in an online world dominated by companies that charge for listings. This excellent source of products is regularly checked and is completely free of artificial results. Any company can promote their products through the medium and the results are free - they can also be optimised through such companies as TurnerDow Search Engine Optimisation who specialise in RSS and Google Product Feed optimisation. The feed above also has chess computers as a substantial part of the company range and shows in various search phrases.

The Novag Citrine (now back on track with their new cabinets and improved quality) is a great chess computer to be sure. But many users have suggested an improved set of pieces would be justified for this high level chess computer. So ChessBaron have come out with an improved set of pieces re-engineered for the Citrine from their luxury chess set range. The set is this set of chess pieces and the complete chess computer product. The Citrine product is so improved that ChessBaron’s chess computer tester suggested that they should only sell the enhanced version. But they’re continuing to market both versions so that users can come back later and purchase the enhanced pieces. The company hope that the enhanced Novag Citrine will boost their Citrine sales over competitors who only have the standard set. With ChessBaron’s product - you get the standard pieces and the enhanced set too. The company say this enhanced set can be returned and if the original Citrine was bought from them the enhanced set can be bought later at the same price as the with-the-Citrine price. Innovation indeed. Our review of the product had everyone raving about it.

Market leaders ChessBaron have now started stocking the full range of chess software, pocket chess software and chess DVDs. Cool. The market for software is continually progressing as the drivers of the genre - ChessBase - have an aggressive drive for excellence (some might protest ‘at the expense of their employee satisfaction’) bringing along their smaller rivals. This is a model that could be followed in the genre of stand-alone chess computers which is awaiting a smart new entrant after Saitek’s recent takeover. Software such as Fritz and Shredder are superb, fully featured and remarkably low priced for the amount of functionality they boast.