Mephisto Phoenix Chess Computer System

[Hai]

Will you buy it?
https://phoenixcs.nl/news/new-mephisto- ... er-system/
https://phoenixcs.nl/products/mephisto- ... 4-english/
https://phoenixcs.nl/products/mephisto- ... 2-english/
https://phoenixcs.nl/products/mephisto- ... 0-english/
https://computerchess.com/en/Mephisto-P ... board/M924

[Hai]

123 views

4 yes
3 maybe
2 no

That means only 4 or probably 7 out of 123 will buy it...
It's a great chess computer but maybe some people prefer the color of the Supreme Tournament 55 board.

[CornfedForever]

For that price, I would prefer to put a 'hell' in front of my no!

[Magnum]

For that price, I would prefer to put a 'hell' in front of my no!

I will buy it.
You should take a second look, see the details, it's really worth the money and there is a big discount if you buy it until the 31.10.2022

[mclane]

We can be happy to buy a new mephisto computer.
I remember how i bought my first mephisto computer.
I was a teenager, had not much money.

[CornfedForever]

For that price, I would prefer to put a 'hell' in front of my no!

I will buy it.
You should take a second look, see the details, it's really worth the money and there is a big discount if you buy it until the 31.10.2022

I even took a 3rd look. $1800 USD for this is...just crazy. But YBMV (Your Budget May Vary)

[Graham Banks]

123 views

4 yes
3 maybe
2 no

That means only 4 or probably 7 out of 123 will buy it...
It's a great chess computer but maybe some people prefer the color of the Supreme Tournament 55 board.

If I had the money to spare, I'd buy it for sure, but I don't, so had to vote no.

[daniel71]

I still have my Mephisto Mondial that I purchased from ICD Chess USA, works perfect after all these years. Its too expensive but I have DGT Chess boards that I thought was too expensive too that I purchased. This should have Syzygy 6 piece Tablebases built in for this price. I'm not doing well financially right now so its a wish list item for me. Still happy to see the Mephisto Name on a Chess Product they are well built, I had a Saitek Mephisto LCD chess computer that was great too.

[JohnW]

Why would anyone buy that? For hundreds less you can just buy a DGT board, connect it to your PC and Arena\Fritz or DGT Pi and play hundreds of free chess engines including the majority of Mephisto ROMS.

[Magnum]

Why would anyone buy that? For hundreds less you can just buy a DGT board, connect it to your PC and Arena\Fritz or DGT Pi and play hundreds of free chess engines including the majority of Mephisto ROMS.

I looked at a DGT wooden board and it only has:
bluetooth, usb, rosewood, royal = 750 €
and it doesn't even have "LED" on the board = I must look most of the play time on my PC display and can't concentrate on my game on the wooden board.
I would probably buy a DGT tournament wooden board with LED and all-in stuff.
It will cost probably 1000 € or more and if I buy and connect the Mephisto Phoenix Module 1000 € (later 1200 €) then I will pay at least 2000 (later at least 2200 €)

Another interesting DGT board = 950 € without LED. You can add the +200 € to the 2200 € = 2400 €

The Mephisto Phoenix Board with LED (without Mephisto Phoenix Module) would cost only 500 / 800 €
= 1500 € / 1800 € with the Module.

If someone wants to buy a cheap plastic DGT board, feel free to do it.
If someone wants to buy an even cheaper plastic Mephisto Phoenix board, ask the Mephisto team for development.
If someone wants to buy a very very cheap paper board with open hardware ask me.