Comments on: Novag Citrine Review

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By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:20:53 +0000

Novice level is weaker – 1 ply + captures, compared to 2 ply + captures for beginner. It is very difficult to assign a rating to the lower levels, but my guess would be in the region of 800 Elo, maybe? It uses an opening book so the opening is good, the middlegame is usually quite solid (no simply hanging pieces), but the endgame is very weak on weaker levels – problem is it’s not looking deep enough to see things like pawn promotion, opposition, whether the king can get back to defend etc…

By: Ed

Ed — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:29:13 +0000

Hi Dave – Great article! Just got mine and have been playing all day. I am only rated at 954 right now but can beat the Beginner Level 1 on Easy every time. Question – What is easier, Beginner Level or Novice Level? Instruction are not to clear on this. Also, do you have an idea of the rating level of the Beginner and Novice Levels? Looking forward to an article from you about hooking Citrine up to a PC!! Thanx for the reply – ED

By: bychamp

bychamp — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 22:44:30 +0000

I dont know why Novag dont put inside citrine, the old program of Diablo? would be very expensive?

By: Timo

Timo — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:11:37 +0000

Could somebody confirm, did Citrine make (tree) beep signal, when you play SD levels and you time is out? Dave just confirm, that Citrine show FLAG in lcd-panel in same situation.

And if you know, plese tell me what generation your Citrine are or when you buy it.

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 10:29:02 +0000

Not sure about the beeps as I always run it with the sound off. I’ll try and check sometime, though someone else here might be able to tell you how their’s behaves.

By: Timo

Timo — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 17:56:11 +0000

Ok, you Citrine flashes FLAG in lcd-panel. Did the machine also make tree beep signal, when time is out in SD level? Both thing should be happen, if Citrine work well.

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 15:30:13 +0000

Never had a problem with SD mode as far as I know. It flashes up FLAG and allows you to continue if you want. I think it is 2nd generation model.

By: Timo

Timo — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 08:53:03 +0000

Hello

I have a important question;

How you Citrine work, when you play SD-levels? When you time is out, did
Citrine work like the manual claim?

New Citrine models (generation 3, build in factory summer 2009) maybe a bug with SD-levels.

Plese tell me, how you Citrine act when time is out and tell me (if you know) what generation you Citrine are and when it’s build.