Hi Sascha,

I know that you'e by far the better chess computer specialist than me. I do have to disagree with some points though.
For the features that most players want, connection with internet or bluetooth and the battery option will cost you €155 (45%) extra.
I know that The King Performance has a number of extra features compared to the Centaur, but it is the simplicity of the Centaur that made me choose for the Centaur, and the way I can move the pieces, no pressure fields.

Further I believe that the Centaur is building and improving a profile from me every time I play a game. When the Centaur is constantly used against opponents of different strengths, then it's hard to make a correct profile and the adaptive strength will make faults.
I believe that the Centaur is ment as a personal chess computer that can build an accurate profile of its owner. If you have the feeling that the build profile is totally wrong you can always reset to factory settings and start over.

I'm not saying that the Centaur is a perfect chess computer, it's perfect for me, and I think many other players. I haven't experienced big faults in the adaptive play, and I'm low level, but not that bad in playing that I wouldn't recognise stupid moves. Brilliant ones are harder to recognise for me

The Panda-Mercedes example was just an example, but I think it's an example that everybody understands. I just wanted to say, if the Centaur doesn't have the options you want then you should buy an other model. I drive a Mercedes, but that doesn't mean that I will criticise the Panda for all the features it doesn't have. I believe the Panda is a perfect car for millions...

I have been doubting for weeks which computer to buy, the Centaur or the Performance. Your reviews of both computers were decisive in my choice, thank you for that.

Kind regards,
Eric.