How many of us are there?
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Re: How many of us are there?
I can imagine it's a rare hobby, but only a few hundred in the world? Hmm.
Re: How many of us are there?
And it depends on how we define a “collector”. Do three chess computers make a collection?
Probably not, but if we specify a minimum of, say six, then the number of collectors worldwide
would be in the thousands.
L
Probably not, but if we specify a minimum of, say six, then the number of collectors worldwide
would be in the thousands.
L
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Re: How many of us are there?
I wonder if I, with my paltry collection of no more than 20 or so computers, qualify as a collector. I suspect I do not.
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Re: How many of us are there?
Nice to read you here Laurent, and congrats for your website! (I have been browsing it since long)oriental wrote: ↑Mon Dec 05, 2022 5:44 pm Hello,
I take this opportunity to indicate that even though I haven't been posting messages until now, I have been diligently reading the topics on this forum (and others) for about 2 years that I have been in the hobby.
In France I'd guess we are a few dozen collectors. Estimate based on those I know, those who have set up a website, and those I have met or spotted on classifieds sites.
Laurent
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Re: How many of us are there?
Well 6 is a bit thin i think to define someone as a collector
i mean if i had 6 books would i be a book collector?
ill toss out a number of a minimum of 50
someone owns 50 of anything and they are definitely collecting it
Arbitrary Number Regards
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Re: How many of us are there?
Exactly, I have 7 chess computers, but I don't feel like a collector.
Re: How many of us are there?
I'm new here. From the US. Recently got a Millennium King Competition board. The King has long been a favorite since the days of the PS2. I plan on getting more eboards in the future. The next one will likely be an RFID type board. So I've only begun... I don't know much about the older boards that are mentioned here.
Re: How many of us are there?
Hmm, I'm not sure this is a purely numbers game. I own hundreds of books but I don't consider myself a book collector because I don't buy e.g. series of books, or ones of a certain period or genre. I only have about 20 chess computers (mainly because the ones I'm interested in cost a lot more than most books and I can't afford more), but I have chosen to focus on a particular 'genre' shall we say, and I look out for certain machines, which feels much more like how a collector works. In a way that feels more like collecting than if I bought every cheap computer on ebay just to get my numbers up.
If it does count then +1 for collectors in the UK.
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Re: How many of us are there?
There are are more of us, not every collector posts here - at least not on a regular basis.
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Greetings from Poland - larryadler is definitely not the only one from here.
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Re: How many of us are there?
Well, here in the San Francisco Bay Area I know we have Fabrice, Aart and I. I've never spoken with anyone else locally that has an interest - which is surprising - with the concentration of tech/computer people in this area.
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Re: How many of us are there?
Here in Germany and Netherlands we try to meet us from time to time with favourite machines.
Thats much better then online
Thats much better then online
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Re: How many of us are there?
Hi Gregfourthirty wrote: ↑Tue Dec 13, 2022 6:58 pm Well, here in the San Francisco Bay Area I know we have Fabrice, Aart and I. I've never spoken with anyone else locally that has an interest - which is surprising - with the concentration of tech/computer people in this area.
Regional regards,
Greg
Well for the Bay Area you are missing a certain professor at Stanford, Maurice Ohayon, who has one of the largest chess computer collections in the world, perhaps the largest?
http://www.chesseval.com/BrandBoard/yeno.htm
Approaching 900 machines when he stopped updating his list in 2015. His last post here under his username "mrcdoc" was September 2021.
BTW I reckon Steve B's estimate of the number of collectors is in the right ballpark judged on what I see including the Sale & Swaps. Very much guesswork though.
All the best
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Re: How many of us are there?
You should try to connect yourself with others.
Try to reach him.
Try to reach him.
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