Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 12:27:06 04/09/00
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On April 09, 2000 at 07:19:15, Steve Maughan wrote:
>Marcus,
>
>>the sapphire is doubtless the much stronger progam.
>>the palm genius is maximum slightly above 1900. he can´t even hold down the old
>>travel champion. against the sapphire he is chanceless.
>
>
>I also have Palm Genius and a Travel Champion. It would seem that Travel
>Champion is Palm Genius' 'bogey' opponent as it doesn't do as well as one might
>expect. However other (Richard Fowell) have reported that Palm Genius holds its
>own against the Sapphire, so maybe Palm Genius is stronger than 1900. All the
>tests that have been carried out on the base code of the Roma would indicate
>that Palm Genius should be >2000 ELO.
>
>>the palm genius is doubtless the much comfortable program.
>>it is much more fun to play with the palmgenius.
>>
>>for me the palmgenius has had made the race because it´s so easy to use - at any place.
>>
>>if i want a strong partner, i use a notebook with a pc-program. otherwise i´m
>>ALWAYS playing with the palmgenius. i didn´t use my pocket-chess computers any
>>longer since i´ve bought the palm.
>
>I agree - since getting my hands on Palm Genius I haven't played as much chess
>since my days as a junior county player - which were _many_ years ago!!
>
>Regards,
>
>Steve Maughan
I agree with you Steve. ChessGenius for Palm on an overclocked PalmIIIx is
definitely above 2000 elo. My estimation is 2050.
Christophe
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