Author: Mark R. Anderson
Date: 06:37:04 12/14/00
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On December 14, 2000 at 06:03:29, Georg Langrath wrote: Georg, Thanks for the warning! ... pretty appalling! I guess you can't expect much for $30, but gee! I agree with you that the idea of an LCD chess unit would be great (I, for one, would definitely buy a strong unit with an LCD display). I have a number of chess programs and dedicated chess computers, but I would like an LCD unit to play with on my long daily subway ride to and from work or for portability and simplicity when I am traveling. I have a few peg models, but don't want to bother with that (or risk losing the pieces) on a bus or subway. Recently, I have toyed with the idea of getting a Palm Pilot (the IIIxe) and downloading Chess Genius on it (the version for Palm Pilot OS by Lang). Does anyone know strong this program is on a Palm Pilot? Thanks, Mark Anderson >I read a review of Excalibur LCD chess on http://www.chesscafe.com/ >There they gave an example of its playing: >1. e4 c6 2. d3 e5 3. f4 Bb4+ 4. c3 exf4 >In other word it gave away a bishop for a pawn. I asked them if that wasn’t on >a handicap level. It was not! >I am no strong chessplayer and don’t need a strong chessprogram, but this is the >worst I ever seen. It doesn’t even look 1 move forward. It is as a bad joke. >I think that LCD chess is a good idea, but where did they found a miserable >program like this? > >Georg
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