Author: Christopher R. Dorr
Date: 07:54:46 01/04/01
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Howdy! I too love the WinCE platform. I use a (much slower) Compaq Aero, and have an excellent chess program for it. It's called PalmChess, from Synctel (Synctel.com). It uses an engine by Tom Kerrigan (a version of Stobor, I believe - but I could be wrong.) It has many features (PGN notation, lovely display, etc) and is probably A-Player/Expert strength on my slow 70MHz MIPS processor. It should just hum on your iPaq (I wish I could find somebody who had one in stock). I'm rated about USCF 2150, and it beats me more than occassionally at blitz speeds. It plays a good game, but does have a few relatively minor flaws, some of which are supposed to be corrected in th next release. Some of these flaws include: 1. Very small, non-editable opening book 2. No 'game in x' time controls, only 'average response time' 3. No numeric evaluation of the position or PV 4.An odd tendency to block center pawns with it's bishops (As black, it has played (1.f4 e6 2.Nf3 Bd6?!) Overall, though, it's a great program. It's only $29.95, and well worth the price. I've played countless games with it (It's remarkable how much faster meetings go for me when I take 'notes' with my PalmPC), and have never been really disappointed. Check it out. :) Cheers, Chris On January 03, 2001 at 16:53:57, Roy Eassa wrote: >The Compaq iPaq, at over 200 MHz and 32MB RAM, yet weighing 6 oz., sure >looks like a winner. (Stereo sound, 320x240 resolution vs. Palm's 160x160, 4096 >colors, and a lot more, for like $500 US.) > >Are there ANY strong chess programs for the PocketPC platform? If not, maybe >it's time for one of you top-notch PC Chess programmers to team with (or hire) a >WinCE expert to get yours ported and OWN the market! > >(I'd buy the device and your program!)
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