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Subject: Re: Best Pocket PC CHess Program?

Author: Mike S.

Date: 14:01:56 04/25/01

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On April 25, 2001 at 14:42:05, Quenton Fyfe wrote:

>Thinking of getting a Compaq IPAQ pocket PC - allegedly for work - but we all
>know that it will spend most of its time playing chess.....
>
>So what's the best chess program for that platform?

I do not know very much about Pocket PCs and chess programs for them
respectively, but PalmChess 2 by Tom Kerrigan is a program to be taken into
consideration IMO. AFAIK it's based on Stobor (?).

In this tournament held by Paul De Man:
http://www.chez.com/lefouduroi/microfin.htm , PalmChess 2 did better than Palm
Genius (but i.e. the Sapphire II scored much better than both). The site offers
all the games for download too.

[Event "1 hour game"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "PalmChess 2"]
[Black "Mephisto Milano Pro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Nc3 e5 7. O-O c6 8. Be2
e4 9. Ne1 Qc7 10. h3 O-O 11. a4 Bf5 12. d3 Bh2+ 13. Kh1 Be5 14. f4 Bd6 15. g4
Bd7 16. g5 exd3 17. Bxd3 Ne8 18. Qh5 g6 19. Qh6 Bc8 20. Rd1 f6 21. Nf3 fxg5 22.
fxg5 Qg7 23. Kg2 Qxh6 24. gxh6 Nc7 25. e4 Ne6 26. Ne2 dxe4 27. Bxe4 Bf4 28. Bc1
Bxc1 29. Rxc1 Nc5 30. Ng5 Nbd7 31. Rxf8+ Nxf8 32. Nd4 Nce6 33. Ndxe6 Nxe6 34.
h4 Bd7 35. Rf1 Rf8 36. Rxf8+ Nxf8 37. b4 Bg4 38. Kg3 Be6 39. c3 Bc4 40. Kf4 a6
41. a5 Kh8 42. Ke5 Nd7+ 43. Kd6 Nf6 44. Kc7 c5 45. bxc5 Nxe4 46. Nxe4 Bd5 47.
Nd6 Bf3 48. Nxb7 Bg4 49. c6 Kg8 50. Nc5 Bf3 51. Nxa6 Be2 52. Nc5 g5 53. a6 1-0

Regards,
M.Scheidl



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