Author: Chris Kantack
Date: 22:41:20 08/03/01
Within the next 2-3 weeks I'll be posting a web page providing a review of Chess Tiger on the Palm. Currently, I am bothered by a characteristic I've noticed when playing Chess Tiger. Perhaps I have something set up wrong. Here's what I'm seeing: Whenever I let Chess Tiger play white (whenever it moves first in a game), it always executes the King Pawn Opening (1. e4). This happens regardless of the level setting or engine I pick. (Chess Tiger on the Palm also features the Gambit Tiger engine at 3 different levels of aggressiveness.) It makes no difference if "opening book" is on or off Now I admit, 1. e4 is probably the strongest opening you can have. But even on the lowest training levels it ALWAYS uses this opening. Why? My other handheld systems: GameBoy ChessMaster, Excalibur LCD Computer Chess, and Touch Chess provide a variety of different openings regardless of the strength level selected. I believe a variety of openings is more "human like" and certainly more interesting than always encountering 1. e4 Chess Tiger on the Palm is very strong. It certainly is stronger than my other handhelds. I just wish it had more "imagination" when it comes to opening a game. Chris Kantack http://home.earthlink.net/~kantack/lcdchess/home.htm
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