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Subject: Re: Pocket Fritz is here. Anyone tryed it?

Author: Torstein Hall

Date: 03:17:21 08/27/01

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On August 26, 2001 at 18:35:20, Robert Pawlak wrote:

>On August 26, 2001 at 18:07:54, Eran wrote:
>
>>On August 26, 2001 at 17:42:42, Torstein Hall wrote:
>>
>>>I just visited the CB site and saw that Pocket Fritz was out. Has anyone here
>>>tried it or have some experience with it? Played it against Pocket Genius
>>>perhaps?
>>>
>
>Not to knock Richard Lang's program, but I think there will probably be no
>contest.
>
>>>Anyway it looked very nice, pretty packed with features it looked like. Beeing
>>>able to enter variatons, multiple variaton mode as normal CB products so you
>>>could sit analyze away from home with computer help. It could even look up CB
>>>online database over a mobile phone connection.
>>>
>>>Perhaps I just will have to buy it!
>
>Torstein, what machine will you run this on?

I own a Cassiopeia E-125. It has a MIPS processor running at 150Mhz. So it will
probably play a pretty strong game of chess.
Perhaps I can also load a big database on my Flash card from CB on my PC. It
will be nice for traveling and practising!

Torstein

One more post, and I guess I can not hold myself back from purchasing
anymore......


>
>>>
>>>Torstein
>>
>>It is possible that any chess player would cheat by using chess palm in a hidden
>>place during tournament. So, how can tournament directors prevent any chess
>>player from cheating with chess palm?
>>
>>If tournament directors can't, could future tournaments be not worth anymore?
>>
>
>I once played an opponent that went to the mens room six times in the first ten
>minutes of the game. All he needed was to have an ECO sticking out of his back
>pocket...
>
>It is a good question to ask though. How does one ensure a fair contest now?
>Maybe we can ask players to sign an agreement before hand stating that the game,
>and membership in one's chess organization is forfeit in case he/she is caught.
>
>I am sure rules like this already exist, but putting people on notice could act
>as a significant deterrent.
>
>Bob



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