Author: Steve Maughan
Date: 12:39:13 10/05/01
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Ian, >Note the absence of ChessGenius, which is available for both Palm and PocketPC. Yes it would have been nice to see Genius included on both platforms as they are completely different engines. >The PDA tournament is a joke: of course PocketFritz is going to win (at least, >assuming they use a 200 MHz StrongARM PocketPC), and both Pocket and Purple >Chess are amateur compared to Tiger. Purple Chess is really Oxford-Softwork aka Chris Whittington and is also available for the PocketPC. >This section, and the "playoff" with the >BELCT winner, is merely a publicity stunt for Pocket Fritz and PalmTiger. Yes - Purple Chess on the Palm as opposed to an iPAQ and the lack of Genius would seem to devalue the tournament - however it's the first PDA tournament I know of and in that sense it's interesting. >What *would* be nice? A dedicated computer section, also open to PDA's. I >haven't seen enough matchups between the strongest dedicated computers (which >haven't developed much since the advent of the cheap PC & chess program combo) >and the new crop of PDA programs. With faster processors, modern programs, and >enough memory for hash tables; I would expect the PDA's to win. Great idea! >Ian (kinda cranky this morning) Hope you've had a better afternoon - after all it's the weekend now! Steve
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