Author: Thorsten Czub
Date: 01:20:03 10/06/01
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On October 05, 2001 at 15:39:13, Steve Maughan wrote: >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. he did not want to participate. he said he had no time to prepare for the event. i wanted to respect his wishes , because i know him in person, and therefore i accepted that he is not playing. >>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. the joke will maybe change when more people write programs for these machines, or when the machines get stronger and cheaper. its a pretty nice thing to have a chess computer always with you, no matter where you are. also for the first time after years, to have a machine that does not need to boot. that has no microsoft OS. thats a completely new nice feeling. to get rid of bill gates makes you another person. >Purple Chess is really Oxford-Softwork aka Chris Whittington and is also >available for the PocketPC. chris whittington has succesfully sold his company to purple. >>This section, and the "playoff" with the >>BELCT winner, is merely a publicity stunt for Pocket Fritz and PalmTiger. and ? whats the problem. i find it funny to let the big one fight the smaller one. >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. right. the games will be on the server today. see http://www.vrichey.de/berlin2001/ http://www.rebel.nl/lasker.htm >>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. i have done this. vancouver 68020 with 1024KB RAM (champion from 1991) has IMO no chance against gambit-tiger on my palm when i play 40/120 games. >Great idea!
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