Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 16:52:36 10/19/01
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On October 19, 2001 at 01:20:14, Lex Loep wrote: >On October 18, 2001 at 18:08:33, Kevin Stafford wrote: > >>While this engine does seem to play chess well enough, what features will chess >>partner bring to the pocket pc that we can't get with genius/fritz/eventually >>tiger? I've already purchased genius and fritz (genius because it was cheap and >>I could get it online, so I'd have a chess program for my new IPAQ, fritz >>because of the added features..), and will probably get tiger because I like the >>playing style, but why your program? I'm not trying to be overly harsh or >>anything, but the pocket pc already has chess _playing_ programs covered pretty >>well. What I'd like to see is a program with features the others don't have. >>Especially if the engine isn't really that unique. > >Compared to the PC platform there are less than a handfull of programs for >the PDA's. What I have seen so far is very basic so there is plenty of room >for competition. As the current version is only at 0.4 beta much more can >be expected. > >> >>One of the main things I use my IPAQ for is so that I can study from chess books >>without having to use a set. I export a set of games from chess assistant into >>pgn, and move them onto my ipaq. I can then play through the games easily. It >>would be a major selling point for me if your program somehow facilitated this >>process better than the other programs. I don't have pocket fritz yet, but >>genius doesn't allow me to enter variations, and this would be a very convenient >>feature. Perhaps more database related features would be useful too. I guess I'm >>simply asking what features do you plan on adding to your program that will make >>someone like me want to purchase it? >> > >Nothing is set in concrete but a few points of which the >first is planned for the next beta. > >- Better PGN support (including variations) >- Integration with it's bigger brother to make it easy to tranfer >games etc. >- Game play through Infrared. >- Access to webservices like the Nalimov tablebase server. > >Of course I am open to suggestion. > Suggestion #1: Much stronger engine!
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