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Subject: Re: PocketGrandmaster 1.1 released

Author: Jorge Pichard

Date: 09:56:31 12/19/01

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On December 19, 2001 at 12:05:09, Frank Schneider wrote:

>Hi,
>
>PocketGrandmaster 1.1, the first non-beta version, is now available at
>
>http://www.pocketgrandmaster.com
>
>Installationfiles are available for PocketPCs with StrongARM-
>processor (e.g. iPAQ) and Windows CE 3.0/PocketPC 2002.
>(And also for MIPS- and SH3-devices, but only for testing and
>without support.)
>
>The chessengine is based on the WMCC-version of GromitChess (3.9.5)
>which won the amateur-title at the WMCC 2001 in Maastricht.
>The new userinterface of PocketGrandmaster offers all important
>features (pondering, various levels, reading/writing/searching in
>.pgn databases, set up position,...), two board-layouts and a
>helpfile which describes all dialogs. It is very easy to use
>and moves can be entered drag&drop or by just "one tap" if only
>one legal move to or from the tapped square is possible.
>The openingbook has 200,000 moves.
>
>PocketGrandmaster is shareware and some features are limited in
>the unregistered version.
>
>Frank, Kai
>
>
>If you test PocketGrandmaster on a MIPS- or SH3-device, please
>let us know if it works/doesn't work
>(mailto:feedback@pocketgrandmaster.com).


I will give it a try with my new HP Jornada 133 MHz that I ordered yesterday and
I might match it up against Chess Tiger 14.7 on my Handspring 33 MHz. What would
you say its rating is on this Deal from Tigerdirect?

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-Details.asp?sku=H24-9506





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