Author: Adam Oellermann
Date: 09:26:35 06/14/02
I've recently got a Palm M125. A colleague who works for Microsoft was testing me about getting a "toy", and was surprised to learn that it could play chess. He was even more surprised when it nuked Chess (in the MS PocketPC Entertainment Pack) as follows. I just grinned and he muttered about getting one of their techies to check his brand-new iPAQ over. He'd never heard of Chess Tiger, but has played against my engine (Blikskottel) a few times. I told him that Tiger on the PC is a little stronger than Blikskottel (which is true enough if 700-800 Elo points is "a little"). Anyway, this demonstration, combined with a comparison in battery life (2hrs for his iPAQ, 2 months for my Palm!) has, well, muddied his thinking! [Event "2002.06.14 15:21"] [Site "Microsoft Campus, Reading, UK"] [Date "2002.06.14"] [Round "?"] [White "Chess Tiger"] [Black "PocketPC Chess (Microsoft)"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. Bc4 b5 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Bb3 Nd7 12. Rhe1 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qg5+ 14. Re3 Nc5 15. g3 Nxb3+ 16. axb3 Rd8 17. f4 Qe7 18. Red3 Rb8 19. Qc5 b4 20. Rxd6 Rxd6 21. Qxd6 Qxd6 22. Rxd6 Bb7 23. Na2 a5 24. e5 Rc8 25. c4 Kf8 26. Rb6 Be4 27. Rb5 Ra8 28. Kd2 Ke7 29. Ke3 Bc6 30. Rb6 Kd7 31. Kd4 f6 32. exf6 gxf6 33. Nc1 Rd8 34. Ra6 Ra8 35. Rxa8 Bxa8 36. Kc5 Bf3 37. Kb5 Kd6 38. Kxa5 Kc5 39. Nd3+ Kd4 40. Ne1 Bc6 41. Nc2+ Kc5 42. Nxb4 Be4 43. Na6+ Kd4 44. Nc7 Bf5 45. Nb5+ Kc5 46. b4+ Kxc4 47. Nd6+ Kd5 48. Nxf5 exf5 49. b5 Kd6 50. Ka6 Ke7 51. b6 Kd8 52. Ka7 Ke8 53. b7 1-0 There didn't seem much point in continuing.
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