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Subject: Re: Chesstiger for Palm is very good in all aspects. I recommend it.

Author: Marc van Hal

Date: 07:43:32 09/03/02

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On September 03, 2002 at 00:37:32, Christophe Theron wrote:

>On September 03, 2002 at 00:10:57, Georg Langrath wrote:
>
>>I like chess on Palm. The picture is sharp enough even on monochrome.  You will
>>be surprised when you see it first time. I can imagine that color display is
>>even better, but I haven’t tried it. Nothing that I feel as a must have.
>>
>>Pocketchess for Palm is weak in a boring way. See example in message below.
>>
>>Chess Genius for Palm is strong enough for 99.9 of us. But it lacks some
>>important features. You have to go into the menu every time you want to go back
>>and forth e.g.
>>
>>Chesstiger for Palm is the strongest. It has very comfortable menus beside the
>>board with easy symbols. You can also easy change to big board covering all the
>>display.  It is easy to change board size with a menu button symbol that always
>>is there on Palm itself. You have six boards with different sizes, and
>>possibilities and info.
>>
>>It has 8 nice trainer levels that shall imitate ELO 1000 to 1800 Fide ratings.
>>Accuracy is good enough for training. Here you can see roughly where you stand.
>>
>>Another good feature is that you can decide when the device shall shut off from
>>the program itself. In Palm max is three minutes. That isn’t enough for chess
>>playing and for analyzes. In Chesstiger max is 999 minutes.
>>
>>The only thing I miss is the possibility to play engine-engine. Can be good for
>>seeing how Tiger handles a situation.
>>
>>I am a fan of this program. I really can recommend it of all my heart. And it
>>really has a low price.
>>
>>Georg
>
>
>
>Thanks Georg.
>
>If you try it on a color device, I swear you will dump your monochrome Palm
>immediately.
>
>See the color screenshots at http://www.chesstiger.com and compare them with the
>monochrome screenshots.
>
>...Mmh... Maybe you should not look at them after all. Maybe it's better for the
>health of your monochrome unit... ;-)
>
>
>
>    Christophe

Still i think free advertising doesn't belong in this forum.
Marc



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