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

Author: Roy Eassa

Date: 06:52:36 09/05/02

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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.
>


A small correction regarding Chess Genius for Palm.  You can use the up/down
hardware buttons to move backward/forward through the moves (as you can with
Chess Tiger for Palm).


>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



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