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Subject: Re: OpenChess: GNU Chess 2 for PalmOS.

Author: Alastair Scott

Date: 07:18:44 09/27/02

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On September 27, 2002 at 08:48:22, Travers Waker wrote:

>Someone's working on a free, open source PalmOS chess program using the GNU
>Chess 2 engine.  Check out:
>
>http://www.geocities.com/sonaltessefr/
>http://www.freewarepalm.com/games/openchess.shtml
>http://www.palmgear.com/software/showsoftware.cfm?sid=77903420020913050719&prodID=44272
>
>The sole reviewer on freewarepalm claims that OpenChess is playing at a strength
>of between 1850 and 2000, but doesn't say how he arrived at this opinion.  Maybe
>someone from this forum would like to test it?

As a 2100 player I've not tested it (explicitly), but that seems a fair guess on
my PalmOS machine (T675 at 66MHz). It's not near the Tigers and Geniuses, but
it's not idiotic either!

I might have a go at one of the test suites, although entering the positions'll
be a tedious process ...

Alastair



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