Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 15:03:22 11/01/02
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On November 01, 2002 at 16:05:01, Frank Schneider wrote: >Hi, > >PocketGrandmaster 2.0, a fully featured and strong shareware-chess program >for Pocket PC is now available at > >http://www.pocketgrandmaster.com > >Installationfiles are available for PocketPCs with StrongARM/XScale, >MIPS and SH3 processors (e.g. iPAQ, Jornada, Toshiba, Cassiopeia) and >PocketPC 2002/Windows CE 3.0. > >Most important improvements: > > - more piece sets and squares > - new engine Ruffian by Perola Valfridsson (in addition to Gromit and SOS) > - support for the electronic chessboard by DGT (http://www.dgtprojects.com) > - spoken announcements of moves in Dutch, English, French, German and Spanish > (with kind permission from DGT-Projects!) > - training-mode for testsuites > - new "comment move"-dialog > - a context-menu opens when you tap-and-hold below the board > - PocketGrandmaster 2.0 is also available in a German version. > >Other features: > > - load "next game" and "previous game" > - "back to start" and "forward to end" of game > - send and receive games as mail > - slightly improved chess engine > - "highlight legal moves" shows all legal moves of a piece > - "next move" asks if there is more than one variation > - "coach" warns when you make a really bad move > - many improved details and minor bugfixes > > >Perola Valfridsson has provided a Pocket PC version of his strong chess engine >Ruffian in record time. Although Ruffian looses a bit more speed on the Pocket >PC than other engines, it is one of the strongest chess programs currently >available for Pocket PCs. More information about the PC-version of Ruffian >can be found here: http://ruffian.hkust.se/ > >For more information about PocketGrandmaster, please visit >http://www.pocketgrandmaster.com > >Have fun testing it, > >Frank Schneider, Kai Skibbe Frank and Kai, Thank you -- it made getting the full version 6 months ago worth it. Mike
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