Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 19:06:53 11/11/02
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On November 10, 2002 at 23:14:19, Mike Byrne wrote:
>On November 08, 2002 at 14:12:57, bryan whitby wrote:
>
>>The following link shows quite a few screen shots of the new Palm Chessmaster.
>>Graphics very poor compared to Pocket PC chess programs.
>>http://www.gameloft.com/en/product_page.php?item=121
>
>I paid for the registered version because it DID have potential. But there is
>a laundry list of bug/issues with features that simply do not work - which I
>will supply to the company. It is buggier than any PC version of Chessmaster
>ever put out - and that is saying something.
>
>It was obviously not well tested before release and I do NOT recommend it at
>this time. It is so faulty, that you could argue to get your money back. I
>might do that - because for $20, it should be "bug free".
>
>On my B&W palm, the graphic ares are equal with Genius and CT.
It might be equal to ChessGenius, but Chess Tiger has more graphical options,
including more "views" and board sizes.
With ChessMaster for example you cannot have both the chessboard and the move
list on the board... With both ChessGenius and Chess Tiger it is possible.
ChessMaster, as far as I can see, does not allow you to change the colors. Both
ChessGenius and Chess Tiger allow it.
Christophe
> One observation
>- the tournament function is real battery drainer unless you're plug in.
>
>Also, it has this Championship play mode like the old CM series - but the TC are
>not variable under this mode. It will take about 3+ minutes for each move - so
>again that function is not practicle under battery mode either.
>
>The chess engine is an "old" or poor chess engine. The following position:
>[d] 2r1r2k\1b5p\p2QNq2\3p1P2\3Pp3\8\6RP\6RK w - - ;bm Nf8
>
>Nf8 is found in a few seconds for both Chess Tiger (3sec) and Chess Genius (5
>sec) - I ran this position for 2 minutes and CM still thought Qe5 was best move.
> This position is also the first problem in there "rater" menu option.
>
>BTW, I studied it for a few minutes before running it under CG and CTand came up
>with Ng5 leading to a forced mate-in-5. The "book" answer is Nf8 which does
>lead to a mate-in-4. Naturally, this is a crappy problem to use as a rater if
>there are two solutions that lead to short mates.
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