Author: John Rissler
Date: 02:47:05 11/12/02
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On November 11, 2002 at 22:06:53, Christophe Theron wrote: >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. Can ChessMaster display how it scores the game position? I could not figure out how to do this, if possible, in the shareware version. IMO that would be a serious feature defect!
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