Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 10:25:53 11/22/02
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On November 21, 2002 at 11:07:22, Roy Eassa wrote:
>On November 21, 2002 at 10:58:36, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>On November 21, 2002 at 03:41:38, Chris Lee wrote:
>>
>>>Is there a good program for practicing and/or setting up tactics training
>>>exercises on the palm?
>>>
>>>I have pocket chess deluxe, whose desktop companion piece looked to be just the
>>>ticket, but it doesn't have a function to set up a board into a position and
>>>then save it, just enter games from the start position.
>>>
>>>I am using a tactics study method using hundreds of tactics problems and it
>>>would really help me to be able to do these on the palm. I can enter them
>>>myself, but I need the right software! Also, any leads on ready to use
>>>tactics/training items for the palm would be great...
>>
>>
>>
>>Chess Tiger for Palm allows you to import PGN (games) and EPD (positions) from
>>your PC/Mac.
>>
>>You can also set up the positions directly on the handheld and save them.
>>
>>If you import EPD files, you must import them one position at a time. You can do
>>it on your PC/Mac by pasting the positions into the MemoPad section of your Palm
>>Desktop Application. Easy.
>>
>>Oh, and it has a really strong chess engine (MUCH stronger than Pocket Chess,
>>"deluxe" or not).
>>
>>Chess Tiger for Palm is here: http://www.chesstiger.com
>>
>> Christophe
>
>
>One more thing about setting up positions in Chess Tiger for Palm: it's a
>pleasure to do compared to setting up positions in some other programs (Palm and
>otherwise). It lets the user drop pieces from a palette (as do all programs)
>*AND* it also lets the user drag pieces around on the setup board (including
>dragging them off the board to remove them).
I'm glad you noticed it!
If only one person (you) has noticed it, well it was worth the two days I spent
on it!
Christophe
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