Author: Kim Roper Jensen
Date: 12:00:23 09/14/03
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On September 14, 2003 at 14:06:56, Christophe Theron wrote: The only thing that im really missing is a way to expand the opening book from within the interface .... so i could make a bigger book ..... with the lines i will play in tournament, i use it as a way to practice while sitting in the bus/train .... but all in all I would like to say Good work Christophe :) >On September 14, 2003 at 04:45:04, Alastair Scott wrote: > >>On September 13, 2003 at 21:25:41, Bob Durrett wrote: >> >>>I see now that my bulletin in this thread was misleading. I would use my >>>regular PC to obtain a collection of games and put it into a named database. I >>>would then simply COPY it into the handheld's memory storage element [which >>>takes the place of a hard disk or floppy]. I would never attempt to perform >>>database management on a handheld. >>> >>>Consider Kasparov's new book, "Gary Kasparov on My Great Predecessors Part I." >>>This book is a collection of annotated games. Almost all of those games are in >>>Chessbase's Megabase 2003. In preparation for the study of this book, I copied >>>these games into a small database just for this hardcopy book. Then, when I >>>read the book, I simply call up the game and follow it on the monitor as I read >>>the book. This allows me to evaluate my own ideas using a chess engine. Doing >>>this evaluation of my own ideas helps me to understand the inner workings of >>>those games. Typically, I say to myself: "Why didn't White play XX-XX?" I >>>play it on the computer and the engine quickly lets me know whether or not my >>>idea is any good, and if not why not. >>> >>>That is what I would propose to do on the handheld. I would not do any database >>>management on the handheld. Who would? >> >>In other words, a PGN reader. >> >>For this task, if you still fancy a PDA, the PocketPC is definitely the winner >>as you could just copy the PGN file to it and use Grandmaster Chess >>(http://www.pocketgrandmaster.com/ - my favourite) to work it. >> >>Whereas PalmOS is different; although it has many virtues it has no file system >>(a deliberate design decision) and dealing with multiple games is difficult. >> >>What there would have to be is a PC application, acting as a conduit, to >>synchronise each game in the PGN file to a different memo (a text scratchpad >>provided as part of PalmOS); Chess Genius for Palm or Chess Tiger for Palm >>already offer facilities to pick and choose from games stored as memos. > > > >Bob could probably do what he wants to do with Chess Tiger for PalmOS. > >All he needs to do is to copy/paste his PGN text to the "Palm Desktop >application" on his PC, then put the Palm on the cradle and press the Hotsync >button. > >On the Palm he starts Chess Tiger and loads the PGN. > >Then he starts walking thru the game and is able to play alternate moves and see >what the program says by using the "analysis mode". This mode allows the user to >move thru the game while the program constantly displays its opinion about the >score and the best move in the positions, without ever playing a move itself. > >There is however a limitation that Bob needs to know: Chess Tiger for PalmOS >will load neither the PGN comments nor the variations. It will only load the >game as it as been played. > >This constraint applies to most PalmOS chess programs at this time. > > > Christophe > > > > > >>I don't think such a _standalone_ application exists, although it could probably >>be easily written. (PocketChess - >>http://www.handmark.com/products/detail.php?id=85 - does offer the facilities >>I've described on PalmOS, but the playing program is of poor quality; despite >>what you say you'll soon want to play the computer :) >> >>Alastair
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