Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 21:03:06 10/01/03
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On October 01, 2003 at 03:31:18, Alastair Scott wrote:
>On September 30, 2003 at 16:47:33, Fernando Villegas wrote:
>
>>well, to forget the disppointment just use Tiger for Palm, a rally strong
>>engine. There is also one calld Palmarov which demo I have been testing. And
>>there is an adaptation of old good GNU engine, also good and very cheap. So, why
>>to drop just one tear for this Lang indolence?
>>Sheer up...
>>Fernando
>
>Well, Palmarov is absolutely hopeless.
>
>The demo must be the most limited I've ever seen - 10 moves and then it stops!
>Even with that limited opportunity for play it is hardly impressive; openings
>such as 1. d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bd7, 1.c4 e5 2.d3 Bc5 3.Nf3 Bd6 and 1.e4
>e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nc3 Bc5 4.Nf3 d4 5.Ne2 Kf8 (in a ten-minute game; in the first two
>the last move was the first out of book yet made almost instantly) are pretty
>uninspiring, and I certainly wouldn't pay $18 for a problem with such
>restrictions and faults and no update in 18 months.
>
>A shame, as the number of worthwhile Palm programs is still two - although two
>very impressive ones, despite all the complaints.
What complains??? I mean for Chess Tiger... :)
Christophe
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