Author: Kurt Utzinger
Date: 22:35:41 04/13/05
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On April 12, 2005 at 05:52:02, Tord Romstad wrote:
>On April 11, 2005 at 14:39:54, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>
>>On April 11, 2005 at 11:33:39, Mike Byrne wrote:
>>
>>>Refurb Zire 31 dropped to $99m brand new Zire 31 @ 129.
>>>
>>>The Zire 31 can be safely run at 300 Mhz - with Hiarcs it plays at nearly 2600.
>>
>> You mean 2600 Elo? I can't believe this.
>
>I agree, 2600 seems a bit too much. But nevertheless, Hiarcs is so strong
>(even on my old 144 MHz Tungsten T) that the exact strength does not have
>any practical importance to me. At my level, the difference between 2400
>and 2800 is hardly noticable.
>
>> It's of course very difficult and unusual to play
>> on such small displays.
>
>This depends on what you are used to, I think. For me, the small display is
>not a problem at all. On the contrary, I am almost 100% sure that I play
>better on the small LCD display on my Palm than with a real chess board. A
>small 2D board makes it easier for me to have a clear vision of the whole
>board without moving my eyes.
>
>The reason for my preference is probably that I very rarely play chess on
>a real chess board, but often read chess books and magazines. When I
>analyse a chess position, it is almost always from a small printed diagram.
>
>Tord
Hi Tord
It's indeed very amazing how different preferences
of people are. Lately I have been playing on a Palm
of a chess friend but it didn't work well. I made
faults I would never have made over the board play.
I came to the conclusion that such small things are
not at all suitable for my purposes.
Kurt
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