Author: Albert Silver
Date: 15:37:56 09/01/05
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On September 01, 2005 at 12:30:19, Mike Byrne wrote:
>I have found Fruit on a PPC to be the most entertaing chess program ever to
>play. On a PPC, it has a tendency to overlook little traps I set and falls
>right into them -- just like a human! Makes for entertaining ( but perhaps not
>great) chess. ALso, it tends to forget about castling once taken out of book
>(again on a PPC) - so it allows neat sacs to get the attack going.
>
>Note - This is not great chess -- I'm only 1600 or so -- but when Fruit is
>allowed only one second per move, I have a decent chance at winning.
>
>Most interesting agmes to be posted later tonight.
>
>
>Note _- all other PDA chess programs tend not have the problems shown by Fruit -
>but I'm not complaining -- it makes it great fun.
What machine and speed are you running it on? Also, what interface, since I
believe (I'll only be getting my PPC next week) it can run on two different
interfaces. If you were running it on CEBoard, which doesn't have pondering,
what were your results with similar settings for Crafty and Toga?
Albert
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