Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 18:40:18 01/19/06
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On January 19, 2006 at 20:52:09, Ian Osgood wrote: >On January 17, 2006 at 15:42:22, enrico carrisco wrote: > >>On January 17, 2006 at 01:48:22, Richard A. Fowell wrote: >> >>>I just noticed this review by Dr. Axel Schumacher >>> >>>http://www.grailmaster.com/misc/chess/comp/chessrev/chessreview.html >>> >>>The review is online, and also downloadable in .DOC and .PDF formats. >>> >>>-Richard >> >>Hello Richard. >> >>This review was posted here last September by Axel himself. Unfortunately, for >>Palm users, it is not the best reference as Axel does not own a Palm device >>himself and therefore had limited time to test the Palm programs. >> >>There were some discrepancies with the Palm HIARCS review that I pointed out to >>Axel here in the forum and if I remember correctly, there were some features >>attributed to Palm Chess Genius that were only available in the Pocket Chess >>Genius that threw the Palm rankings off a bit. >> >>However, for Pocket PC users, I'd say it's right on the mark. >> >>Regards, >> >>-elc. > >I find it funny that PocketCrafty is still 15th out of the 55 programs reviewed. > I started writing a PocketPC UI for Crafty because there were no other strong >chess programs for the iPAQ at the time. I stopped work on it when Richard Lang >ported ChessGenius to the Pocket PC. I'm glad people still find it useful after >all this time. > >Trivia: the pieces used in PocketCrafty are based on the same Cheq font used in >Deep Green, the strong gnuchess-based program for the Apple Newton. > >Ian Osgood If you like Crafty - try CE Board with Crafty Classic 2004. Mike
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