Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 10:43:32 02/09/00
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On February 09, 2000 at 09:09:26, Steve Maughan wrote:
>As a beta tester I like to share a little info on Chess Genius for the Palm.
>
>It's based on the Roma code and as such the estimated strength is ~2040 ELO to
>~2060 ELO (more if overclocked).
I was surprised by the short lines that it computes. I thought these early
versions of Lang's programs computed incredibly long lines instantly. This is
not the case in this version.
So is it really a faithful port of the Roma code?
> The most amazing thing for me is the
>useability. The Palm platform is IMO the best best platform to PLAY chess.
I agree.
> I
>have loads of chess programs (all of which I enjoy) but the portability of the
>Palm means that I am playing more chess while travelling. The screen is clear,
>there are no pieces to knock over and now the program plays a strong game. I
>have done some tests - Genius beats PocketChess quite easily - even the 1 sec /
>move level regularlly beats PocketChess on level 4. Richard Lang has managed to
>use the screen extremely well. There are three board views 1) info screen 2)
>Large board 3) Giant Board. The info screen shows evaluation, search depth and
>PV,
The PV is too short. It can display up to 7 plies, and then the PV is cut.
I'm sure there is room to display the PV on 2 lines. That would give up to 14
plies, would be enough.
> the Large board only shows the last move and clock and the Giant Board fills
>the whole screen.
>
>One thing you all may be interested in is that there may be two versions - the
>shareware version and a serious user version. The serious user version will
>have additional features eg permenant brain, 2 player analysis, bigger book etc.
I think I'm going to buy this one as soon as it is available.
Christophe
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