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Subject: Re: PDA's vs. Portable Dedicated Chess Computers

Author: D Ridge

Date: 18:42:39 03/22/99

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I've recently played a quick 6 game match between the Novag Opal Plus and Pocket
Chess running on a Palm Pilot Pro. At 10 sec/move the Palm Pilot crushed the
Opal Plus 6-0.

The USCF rates the Opal Plus at 1800 but in my opinion is far less than that.
Still, I was surprized by the result. I found the Opal Plus nothing to write
home about but played well-enough to amuse. I thought the result would be the
other way round.

This result encouraged me to pit the Palm Pilot against my next strongest
machine, a Karpov Grandmaster. The GM is rated around 2000 and I feel that's
fairly acurate. The GM crushed it. So, Pocket Chess probably plays around 1500
to 1600 I would say. Not bad for something the size of a deck of cards!

Dave



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