Recommendations for HandHeld Chess (or for Blackberry?)

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I'm looking for recommendations for a hand-held chess game
for a 9-year old. It is important that the skill levels be adjustable
(downwards!) to give him a competitive game. For instance,
Bringer at 1600 seems just about right at this time...

Also is there any chess game that could be downloaded on a
Blackberry?

Basically, I'm looking for a (relatively inexpensive) alternative
to his playing on his Gameboy Advance on car rides...

Thanks in advance

Bharat (in USA if that matters)

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Great idea -- any suggestions? (The stores don't seem to carry any)

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"André Gulliksen" <andre.gulliksen@start.no> wrote in message
news:42de9cdd$1@news.broadpark.no...
> R. Bharat Rao wrote:
>> Basically, I'm looking for a (relatively inexpensive) alternative
>> to his playing on his Gameboy Advance on car rides...
>
> Does one have to rule out the other? I believe there are chess games for
> Gameboy available for purchase. Probably not the strongest engines around,
> but possibly more appealing to a 9-year old than a boring LCD handheld.
>

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You can find a chess games for every kind of player at PocketGear.com.
There are at least 15 programs to choose from, ranging from beginner to
GM (or so it is claimed). The prices range from $0 (free) to $30/$40
depending on what you are wanting included in your program.
Personally, I downloaded and purchased 9 of the programs. For many,
you can download a trial that will have limits on them. All in all,
they have absolutely anything and everthing for the chess player. The
programs are set up for just about all formats.

R. Bharat Rao Wrote:
> I'm looking for recommendations for a hand-held chess game
> for a 9-year old. It is important that the skill levels be adjustable
> (downwards!) to give him a competitive game. For instance,
> Bringer at 1600 seems just about right at this time...
>
> Also is there any chess game that could be downloaded on a
> Blackberry?
>
> Basically, I'm looking for a (relatively inexpensive) alternative
> to his playing on his Gameboy Advance on car rides...
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Bharat (in USA if that matters)


--
Professor_Fether

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I own both GBA + Chessmaster and Palm + Hiarcs. My kids (7 and 12) never
use the gameboy to play chess (nor do I), only the Palm. The reason is
that the screen is far better on the Palm (Tungsten E) and the
functionalities are better (levels, playing strength, etc.). The
drawback is the cost : around 230 euros (Tungsten E + Palm licence). If
I remember well it is a pain to save a game on the gameboy, and on the
palm you can have thousands of games saved. An advantage of Hiarcs is
that you can use it to analyse a game because of its strength (>2400
ELO) : this is impossible with chessmaster on GBA.
I usually play one game of 1 hour agaisnt the Palm at various level, and
this helped me a lot to raise my level, I think it is useless to do this
with the gameboy.

Randy a écrit :
> R. Bharat Rao wrote:
>
>>I'm looking for recommendations for a hand-held chess game
>>for a 9-year old. It is important that the skill levels be adjustable
>>(downwards!) to give him a competitive game. For instance,
>>Bringer at 1600 seems just about right at this time...
>>
>>Also is there any chess game that could be downloaded on a
>>Blackberry?
>>
>>Basically, I'm looking for a (relatively inexpensive) alternative
>>to his playing on his Gameboy Advance on car rides...

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On Thu, 21 Jul 2005 18:54:55 +0200, "André Gulliksen"
<andre.gulliksen@start.no> wrote:

>R. Bharat Rao wrote:
>>> Does one have to rule out the other? I believe there are chess games
>>> for Gameboy available for purchase. Probably not the strongest
>>> engines around, but possibly more appealing to a 9-year old than a
>>> boring LCD handheld.
>
>> Great idea -- any suggestions? (The stores don't seem to carry any)
>
>http://www.videogamereview.com/cat/gameboy-advance-games-and-equipment/gameboy-advance-puzzle/bam/PRD_156596_4161crx.aspx#reviews
>
>http://www.consolegameworld.com/game.php/id/2107/
>
>http://www.gamequestdirect.com/09149354420.html
>
>I don't have a GB myself, so I can't really vouch for any of them, but it
>should give you something to work from.
>

I have the Gameboy Advanced and I have Chessmaster for it... its
perfect for portable play and it looks cool too

I would look on ebay for a copy as the stores dont seem to carry it.


J.Lohner