I have been using Pocket Middlegame by Convekta almost daily now. I have to admit that solving problems in the middlegame is much harder than solving tactics in Pocket CT-Art. There is no direct mate, a sac that wins or a nice combo that will net you a piece.… Continue reading

Here’s the new addition to my chess training gadgets:
Pocket PC PDA
model : HP iPaq 4150
It’s a third used PDA I bought from Lelong.com.my, a Malaysian website where you can find many great offers for used items.
Note:
My advice is to go for COD (Cash On Delivery) items so that you can inspect the goods [...]

This would be of interest to those organising chess tournaments.
You know how tedious it is to carry a notebook as well as a printer to the tournament hall, not to mention the many chess sets and boards. Can’t do anything about the chess sets and boards but now you can do away with the notebook [...]

Apologies to some of you who read my empty promise of reviewing Pocket Fritz 2 last year (particularly to the ClosetGrandmaster because he blogged about it). I never wrote the review because I rarely used Pocket Fritz 2 on my PDA. It certainly is a strong chess playing program - beating me 100% of the [...]

Got my second hand PDA.
It’s the Dell Axim X5.
Price: RM 390 (USD 104)
RAM: 32Kb
Extra peripheral: 256Mb SD card + WiFi cardI’m pretty happy after testing it for a couple of days. The battery life is twice that of my previous PDA (HP IPaq 1940).
The only thing I’m not happy is the size. It’s huge compared [...]

Disaster!! I can’t repair my faulty Ipaq 1940. The screen is dead for no reason. Anyway, it’s a big blow to me as I can’t carry on my “chess training”.
No more exercises, puzzles and sparring partner.
Since getting a new PDA is too expensive I think I’ll get a similiar 2nd hand model as a replacement [...]