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Chess Tiger 15.1 for Palm - [Commercial - $20, free demo] The strongest Palm chess program for non ARM Palms, color/greyscale, reads/writes PGN. Uses 295Kb RAM [updated 9/9/2003].

Chess Timer for Palm - Utility for the Palm line of devices which replaces a mechanical chess timer.

ChessPad - [Shareware $25] Reads/Writes chess games in PGN format. Does NOT play chess itself - it lets you play over games.

PalmChess - Chess Database for PalmPilot (different from PalmChess for WinCE) like ChessPad.

Chess on the Palm OS - Review of Chess Genius 1.3 and PocketChess 2.2.

PocketChess 2.0 vs. Chess Genius 1.2 - A report by Toby Robison about a seven game match between these two chess programs, at various time controls.

Chessmaster 1.5.6 for Palm - - [Commercial - $19, free demo] Configurable oppoonents, Color/greyscale, uses 360+ Kb RAM [updated 3/19/2003]

PocketChess Deluxe 2.5 - [Shareware - $20] Full featured chess for Palm with color, PGN, infrared, variation support, 3000 game database (234Kb).

9 Palm Chess Programs - Has animated screen shots of 9 Palm chess programs, with links to their sites.

Chromagames 1.7 - [Shareware-$20] Chess, checkers, and backgammon in one 444kb package. Greyscale/color/hires display.[Updated 12/03/2003]

Double Chess - [Shareware-$15] Plays chess against you, includes double-board option.

Chess Everywhere - [$6 for 6 months] For wireless Palms - front end for chess servers (FICS/ICC)

9.95 CHESS - [Commercial -$9.95, no demo] Based on the free Openchess Palm (below) but with more features 150 kb [updated 10/27/03]

OpenChess Beta2 - [Free] Port of GNUChess to Palm - required color Palm [revised 12/24/2002]

Chess Tiger 14.5 vs Chess Genius 1.3 - A USCF Life Master reports on a 26-game match between these Palm programs.

Rampart Chess 2.5 for Palm - [Commercial -$9.95, no demo] hires support, OS5 enhanced, 5 levels of game play, two-player mode, position setup 263Kb

ChessGenius 2.1 for Palm - [Commercial -$25, free demo] World chess champion engine, ARM/68K support, color, PGN, infrared play. Uses 160Kb RAM [updated 5/11/2004].

HIARCS 9.46 Palm - [Commercial $38.59, free demo] World chess champion engine, ARM/68K, color, PGN, 500 kb [Updated 7-30-04]

Palm Chess: HIARCS, Genius, Tiger - Rates the playing strength of these three programs and estimates their ratings.

Chess for PalmOS - Tiger-Genius match, Tiger/Genius/PocketChess test scores, short reviews of 7 others..