Chess for ipod
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Hmm. I have an itunes gift card, perhaps I will use some of that on this. Although I already have a Kasparov Chess for my cell phone, which is pretty challenging for me, so far the best I've done is draw against intermediate.
Apple has released a chess program for the ipod (5th gen or classic or new video nano) it can be downloaded to itunes and placed on your ipod for only $5.00. It also has a backgammon game as part of the program though I have little interest in backgammon. There are 9 levels (monkey to master) graphics are good, but it does have a number of drawbacks. First in 2D mode, the mode I prefer to play in, you can't flip the board - black is always at the top. More seriously it has problems calling a draw. It seems to be confused over the 50 move rule, so that if you don't get a checkmate in 50 moves from the start of the game (rather than the last capture or pawn move) it will declare a draw. Also it can only save the game currently played so you can't review past games. On the plus side it as a quiz mode which can be kind of fun - it has you find forks/pin/mates in 2 etc. However many of these positions are not ones you would see in regular play so they are far inferior to the tactics trainer on this website. Overall this program has a number of drawbacks, (the worst of which will hopefully be patched) but for a mere $5.00 is worthwhile if you have already shelled out the bucks for an ipod.