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Cut boredom and sharpen your mind while you travel!

Small hand-held electronic chess sets offer you a FUN, useful reason to engage your mind and relax at the same time.

Consider the following two ways:

Install chess software on your PDA (that's a small hand-held phone, electronic device, often a "Palm". Basically any device that allows you to install compatible software)
Get a hand-held chess computer designed simply for chess.

The 2nd option is more prevalent, but let's explain both.

Install chess software on your PDA or phone.

You can take advantage of the hand-held you already own IF it's compatible with available chess software. The top of the line, strong chess software Pocket Fritz by ChessBase is the most powerful way to go. But you'll have to invest a few hundred dollars on hardware first if you don't already own it. Be sure to look at the hardware requirements for Pocket Fritz or any chess software you buy.
As with PDA's, there may be chess software available for your phone as well! If you have one of the phones below, you're in luck!

Get a hand-held chess computer.

By far, the most popular option. It's cost effective, with all choices affordably priced under $100. Playing strength is usually no more than strong club player (1800), but that's great for most chess players.
Whether for yourself or as a gift, the user-friendly, easy to see LCD pieces, and backlit display make New York Times Deluxe Talking Touch Chess (who names these things?) super friendly, but not overly compact. It's nicely protected in zipper case. You can setup positions, make it silent, and all the other things you'd expect.
Saitek's Maestro Electronic Chess is more sleek, compact, and solid. While these pieces aren't as friendly to the sight-challenged, backlight helps greatly.

Enjoy these smart electronic chess games and make your traveling more fun!

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Einstein Touch Chess Retail: $39.95 Price: $29.95 In Stock!	Maestro Travel Chess Computer Retail: $99.95 Price: $89.95 In Stock!	ChessGenius for Windows Mobile (Pocket PC and Smartphone) Retail: $26.95 Price: $23.99 Chess Software Download

Einstein Touch Chess features a threat indicator, automatic scoring, game timer, undo key and more!	Superb styling, backlit screen, and extended player strengths makes this a must have chess computer!	ChessGenius has superb playing strength and is packed with features for beginners and experts. It runs on all Pocket PC's including Windows Mobile 5 and 2003 / 2003SE devices. Chess Genius supports the Landscape mode and VGA screens of Windows Mobile 5 and 2003 SE. Written by Richard Lang, ten times Computer Chess World Champion.


Chess Genius for Palm Retail: $26.95 Price: $23.99 Chess Software Download	Pocket Fritz 3.0 Software (CD) Retail: $69.95 Price: $62.20 In Stock!	Chess Genius for Windows Smartphones Retail: $20.95 Price: $18.99 Chess Software Download

ChessGenius is a world championship winning chess program for the Palm Computing Platform. Superb playing strength and packed with features for beginners and experts. It runs on all Palm devices including all LifeDrive, TX, Z22, Tungsten, Zire, Treo, Tapwave and Sony Clie devices	With an estimated rating of 2450 ELO, the software Pocket Fritz 2.0 easily installs on your Pocket PC device running Windows CE! It's the smartest and easiest way to play computer chess when you're away from your laptop or desktop computer! Pocket Fritz 3.0 is a powerful chess opponent, analysis partner, and research tool. All you need is your Pocket PC device with appropriate Windows CE system requirements to install the Pocket Fritz 3.0 software package on it. Take it with you wherever you go and leave boredom behind!	ChessGenius for Windows powered Smartphones has superb playing strength and is packed with features for beginners and experts. Written by Richard Lang, ten times Computer Chess World Champion


Chess Genius for Series 60 Phones Retail: $20.95 Price: $18.99 Chess Software Download	Chess Genius for UIQ Phones Retail: $20.95 Price: $18.99 Chess Software Download

ChessGenius for Series 60 phones is the strongest chess playing program for Symbian Series 60 phones. It is packed with features for beginners and experts. Written by Richard Lang, ten times Computer Chess World Champion. It runs on all Series 60 phones including Nokia 7650, 3650, 3600, 3620, 3660, 6600, 6620, 7610, N70, N90, N91, N-Gage, Siemens SX1 and Sendo X	ChessGenius for UIQ phones is the strongest chess playing program for UIQ phones. It is packed with features for beginners and experts. Written by Richard Lang, ten times Computer Chess World Champion. It runs on all UIQ phones including the Sony Ericsson P800, P900, P910, Motorola A1000 and A925, Benq P30.