Pocket PC Chess: Exercise Your Brain

Did you know that recent medical evidence has shown that keeping your mind occupied with strategy puzzles and games is a great way to make yourself smarter and to ward off dementia? It's a form of exercise for your mind. The best part is, with your PDA, you can do it anywhere.

Pocket PC chess is available online as shareware and freeware, and it's simple to download. Different versions do different things, so shop around before putting out any money. Some versions are for play against the computer, while other versions allow you to play other people on your handheld computer, wirelessly, or online.

You also can find various types of graphics, depending on which version you choose. Some versions have basic classic chess graphics, clean and neat, either in flat versions or in 3-D versions. Others have more up to date graphics, with battling pieces, sound effects, and the ability to choose looks for your pieces.

You can download or purchase versions that use the classical rules of the games, or that allow you to make drastic changes. You can even find versions like fourth-dimensional chess, the version played on the original Star Trek series. In short, you can play any version of the game you wish, with whomever you want, and you can vary it whenever you get bored or when you want to try out new strategies.

There are many other types of strategy games you can play on your handheld PC, but as chess PDA software is the most available game, it's the easiest one to start with. And since the complexities of chess are so hard to master, you will always be guaranteed a challenge.