Pocket Fritz is achess playing program forPocket PCpersonal digital assistants (PDAs).
Pocket Fritz 1 was released in 2001. The game uses a port ofShredder chess engine.[1] Pocket Fritz 2 was released in 2002.[2] In 2006, Pocket Fritz 1 and 2 lost the online ability to search positions on Chessbase servers.[3] Pocket Fritz 3 was released in 2008 and usedHiarcs 12 as the engine.[4] The successor Pocket Fritz 4 was released in 2009 and uses Hiarcs 13 as engine.[5]
The Pocket Fritz 4 won the Copa Mercosur tournament, acategory 6 tournament inBuenos Aires, Argentina, with nine wins and onedraw on August 4–14, 2009. The Pocket Fritz 4 achieved a performance rating of 2898. The Pocket Fritz 4 was running on the mobile phoneHTC Touch HD.[6]