Software for your computer. These strongest available software programs
are great for training, improvement and battling the best available electronic chess prowess in
the world. PC Chess Software is the unrivalled forum for chess engine programmers to compete against
each other.
Chess Computers or Chess Software - Which?
Without a doubt - top level chess software is stronger than top level stand-alone chess computers.
The reason for this is the amount of processing power available in the PC. Each PC (and MAC) contains
a powerful processor that is perfect for heavy chess analytical processing. To put one of these within
a stand-alone chess computer such as the Novag Citrine or the
Enhanced Novag Citrine would make it too expensive to manufacturer, but
writers of chess engines have the ready availability of a superb CPU in even low grade computers we now
use every day.
New, dramatically improved chess engine about 80 Elo points stronger than Fritz 10.
Upgraded database with over one million games, from 1625 to 2007
Improved openings book – more games, more line
New tactics training function to improve your calculation
Gain access to a new section on the Playchess server with puzzle solving competitions
‘The Magic Eye’ scans the 3D board, making the search visible for the user
A massive 13 hours of video lessons from some of the world’s top players including Garry Kasparov, Viktor Korchnoi and Alexey Shirov
Pit your wits against the program that has beaten Garry Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik or just tweak the program so that it adjusts itself to your strength.
Fritz is ideal for less experienced players. The program will even advise you during the game if you wish. It has sophisticated coaching functions that graphically display threats, the best plans, and it gives you guidance in the opening if required. For beginners Fritz pros and cons of every single legal move.
Strong club and tournament players have used Fritz as their in house trainer helping them to study their games and find new opening ideas. A database with more than a million games provides the basis for state-of-the-art analysis. Even Garry Kasparov has used Fritz on a regular basis.
The Fritz Media System also lets you invite the world’s leading players into your living room to give you a private lessons. See Garry Kasparov, Victor Korchnoi, Alexei Shirov and others in high resolution video and sound with a synchronised graphic chessboard.
A host of famous chess teachers provide instruction in subjects such as opening traps, middlegame strategy and endgame skills. For absolute beginners there are elementary courses to teach you the basics in a matter of hours. Fritz also has a variety of beautiful photo realistic 3D chessboards, and can provide amusing verbal comments during the game.
System requirements: Minimum: Pentium 300 MHz, 64 MB RAM, Windows Vista or XP, DVD ROM drive, Windows Media Player. Recommended: Pentium IV 2.2 GHz or higher, 256 MB RAM, DVD ROM drive (in short - a reasonably modern PC)
G2002 Chess Tactics Art (CT-Art) Chess Software Contains over 1200 exercises classified according to three criteria: (a)Tactical methods (Annihilation of Defense, Distraction, Decoy, Open attack, Opening of a file, Space clearance, X-ray attack, Interception, etc), (b)Combination motifs (Geometrical motif, Weakness of a file, Opposing, A piece is overloaded, Bad position of the pieces, Limited material, etc), (c) Strength (ELO 1600-2300). Convenient prompt system. Help features include: marking the most important squares, illustration of ideas with more simple examples (more than 1000 subsidiary exercises). Optional change of colors and sides increases the number of exercises. Detailed statistics can be saved for any number of users. Tests and ELO estimation modes. Playing program Crafty is included. Chess material was prepared by ICCF Grandmaster Maxim Blokh. READ MORE...
G2003 Chess Software - Learn to Play Chess with Fritz and Chesster - 1 Learn to play chess. Use your wits, learn to think ahead, have fun and excitement AND learn a whole lot about chess: this great chess adventure has all of this and more in store for you! It's every kid's dream until the dastardly King Black challenges the young stand-in king to a duel! Explore the kingdom and discover 7 arcade-style games that explain everything from chess basics to master strategies. Together with Prince Fritz and his cousin Bianca learn how to play chess, then test and increase your knowledge in a whole range of exciting games and situations. How do you set up the board? What’s stalemate? When do you call it a draw? What does opposition mean? What does 'up the stairs mate' mean? Find the answers to these questions and many more in animated games and contests. Tips and tricks are explained step by step. Then you can provide and test your skill in the special games and tasks. And once you’ve got the hang of everything, join Fritz to take on King Black in the grand finale.Features: *Learn to play chess with characters Fritz and Chesster *Explore the kingdom and discover 7 arcade-style games *Explains everything from chess basics to master strategies *For 1 or 2 players
System Requirements for PC:
Windows 95/98/ME/XP
Pentium II 233 Processor
32 MB RAM
16-bit Soundblaster Compatible
16 x speed CD-ROM Drive
Windows Compatible Sound Card
(If you need a MAC version -please call us) READ MORE...
G2004 Chess Software - Learn to Play Chess with Fritz and Chesster - 2 Chess in the Black Castle. In a black castle - Fritz, Bianca and Chesster are back in a new chess adventure! Jump into chess action to rescue Chesster from deep within the walls of King Black's Castle. You'll have lots of fun learning move by move about openings, middle game strategy and tactics, endgames, pinning, delivering check, attacking, protecting - and much more. Jump into chess action, move by move, to rescue Chess from Deep within King Black’s castle. Join Fritz and Bianca in a thrilling chess adventure as they enter rooms of the castle, where each challenge will help you sharpen skills and prepare for the ultimate showdown. Part two of the famous chess game 'Learn to play Chess with Fritz and Chesster'. Powered by Fritz, the world’s leading chess software; Learn about tactics and strategy, the opening and endgame; Developed together with experienced children’s chess coaches. Try out over 20 mini games within the game to practice what you've learned and see if you can get your name onto the high scoreboard!
System requirements: Multimedia PC: Pentium II 233 processor, 32 mb ram, 16 bit soundblaster compatible sound card, CD-Rom Drive, Graphics card, Win 98/ME/XP/Vista. READ MORE...
G2005 ChessBase 9 Starter Pack DVD Chess Software ChessBase is the default personal, stand-alone chess database that has become the standard throughout the world. ChessBase is the program of choice for anyone who loves the game and wants to know more about it. Screen Example Picture. Here's what can be done with ChessBase: enter, annotate and save games, including variations, text commentary, spoken comments, embedded pictures, soundtracks and even video sequences; analyse position with GM-strength modules Fritz and Crafty (both included); retrieve games according to openings, players and tournaments; generate tournament cross tables and full graphic statistics of players or openings; merge games on-the-fly into an opening tree; generate a player‘s dossier containing all available information from the database; find the new move in a game with one mouse click; generate a comprehensive openings report with main and critical lines, plans and most important games; search for material distribution, positions and manoeuvres, search for mates and stalemates; classify games according to self defined middle and endgame criteria; print games in superb DTP quality with diagrams and multiple columns; easy and direct access to the comprehensive ChessBase online database; freely configurable board and list windows, automatic email transmission of positions, games or databases; management of team championships; intelligent search for tactical themes New in ChessBase 9.0: new database browser, hyperthreading support, integrated player index, tournament index, source index, annotator index and team Index, new opening key layout, automatic opening reference, new HEUMAS (Heuristic Move Assistant), game history, fast real 3D, board supported, threat animation, improved search, Chess Media System (teaching videos with synchronized chess boards) integrated, improved correspondence chess features and more. ChessBase Starter Package contains *Fritz5.32-Engine *Crafty-Engine *Player encyclopedia with over 20,000 pictures *ChessBase Big DataBase 2008 (3.8 Million games from 1794 to 2007 in highest ChessBase quality standard without annotations) *Latest issues from the ChessBase Magzine *Two multimedia CD's (from ChessBase Magazine or ChessBase Magazine Extra)
G2006 Shredder 11 Chess Software on DVD Shredder is the program that for the past few years was able to win more world championship titles than any other. The new version, Shredder 11, is stronger than any previous version, with its performance improved by about 100 Elo points. This was achieved by implementing more effecient search techniques and a new evaluation function which provides more realistic assessments. Shredder still likes to go on the attack, but is not as speculative as previous versions. The evaluation of passed pawns has also been greatly improved. All of this leads to more reliable and realistic results during your analysis with the computer. A completely new feature is the Opening Advisor, which allows Shredder to handle opening lines much better without the help of an openings book. Included in delivery: Original Fritz 10 interface: extensive training and entertainment features for beginners, club players and grandmasters. Shredder 11 also gives you full and free access to the ChessBase Playchess server (1 year), where you can play games against people all over the world. Naturally the Shredder 11 engine runs under the Fritz interface. Tournament opening book: The enhanced and extended Shredder opening book gives you full statistical information about every move that has been played in the current position. In addition you get a database with one million historic and current games.
Minimum System Requirements: Pentium 300 MHz, 64 MB RAM, Windows Vista or XP, DVD ROM drive, Windows Media Player. READ MORE...
G2007 Chess Software - Dinosaur Chess on DVD Dinosaur Chess software on DVD is for absolute beginners, good for parents who wish to teach their child how to play chess. It turns learning chess into an enjoyable game, fun and inspiring as an activity. You'll be invited to sign up to Professor MacDinosaur's chess class. Then you will grow from a hatchling, fresh from the egg, to a huge dinosaur ready to take on the Tyrannosaurus Rex. The action takes you through different parts of the dinosaur's world from jungles to forests. Here you learn the chess skills that will help you grow enough to defeat the other dinosaurs in battle. *A fun way for children to learn to play chess *Over 20 mini games and puzzles *Play simplified and full chess games against the dinosaurs *Entertaining and challenging *Chess is Good for you! *Playing chess gives brains of any age a good workout. *Kids especially benefit from learning and playing the game. *A fun way for children to learn to play chess *Improve IQ scores *Increase concentration *Challenges gifted children *Helps developmental and abstract thinking in children *Potentially helps underachievers *Develops critical thinking skills *System requirements: Pentium II 233 processor, 32 MB RAM. WIN 95/WIN 98/2000/ME/XP/VISTA READ MORE...
G2008 ChessBase Mega Database 2008 Chess Software If you already have ChessBase - this is the exclusive annotated ChessBase database. It contains nearly 4 million games from 1560 to 2007 in ChessBase high quality standard. 61000 games contain commentary from top players with ChessBase opening classification with more than 100,000 key positions, direct access to players, tournaments, middlegame themes, endgames. The largest topclass annotated database in the world. The most recent games of the database are from the middle of November 2007. Mega 2008 also features a new edition of the playerbase. As usual, this is where most of the work was done. As the player index now contains already more than 200,000 entries, it made sense to use an adapted playerbase which includes about 220,000 names. Doing this, the photo database was extended as well to contain 30,000 pictures.
System requirements: Pentium PC, Windows Vista/XP, 64 MB RAM, DVD-ROM drive, ChessBase 9. READ MORE...
G2009 Rybka 2.3 plus Openings CD-ROM Chess Software The same highly acclaimed program as Rybka 2.3 UCI, this version comes complete with its own custom written Opening Book to maximise its playing strength, amd utilises its own interface, based on Chess Assistant. Additionally, the program includes a convenient interface for playing at Internet Chess Club (ICC).
Important Note : This is a completely standalone version of Rybka and can not be used in conjunction with Chessbase or any Chessbase engine such as Fritz. READ MORE...
