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. Written by
Richard Lang, ten times Computer Chess World Champion.
Version
1.7 with new features and
support for the Landscape mode and VGA screens of Windows Mobile 5 and 2003 SE
devices. This is a
free update for all registered users. Install over the previous version.
No need to enter License Key again.
- Download
Try before you buy!
Download ChessGenius 1.7 and try it out for free.
Click here to download now (
ChessGenius_PPC.exe, Version1.702, 101 KB).
See the FAQ page for
installation instructions and for .cab file and a version for
old MIPS and SH3 devices.
- Buy now (register)
Please buy to unlock the
full features. ChessGenius costs U.S. $25.
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Instant fulfillment.
Your License Key will be displayed on screen immediately following your
purchase and confirmed by email. |
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If you have a PayPal
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To buy by post send a cheque for $25
drawn on a U.S. bank or pounds £15.50 (U.K. bank) payable to "Lang
Software Ltd" to:
Lang Software Limited
31 Clifton Road
Poole
BH14 9PW
United Kingdom
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Landscape view. WM 5 and 2003 SE
Tested and certified "Windows Mobile Ready"
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rated by
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Comments by users: |
"This chess program "will beat the pants off of you". Very
strong yet user friendly for the weaker players too, the Genius is a clear
Winner!!"
"l´adversaire peut prévoir plusieurs coups en avance et développer un jeu que le joueur naïf ne pourra difficilement renverser"
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"I have played the original ChessGenius
1,2,3,4,5,6,7, for the PC, So when my wife surprised me with a pocket
pc, I was tickled to find out that chessgenius was available for it.
Very strong and aggressive program. Excellent, very enjoyable graphics!
Well done, programmer/ Keep up the good work! Highly
Recommended!!!"
"Excellent.
This is the best chess game I've seen for the iPAQ. A really good
example of how to get a ship into a bottle!. I like the tutor."
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Features
of ChessGenius for the Pocket PC
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- Free updates
- Incredibly strong play
Excellent play even on the 'instant' level
- Thirty playing levels
Ten easy levels. ChessGenius makes deliberate mistakes
Ten time based levels. Instant, 1 sec, 2 sec, 3 sec, 5 sec, ... 3 mins
Ten Blitz levels. Whole game in 1 min, 2 min, 3 min, 5 min, .... 120 min. The
Chess Clocks count down in these levels. You lose if you run out of time
- Game information
The last moves of the game
Chess Clocks. Total White and Black time and move time
Main line. For example, the line may show:
"1.03 05 cxd4 Nxd4 Nc6 Bb5" This means that:
ChessGenius is winning by 1.03 pawns. Search depth = 5, and line of moves.
ChessGenius is planning cxd4 and expects Nxd4 in reply etc
- Set-up position
Any legal position can be entered
- Take back and Step forward
Take back moves
to start of game and Step forward to end of game.
Easy take back and step forward with the up/down keys or directional pad.
- Hint
Let ChessGenius suggest your move
- Players
Play against ChessGenius, against another player or watch ChessGenius play itself
- Analyze game
Like 2 player mode but ChessGenius calculates continuously and shows its thinking.
Useful for replaying games to see where mistakes have been made or for
playing over an imported PGN Master game.
- Rules of Chess
Understands all
the rules of Chess including, en-passant, underpromotion, castling, draw
by repetition and the 50 move rule. Announces a draw if there is
insufficient material to win
- Save and Load games
Games can be saved and loaded in PGN files. Multiple games per file. Easy to import and
export to PC chess programs.
- Permanent brain option
ChessGenius assumes that the human player will play the hint move and
calculates its reply whilst waiting. It will play stronger.
- Tutor option
ChessGenius will warn if a blunder / weak move is
played and give the option of take back.
- Big chessboard option
Choose between two chessboard sizes
- Show legal moves option
If this option is enabled tapping a piece will show all the squares the
piece can move to. If the piece has no moves all pieces that can move are
indicated.
- Championship
The word 'Championship' is displayed on the small board view if you
have not used Hint, Taken back moves or viewed the Main line. Can you beat
ChessGenius without help?
- Board coordinates option
Coordinates can optionally be displayed on the chessboard.
- Hash tables for stronger play
The size of the hash tables can be adjusted from
64kb up to 16mb.
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New features of ChessGenius version 1.7
- Full support for Windows Mobile 5 and 2003 SE devices.
Supports Landscape mode.
Supports VGA screens.
No warning message on installation.
- Show last move option.
ChessGenius can indicate the last move.
- Improved pgn support
ChessGenius is now associated with pgn files. Selecting a pgn file
from "File explorer" opens ChessGenius.
- Tested and certified "Windows Mobile Ready"
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New features of ChessGenius version 1.6 ( August 2004 )
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Stunning new piece set
Three different piece sets including new Royal piece set designed
by Bryan Whitby
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Next best feature
After ChessGenius has played a move "Next best" will
force ChessGenius to take back its last move and compute the next best
move. This is useful for forcing ChessGenius to play a particular
opening and for analyzing positions..
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New features of ChessGenius version 1.5 ( October 2003 )
- Stronger play
The Chess engine has been optimized for the Intel XScale processor
using tools provided by Intel and now runs between 25% and 60% faster.
ChessGenius can now sometimes search more than 100,000 positions per
second.
- Additional piece set
Choice of piece sets. (Thanks to Bryan Whitby)
- Additional main line options
Main line can display positions searched and positions searched
per second or score only.
- Bigger user adjustable hash tables
For stronger play the size of the hash tables can be adjusted from
64kb up to 16mb.
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