Chess Assistant 8.1
(New universal chess program for amateur and professional chess
players)
Everything a chess player needs -
| Chess database management system |
Chess Assistant |
| Built-in top playing programs |
Chess Tiger 2004, Ruffian, Delfi, Crafty |
| Chess Opening Encyclopedia |
CHESS OPENINGS 2005 |
| Client software for playing on the Internet |
ICC support |
| Database content in number of games |
2,710,000 games (by January 1, 2005) |
| Game Service 2005-2006 |
2 500 games weekly for free |
– on three CDs.
Introduction
Our development team has been working hard on Chess Assistant 8.1 and has produced the
most powerful version of the program to date.
There are many enhancements that have been made to Chess Assistant version 8.1. First
of all, when purchasing Chess Assistant you obtain the reference database  of 2,710,000 games, the pre-built direct tree (480 Mb) and the CAP data. You
can opt for the Mega Packet that includes: Correspondence Database, full CAP data (451
Mb), Endgame Tablebases (all 3-4-5 piece endings on a DVD) as well as Commented Game
Service 2004-2006 databases.
Every major functional area has been updated and a number of new features have been
added. We have paid special attention to the classifier module of the program, which now
provides capabilities that are unmatched by any other chess software. Two entirely new
modes have been added - Opening Tables and Players Encyclopedia - that heavily depend on
the classifier module's work. Both these modes constitute a new unprecedented standard of
integrating chess information and presenting it to a user.
CA 8.1 includes the latest edition of Christophe Theron's chess engine - Chess Tiger
2004. This new engine is appreciably stronger than last year's versions, and complement
the new analysis capabilities of the program. CA also comes packaged with other analytical
programs including older versions of Chess Tiger and Tiger Gambit (CHESS TIGER 15.0 and
TIGER GAMBIT III), Ruffian (the program by Perola Valfridsson, the strongest among the
freeware engines), Delfi (recently emerged strong playing program by Fabio Cavicchio), the
latest version of Crafty (this Robert Hyatt's program is the most popular freeware engine)
and Russian Dragon.
At the same time CA retains many useful features available in previous versions such as
background processing. Its allows you to continue with game analysis while an engine
analyzes the current game, or other ones automatically. Searches and long database
operations can also be performed while the computer is performing background analysis.
English, Spanish, French and Italian versions are available.
No additional software is required.
System requirements:
IBM-compatible PC, 128 Mb RAM, hard disk 2Gb, Windows 2000/NT/NE/XP, CD-ROM or DVD-ROM
drive.
1. Chess
Assistant 8.1 - What's new?
2.
New Opening Tables mode
3. Players
Encyclopedia
4. Searches
4.1 Search for header
4.2 Search for
position
4.3
Search for material
4.4 Advanced
search
4.5 Search for
comments
4.6 Search for
Maneuvres
4.7 CQL search
4.8 Composite
search
5. Operations with databases
and datasets
5.1. Database
5.2. Windows
explorer layout
5.3. Removing
doubles
5.4. Subtracting and
intersecting datasets
5.5. Packing and E-mailing a base
5.6. Repairing
5.7. Updating via
Internet
5.8. Converting
5.9. Opening EPD
files directly
6. List and splitting
7. View mode
8.
Editing a game
9.
Playing a game
9.1. Engines
9.2.
BookBuilder
9.3. Test
Suites
10.
Engine Analysis
10.1. Infinite Analysis
10.2. New automatic Engine Analysis
Options
10.3.
Background Analysis
10.4.
Interactive Analysis
10.5. Blunder
Search
10.6. Full analysis
11. Playing
11.1 New Playing Dialogue
11.2 Improved
Winboard/UCI Support
11.3 Opening Book
Improvements
11.4 Improvements to
Test Suite Mode
12. Trees and CAP data
13. Folders/classifiers and
Classes
14.
Printing and Exporting
15. Statistics
16.
Prepare for your opponent
17. Calculating a rating and Norms
18. Fonts, colors,
pieces, backgrounds and DGT board
19.
Usability Enhancements
19.1. New Test Mode
19.2
Shortcut Key Assignments
19.3 Customizing the
View mode
19.4 Tile Selected
Windows
19.5 Prepare for
Opponent
19.6 Background
Processing
19.7 Scripting
20.
ICC support
20.1. Introduction
20.2.
ICC interface in Chess Assistant 8.1:
20.2.1. Tabbed Toolbar
20.2.2.
Personal toolbar
20.2.3. Main Console and
Message Window
20.2.4.
Seek List
20.2.5.
Seek Diagram
20.2.6.
Players List
20.2.7.
Games List
20.2.8. Stored Games
20.2.9. Challenges
20.2.10. Engines and Advanced
chess
20.2.11.
Watching games
20.2.12.
Examining games
20.2.13.
Playing games
20.2.14.
Styles and Sounds
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