Latest News:
04/05/07 New version of Hiarcs for Mac available! Now includes multiprocessor and universal binary engines.
01/28/07 Attention parents! Take a look at my review of Dinosaur Chess.
09/09/06 If you haven't been living under a rock, you've probably noticed that Chess Assistant 9 has been released (see a review here). What is news is that a free update is available (Chess Assistant 9.03) for download.
05/21/06 The Free Internet Correspondence Games Server is now available (FICGS).
05/07/06 Got PHP and MySQL? Then you can download and run your own chess server. More info at http://www.phpchess.com. May be just the ticket for schools. Sample server up and running at http://www.phpchess.com/phpchess.
02/07/06 A new version of Pocket Grandmaster is now available, with additional engines, WM 5.0 enhancements, etc. Go to the Pocket Grandmaster site for more info!
12/13/05 I've reviewed a number of new PocketPC chess programs on my ChessAssistance site.
12/11/05 IM Jovan Petronic has a new webpage that reviews chess software.
10/22/05 ICOfY 2.5M Game database in Chessbase, Chess Assistant, SCID, and PGN now available. See this link (sorry, no other details available).
10/08/05 Shredder for Linux and Mac are now available.
09/26/05 The Fruit chess engine has gone commercial, and is available for order. Fruit gave an excellent performance at this years World Computer Championship.
09/14/05 Convekta has released Pocket Chess Strategy, for PocketPC owners. You may also want to check out their new site design.
08/05/05 Check out the new Personal Chess Trainer Software!
06/18/05 I have completed a review of CT-ART for the PocketPC, you can find it at ChessAssistance.com.
06/12/05 Are you ready for the Freezer? Endgame and study fans should check out this newest offering. More info here.
05/17/05 The best PC tactics training software is now available for the PocketPC! Check out the Convekta homepage for more information.
04/30/05 The 64 bit version of Shredder 9 is now available. If you are thinking of a new computer, you may want to factor in the potential performance increase from 64 bit processing.
04/07/05 Chessmaster 9000 for Mac OS X is now available. More info here.
03/01/05 I've just completed a short writeup on EG magazine. See this link for more info.
02/20/05 My Shredder 9 UCI review is complete. Find it here.
02/11/05 Shredder 9 UCI and Deep Shredder 9 UCI are now available, see this link for info and download!
02/05/05 DVDs of six man tablebases are now available for purchase at Convekta. More info here.
02/04/05 CEBoard update! See this link for more info.
11/20/04 My Chess Assistant 8 review is complete! You can find it here.
11/17/04 Live coverage of the Russian Superfinal tournament with free PGN commented games, instructions here.
11/14/04 New beta version of CEBoard for PocketPC is available! Crafty engine for analysis and play, as well as new search functions. Need I say more?
11/05/04 ChessAssistant 8 is now shipping!
10/26/04 Chessbase 9 is shipping.
10/17/04 If you haven't already, check out the Chess Position Trainer from Stefan Renzewitz.
8/1/04 Ed Schroeder has made a UCI version of the rebel engine available free for downloading! This is a very kind and generous act for computer chess fans everywhere.
7/18/04 Congratulations are due to Junior, this year's World Microcomputer Chess Champion. Shredder wins the speed chess championship. More details here.
7/13/04 $20,000 Internet blitz tournament will start on 7/15/04! There is still time to register, see this link for more info.
6/29/04 Another PC chess engine comes to the Palm platform. Mark Uniacke has released Hiarcs for Palm (with 68K and ARM engines), see this link for more information.
6/12/04 I've completed a new review of Shredder Classic, you can find it here.
5/12/04 Free access to six-man tablebases is now available from Convekta. See my other site for more information.
2/29/04 I have completed a review of Ruffian 2.0, which you can read here.
2/24/04 Do you need a good free FICS client? Check out Babaschess!
1/25/04 I've updated my Palm vs. PocketPC comparison. You can read it here.
1/24/04 Richard Lang has released an OS 5 version of ChessGenius.
1/6/04 There is a nice review of Modern Chess Openings: French Defense on www.chessassistance.com.
12/8/03 There is a short review of "Masterpieces of Chess Composition" at www.chessassistance.com.
11/30/03 Congratulations go to Shredder (once again) for winning the Computer Chess World Championship. You can find more info here. I have a review of Shredder for the PC here, and Shredder for the PocketPC here (the Shredder engine is used in Pocket Fritz).
11/16/03 Kasparov played a beautiful anti-computer game today. Let this be a cautionary tale against believing everything your computer analysis tells you!
11/14/03 There is an interesting review of CT-ART on Chessville.
11/11/03 Gary Kasparov nearly did a number on Fritz X3d in game 1! Make sure you check out the action at http://www.x3dchess.com/.
10/26/03 I've completed a review of the new DGTXL clock, you can find it here.
10/10/03 There is a Mate Studies review on www.chessassistance.com.
09/01/03 See my review of Christian Kongsted's new book: "How to Use Computers to Improve Your Chess".
08/29/03 There is a utility for converting PGN exported from Chess Informant software to PGN that can be read by Chess Assistant. It is available at the downloads section of www.chessassistance.com.
08/17/03 Thinking about getting a new PocketPC with Windows Mobile 2003 for chess? See this short article.
07/13/03 Convekta has released an electronic version of the "Comprehensive Chess Endings" books by Averbach, you can find more information at their online shop. You can also find some screen shots at www.chessassistance.com, in advance of an upcoming review.
06/18/03 DGT has a new clock out, called the DGT XL, it should be available soon. See www.dgtprojects.com for more info; there is also a flash animation and info at www.dgtxl.com. Among the new features are larger displays, and the ability to communicate with PC programs through the DGT board (for time synchronization purposes).
06/12/03 I have a review of Convekta's Chess Openings 2003 program up on www.chessassistance.com.
06/01/03 Aaron Tay recently posted to USENET that there are some problems with the Chessmaster 9000 endgame databases. He has made corrected database files, which are available for download (or you can regenerate them yourself with FEG). Aaron's site can be found here, and the corrected files can be downloaded from here.
05/23/03 You can find my review of Chessbase Megadatabase 2003 here.
04/06/03 My review of Chess Informant Electronic Edition is complete, find it here.
03/16/03 Convekta has a new weekly chess newspaper site. You can find it at: weekly.convekta.com.
03/06/03 New update is available for users of Fritz 8 and Shredder 7.
03/05/03 A new version of the Chess Informant Reader is available. PGN export and import is supported. You can find more information at the Informant web site.
03/03/03 Have you got a multiprocessing monster machine? Check out Deep Sjeng at Lokasoft...
02/16/03 There is a new, free beta version of Rebel 12 available for download here. Instructions on using the engine with Chess Assistant can be found here.
02/06/03 New review of Shredder 7 is now complete.
02/06/03 What the heck happened yesterday in the Kasparov vs. Deep Junior game? The score is still tied.
02/01/03 I am pleased to announce the opening of my new site: ChessAssistance.com!
01/30/03 Today was a little bit of a let-down for fans of the big-K. You can find more news at the Chessbase site. Make sure you read Mig's interesting analysis of the match so far.
01/28/03 GK vs.DJ has been extremely exciting so far. The score now stands at 1.5-.5.
01/23/03 Are you ready for Kasparov vs. Deep Junior? Will Gazza blow this hunk of silicon out of the water? Only time will tell! This site will be carrying the games live, as will a number of the online chess servers.
01/17/03 My review of Fritz 8 is complete, you can find it here.
01/14/03 Check out my tablebase article in the latest issue of Chess Life :-)
