Chess Genius v.2.2 - Palm OS

Xadrez pra Palm!

ChessGenius For Palm OS (Version 2.2) has superb playing strength and is packed with features for beginners and experts. It runs on all Palm devices including Tungsten, Zire, Treo and all Sony Clie devices... Written by Richard Lang, ten time Computer Chess World Champion.

Version 2.2 with new full screen display for all 320x480 devices. Play on a big chessboard and see full game information! Still compatible with all older devices. This is a free update for all registered users. Install over the previous version. No need to enter License Key again.

Features of ChessGenius For Palm OS:

• Free updates
  Buy ChessGenius once and all future updates will be free.
• Incredibly strong play
  Excellent play even on the 'instant' level
• Forty playing levels (standard engine)
  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
  Ten Problem solving levels. Solve newspaper checkmate in x moves problems
• Thirty additional playing levels (ARM engine)
  OS5 Palm devices support the ARM native engine. This has 30 playing levels. Ten Easy, ten time based levels and ten Blitz levels.
• 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 5-way Navigator, Jog dial, Scroll-Up/Down Buttons
• 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.
• Infrared play option
  Play against another player who has ChessGenius installed on a Palm device using the infrared port
• Rules of Chess
  Understands all the rules of Chess including, en-passant, under promotion, castling, draw by repetition and the 50 move rule.
• Save and Load games
  Games can be saved and loaded as (PGN compatible) memo's. Games can be transferred between Palm and Desktop PC.
• Permanent brain option
  ChessGenius assumes that the human player will play the hint move and calculates its reply while waiting. It will play stronger.
• Tutor option
  ChessGenius will warn if a blunder / weak move is played and give the option of take back.
• Three board views
  Choose between three chessboard sizes
• High-Resolution Support
  ChessGenius supports high resolution on Sony Clie's and on all Palm OS5 devices. It also supports the Handera 330
• 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.