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tChess Pro
Strength
Analysis mode
Opening library
Extended library
PGN support
Dual core
Features
Screen shots
iPad version
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tChess Pro Features
tChess Pro has too many features to list in its App Store description:
iPhone App features
- Sleek, easy-to-use interface
- Fast and stable
- Allows you to listen to music in the background
- Animations and sounds
- Saves your game and settings when you quit or take a call
- Strong, fast chess engine maximizes battery life
- Support for the iPhone and iPad
- Support for the Retina Display
- Support for Game Center and Voice Chat
- Raytraced 2-D graphics or advanced 3-D graphics
- Open e-mail file attachments
- Support for dual-core processors
- Support for iTunes file sharing (drag and drop)
Basic chess game features
- Play against the computer
- Play against another person on the same device ("pass the iPhone" mode) or online (Game Center)
- Fine-grained control of the difficulty level, from 500 ELO (beginner) to 2500 ELO (Grandmaster)
- Take back moves, get hints, and rotate the board with simple toolbar buttons
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In-game and
full-screen Move List
feature
- Captured Pieces display
- Built-in chess clock
- Save and load games
- Opening database with over 15,000 moves so the computer doesn't play the same game over and over
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Displays opening names
and codes from the
Encyclopedia of Chess Openings
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Profile
feature allows you to
play games
against the computer for rating points and
track your progress
Features for beginners
- Unique algorithms to provide a fun and challenging opponent specifically for beginners
(Most chess programs just make random mistakes at their lower levels)
- Visual highlights show the computer's last move and the legal moves for your pieces
- Board coordinates (A-H, 1-8) help you with Standard Algebraic Notation
- Built-in Learn Chess app (Apple Staff Favorite)
Features for experts
- Strong chess engine: over 380 ELO points stronger than Caissa Chess
- Set the engine to think for a fixed number of seconds or ply
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Sophisticated
time control
feature allows you to enter any chess time control
(1 to 3 stages, with or without a Fischer increment)
- Blindfold mode
Features for enthusiasts
- Turn on the Analysis Mode to automatically start the chess engine and see its output:
See who's winning and by how much, and get the recommended sequence of moves
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Use the
Position Editor
to enter any position, from a newspaper, a book, a game at the chess club, etc.
- Use the back and forward toolbar buttons and the Move List screen to quickly navigate the current game
- Use the "Revert to last save" feature to save a game, try different lines, and quickly revert back to the main line
- Export your games via e-mail in standard PGN format
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Copy & Paste
games in standard PGN format
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PGN Database
feature to
download
and view databases of chess games in standard PGN format
- Explore chess opening theory using the Opening Library feature
- Optional extended opening library
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