Chess-playing PC SOFTWARE - Fritz, Zap, Rybka, Shredder, Hiarcs, Junior & co!

ALL of the top CHESS SOFTWARE is available from COUNTRYWIDE. The PLAYING PROGRAMS [ENGINES] and OPENING [POWER]BOOKS and ENDGAME TABLEBASES are shown below..... or Click here for CHESSBASE9 Database System and Chess TEACHING SOFTWARE.

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• BUY ANY 2 PROGRAMS from this page and DEDUCT £3 from the total cost.
• BUY ANY 3 PROGRAMS from this page and DEDUCT £6 from the total cost.
• BUY ANY 4 PROGRAMS from this page and DEDUCT £10 from total cost.
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Chess PLAYING PROGRAMS and EXTRAS  mostly from ChessBase

PLAYING LEVELS from Beginner to Grandmaster, including Handicap, Sparring and levels which adjust to YOUR strength; the programs can be set to TEACH, COACH and show TACTICAL opportunities even during a game (use clever VOICE option for Teaching etc.or have messages just shown on the DISPLAY), and can ANALYSE your game afterwards; as well as the main PROGRAM which you get with each purchase, the CDs also include a big GAMES DATABASE (classic games from the past right up to present day tournaments), a giant tuned OPENING BOOK for engine strength and personal study, and some of the 4-piece NALIMOV Endgame Tablebases. The PLAYING BOARD can be displayed in various user-selectable and easy-to-see 2D formats, plus various EXCELLENT 3D boards. With so many EXTENSIVE and ENTERTAINING features, and for all aspects of PLAY, ANALYSIS, GAME STORAGE DATABASES and other functions such as INTERNET connection for PLAY on the ChessBase website, PRINTING facilities etc., the ChessBase range is 2nd. to none - and if you buy more than one program you can play your own engine-v-engine matches or tournaments, obtain alternative analysis of difficult positions, or test new opening ideas! UCI engines can also easily be used with the latest versions. Win 98/NT/2000/XP compatible.

• new! FRITZ 11 on DVD £34.95. Programmer Franz Morsch. This new version is a remarkably strong chess program with incredible new graphics and features. New code for FRITZ 11 has greatly improved the positional understanding and depth of search, and it's tactically brilliant as always! Early results strongly suggest that FRITZ 11 is 80 Elo stronger than Fritz10... it is very strong! It can Talk and Coach, plus BEGINNERS CHESS COURSE and many FRITZMEDIA Video LESSONS on the DVD including one by Kasparov himself! DEEP FRITZ 10 is a multi-processor version £74.95.  
• SHREDDER 11 £39.95. The ChessBase version of Stefan Meyer-Kahlen's WORLD CHAMPION contender. Shredder programs are always top or near to the TOP of our RATING LISTS. ALL of the ChessBase quality and features as in Fritz etc. this program is packed with quality chess knowledge but now written to search even deeper, and plays more positively than previous versions, making Shredder both an excellent opponent and a valuable games analyst. A DEEP SHREDDER 11 version for dual and quad processors is also available for £74.95.
• new!  JUNIOR 10 on DVD £39.95. Programmers Shay Bushinsky and Amir Ban. Windows 32-bit, in exactly the same Interface, style and quality as Fritz above. Another very strong, tactical program, a brilliant initiative seeker, and the 2006 Computer Chess World Champion. Indeed the earlier Deep Junior 9 version recently drew 3-3 with Kasparov! JUNIOR 10 will be very high on our rating list. A really powerful DEEP JUNIOR  version for multi-processors is also available for £74.95.
• new!  RYBKA 2.3 on CD £29.95. Vasik Rajlich's (IM) RYBKA 2.2 is the top-rated program on everyone's rating list. Available as a UCI version which requires the user to also have a ChessBase program (e.g. ChessBase9 or Shredder, Junior, Fritz, Hiarcs), or Arena in order to run, and comes with a ChessBase compatible Fritz-type Opening Book
• HIARCS 10 on DVD £39.95 . British Programmer Mark Uniacke's HIARCS is always very popular. The same superb quality, graphics, database, analysis and printing features, plus Internet connection which you get with FRITZ 10.... and here running in the superb and really strong knowledge-packed HIARCS 10 program with a new, much improved and enlarged opening book done by myself, Eric Hallsworth with Mark Uniacke and incorporating new opening analysis ideas by Hiarcs itself! For MORE details VISIT Hiarcs
• ZAP!  £39.95. The 2005 World Chess Computer Champion, by Anthony Cozzie. The DVD contains 2 ENGINES - REYKJAVIK which won the 2005 World Championship and the 25th Dutch Open, and PADERBORN which includes some new ideas and came 2= at Paderborn. Cozzie isn't sure which is better! Both are in 32-bit,  super-fast optimised 64-bit, and DEEP ZAP! multi-processor versions and the DVD will contain all the usual carefully prepared Opening Books, Database and great ChessBase features.
• new!  You can upgrade FREE on the ChessBase website to the new ZAP! ZANZIBAR version, which is approx. 80 Elo stronger, or we can include an upgrade CD for an extra £5!

Other EXCELLENT Chess PROGRAMS to improve the STRENGTH and SCOPE of any/all of the ChessBase playing engines. These can be INCLUDED in our SPECIAL OFFER shown above when you buy 2 or more programs at the same time!

• The ChessBase POWERBOOKS on DVD £39.95 will work perfectly with any of the above programs, giving the user an enormous 7 million+ moves opening database for use in play or analysis/preparation... the ultimate in opening training and engine performance! The 750,000 games from which they are drawn are also on the DVD
• The ChessBase ENDGAME Turbo-TABLEBASES 3 on 9 dvds, £39.95. This set does for your engine's endgame what the PowerBooks do for its opening! The 4 CDs cover the 5 piece or less endgames, whilst the DVD version also includes the most important 6 piece endgame situations (especially R+P!), so buy that if your PC has DVD! Note that with these the ChessBase engines play dramatically better endgames with more than 5 pieces because, as exchanges occur within the search bringing a position down to 5 pieces, the program immediately accesses the Tablebases for correct move selection!