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

ALL the top CHESS SOFTWARE is available from COUNTRYWIDE. PLAYING PROGRAMS [ENGINES] + OPENING [POWER]BOOKS + ENDGAME TABLEBASES 

• SPECIAL OFFERS:
• BUY ANY 2 PROGRAMS from this page and DEDUCT £4 from the total cost.
• BUY ANY 3 PROGRAMS from this page and DEDUCT £7.50 from the total cost.
• POSTAGE will be £2 however many items you order!
• We regret that the changing - for the UK the worsening - relationship between the $/Euro and the £ has forced us to increase some of our software prices.
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Chess PLAYING PROGRAMS/ENGINES 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 SCREEN), 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), and a giant tuned OPENING BOOK for engine strength and personal study. 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 within the ChessBase setup! DEEP versions are for MULTI-processors: dual core, quad and octal but also work on single processors; NON-Deep versions are for single processors, they will work on multi-processors but only use one of the processors. So if you have a single processor buy SP; if you have or intend to buy dual or better, buy MP for best performance

• new! DEEP RYBKA 3 £78.95, RYBKA 3 £39.95   CHESSBASE version on DVD, with new and very interesting analysis features incl. one for sorting out best move/s in ANY position by forecasting results. I.M Vasik Rajlich's RYBKA is the CURRENT WORLD CHAMPION and top-rated program on everyone's rating list. Also available an extra super BIG OPENING BOOK by Jeroen Noomen £19.95. RYBKA3 and DEEP RYBKA3 are estimated to be over 100 Elo stronger than RYBKA2.3.2 - it recently won the 2008 World Computer Rapid Championship with an amazing score of 13½/14 and the Championship proper with 8/9!
• new! RYBKA 3 AQUARIUM version on DVD, SP version £42.95, MP (DEEP)  version £78.95.  Now with its own Interface (GUI), DATABASE, OPENING BOOK etc., and the package also includes the UCI ENGINE for use within any current ChessBase program, Arena etc.   .
• new! DEEP FRITZ 11 £78.95, FRITZ 11 £39.95 on DVD. Programmer Franz Morsch. The latest 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 HIARCS 12 £78.95, HIARCS 12 £36.95 on DVD. British Programmer Mark Uniacke's HIARCS is always very popular. The same superb quality, graphics, database, analysis and printing features, plus Internet connection as with all CHESSBASE engines. HIARCS is a superb and really strong knowledge-packed 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!  
• DEEP SHREDDER 11 £78.95, SHREDDER 11 £39.95 on DVD. 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.
• 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 which was the 2006 Computer Chess World Champion. The earlier Deep Junior 9 version drew 3-3 with Kasparov! JUNIOR 10 will be very high on our rating list. The DEEP JUNIOR (MP)  version for multi-processors is £74.95.
• DEEP ZAP! and ZAP on same dvd!  £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 and super-fast optimised 64-bit with the usual carefully prepared Opening Books, Database and great ChessBase features. You can upgrade FREE on the ChessBase website to the 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 9 DVDs cover all the 5 piece or less endgames, as well as many 6 piece endgame situations (especially R+P!)! Note that with these the ChessBase engines play dramatically better endgames with more than 5 pieces because, as exchanges occur within the search which bring a position down to 5 or 6 pieces, the program immediately accesses the Tablebases for correct move selection for both sides!