KChess Elite is an educational chess program that allows you to learn how to play chess in an interactive way. You can play against the computer or watch the computer play against itself. If you are a beginner you should first watch the computer play, so you can learn from its moves. When you play against the computer, you can also ask for hints, which suggest the best move to make. There's also a comprehensive explanation of the rules and a glossary of chess terms and tactics that help you understand this game and develop skills. A great thing of this program is the ability to generate multiple variation boards of the same game to try different moves before implementing them in your actual game.
What is more, the program is completely customizable since you will be able to set the time limit per game, choose the difficulty level, set playing options, personalize the display, pieces, board, text, audio, and print options as you wish. Besides, the user interface is simple and very intuitive, so anyone can use it.
In short, KChess Elite is the perfect application for someone who wants to learn how to play chess or improve his/her skills.
v4.0.0.38 [Mar 10, 2008]
Play abilities
* new time limit with game time plus increment per move
* separate time limits for each player
* option to force move of “touched” piece
* new lower levels of play for beginners
* improved selection of openings at lower levels
* quick-think lengthened to 2 seconds
* bookmarking of moves
* undo all / redo all stops at bookmarks
* print moves includes board layout at every bookmark
Saving/loading games
* save game in HTML format with JPEG graphics
* save board layout in BMP or JPEG formats
* paste any supported chess file from clipboard
* enter multiple moves in the Enter Move dialog
* paste individual or multiple moves from the clipboard
* cater for any line length in saved games
* playing mode saved in KCH files
* time control saved in PGN files
* easier Email Game function
* fixed file drag and drop onto running program
On screen display
* new piece sets and textures
* new button bar
* support for XP themes
* additional languages
* enabling of separate translations for opening encyclopaedia
* sort openings list with F6 key
* international/correspondence notation for input and output
* fixed board scaling problems with double sized system fonts
* fixed board rotation not being reset when restoring options
* board redraw can use double-buffering to reduce flicker
Speech
* separate Speak menu
* less interference by speech on the operation of the program
* additional voices
* expanded voice description of en passant and some other moves
* fixed speech error saying “queen” when castling kingside
Other
* new install program
* installation option to tailor program for screen reader software
* automatic program updating from the KChess server
* processor left idle when game is waiting
* help file in rich text format also included
* fixed errors caused by excessively long games
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