Nokia Software

ChessGenius

Cr. by wl.

ChessGenius is packed with features for beginners and experts: Hint - Tutor - 30 playing levels - Chess clocks - Move record - Display of thinking - Save/load game. Superb playing strength. The authors chess programs have won ten world championships.



Features include:

Free updates
Incredibly strong play
Excellent play even on the ''instant'' level. Playing strength is around 2350 Elo
Thirty playing levels
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
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
Opening Name displayed
for example. Book B10 Caro-Kann defence
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 shortcut keys
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
Rules of Chess
Understands all the rules of Chess including, en-passant, under promotion, castling, draw by repetition and the 50 move rule. Announces a draw if there is insufficient material to win
Save and Load games
Games can be saved and loaded in PGN format in a multi game database. Games can be exported/imported via the clipboard
Tutor option
ChessGenius will warn if a blunder / weak move is played and give the option of take back
Big chessboard option
Choose between three chessboard sizes
Board colours
Choice of 6 board colours
Show legal moves option
After selecting a piece ChessGenius shows where the piece can move to
Show last move option
ChessGenius can indicate the previous move
Supports all UIQ 3 phones
Make moves with stylus or directional pad or jog dial. The display adjusts so that ChessGenius runs with flip open or closed on p990i
Supports English and German
Language is selected during installation