ChessGenius made headlines all around the world by beating the human World Champion, Gary Kasparov, at the Intel World Chess Grand Prix in London. Compact, powerful and fast. Written by Richard Lang, ten times Computer Chess World Champion.

Features: 

• Incredibly strong play - Excellent play even on the 'instant' level
• Unlimited playing levels - Ten easy levels. ChessGenius makes deliberate mistakes
• Unlimited time based levels. Instant, 1 sec, 2 sec, 3 sec, 5 sec, ... 3 mins ...
• Unlimited Blitz levels. Whole game in 1 min, 2 min, 3 min, 5 min, .... 2 hrs .... The Chess Clocks count down in these levels. You lose if you run out of time
• Unlimited Tournament levels. e.g. 40 moves in 2 hours
• Mate solving levels and fixed search depths.
• Game information - The moves of the game including variations and comments
• Chess Clocks. Total White and Black time and move time
• Analysis - 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 book and database information
• 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 with VCR type controls or double clicking on any move in move record..
• 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, underpromotion, castling, draw by repetition and the 50 move rule. Announces a draw if there is insufficient material to win
• Database support - Full database ( PGN and CBF formats) and variation support.
• Save and Load games - Games can be saved and loaded in PGN and CBF database files. Multiple games per file.
• Permanent brain option - ChessGenius assumes that the human player will play the hint move and calculates its reply whilst waiting. It will play stronger.
• Tutor option - ChessGenius will warn if a blunder / weak move is played and give the option of take back.
• Adjustable views - Adjustable colors, screen and board layout
• Free updates - Updates will be free for registered users.

Specifications:

• CHESS SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD
• Buy online, and receive license key by email.
• ChessGenius Classic. For desktop and notebook PC's running Windows 98, NT, ME, 2000 or XP (all 32 bit versions) and Windows 7 (all 32 bit versions). 
• Version 7.2 compatible with Windows Vista and Windows 7 (32 bit versions only). It is a free update for all registered users of ChessGenius Classic 7.0 and 7.1. Install over the previous version. No need to enter License Key again.