Rybka 3 Strongest Current Chess Software

Rybka 3 has crushing power on the chess board, flexing its muscles at 3000 ELO Rybka 3 has taken the #1 position in the virtual chess world. This is the most powerful interactive chess analysis tool available, and it includes a database of 1 million games, and another year of playchess.com membership. But there are many chess programs that can be used for analysis, here's what sets Rybka 3 on top of the winners circle. The Monte Carlo analysis evaluates your position precisely with each move you make, playing the entire game out in seconds, using the best moves and giving you the odds. The playing power and speed behind Rybka 3, is the result of tireless testing and engineering that the Rybka 3 development team, including IM Vasik Rajlich and IM Larry Kaufmann.

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Features

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  Monte Carlo Analysis yields precise evaluations by playing thousands of ultra fast games in a few minutes in a given position.


• Sampled Search gives detailed information about the search process, showing scores and alternative moves in the main line. This is helpful when the program searches for a long time in one position. Singular Moves are annotated graphically. This highlights situations where only one clearly best move exists.


• Look for win: whenever you feel that there should be a forced win in a position you can explicitly ask for it. Rybka then searches for a decisive move, considerably faster than in normal analysis.


• Persistent Hash: Rybka can save its hash tables between analysis sessions to preserve valuable information already accumulated in the search tree.


• Includes a database of one million games and one year of access to the chess server Playchess.com


• chess engine “RYBKA 3“ by Vasik Rajlich


• Fritz 11 user interface with many training functions + all-new Rybka analysis features (explained in detail below)


• Access to the ChessBase internet chess server playchess.com (free for 12 months)


• Database with 1,000,000 games


• Language: English

Specifications

• System requirements:


• Minimum: Pentium 1 GHz, 512 MB RAM, Windows Vista or Windows XP (using Service Pack 2), DVD ROM drive, WindowsMedia Player 9.


• Recommended: PC Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.4 GHz, 4 GB RAM, Windows Vista, GeForce8 graphics card (or compatible)with 256 MB RAM or higher, 100% DirectX compatible sound card, Windows Media Player 11, DVD ROM drive.
  
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DGT 960 Chess Clock for Fischer Random

This is a great chess clock! First and foremost DGT 960 offers a feature unique only to the DGT 960, a built in scrambler, that generates 960 chess positions for you! I'm sure these clocks will be used in the 960 chess tournaments, as they have had issues in the past with cheating in this area. This chess clock was the brainchild of Bobby Fischer, and was also developed by him. The DGT960 is very affordable, and can also be used as a conventional digital chess clock, its super simple to configure the playing modes, dimensionally its very small and easy to travel with. DGT 960 even comes with batteries! Its ready to play right out of the box.

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Features

• Easy to operate
• 960-chess generator
• 1-button game restart
• Game Timer: Count Down or Count Up for any board game (Chess, Checkers, Draughts, Go, Scrabble®,etc.)
• Up to 9 hrs 59 minutes for entire game
• Permits time odds
• Move Timer
• Programmed time for every move separately (Rummikub, Scrabble ®—even offers different move time for each player for handicapping)
• Saves last control used

Specifications

• 2 years of operation on one button CR2032-3V battery
• Folded measurements: 5½" long, 2 5⁄8" wide and 1" high!
• Display measurements: 4¾" x 1"
  
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Fritz 12

I can't wait for Fritz 12 to come out! Does anyone know what Fritz 12 will be like? I was really happy with Fritz 11, it fulfilled all of my expectations, it provided great new features, and as always, great hosting. If anyone has any insider information on what Fritz 12 is going to be like, please, don't keep it to yourself! Use the comment box below.

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Football Theme Chess Sets: Order your teams colors!

This football team theme chess set is a great way to show your passion for both the game of chess and the all American contact sport, football! The best part about these football themed chess sets, is that you can order them in your own custom colors! They come in a variety of seven different colors of your choice! So in your next chess battle you can relive your high school football games in your teams colors, and even flip that coin to see which team gets the ball first! Or get you favorite NFL team colors. Whatever the reason, the football theme chess set is great fun, and adds a new spice to the game.

• Black
• Blue
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• Green
• Orange
• Silver
• Yellow

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Elliott's Chess School 2 DVD "Knight Level"

Elliot has his second chess tutorial DVDs out now. Elliot is a nationally recognized chess coach. Elliott's Chess School "Knight Level" focus's on 6 main points, Pawn, Knight, Bishop, Rook, Queen, and King levels, when put to use in the fashion that is taught in the DVD will launch a player into the top 5% of scholastic tournament players in the US!

• Master the Magic Square strategy for checkmating your opponents every time!
• Discover the 'secret' of the 4-move 'Scholar's Mate' checkmate and learn how to turn the
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• Opening order
• Pigs on the 7th! (using rooks)
• Discovered Checks and Attacks
• Opening Order (best opening strategy)
• 'En Passant' (the special pawn move that will amaze your opponents
• And many more!

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Scratch & Dent

Are you a chess player and a deal hunter? Then the scratch and dent section of the chess house website is the place for you! Occasionally Chess House acquires slightly used, damaged product, or customer returns. We want you to have the opportunity to buy these products at slashed prices. S be sure to check it out every so often, you never know what might turn up in Scratch & Dent.

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Chess House Site Update

Chess House has just finished updating their new website design, check it out it is really great! But great doesn't stop with looks, Chess House is much more versatile to use now, and the new design enables you to find exactly what you want with ease. Our customer service policies however remain the same, the very best!

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Chess House news update

Chess House is upgrading to a new web design that will make browsing and shopping an even more fun experience. Photo quality is going to be the best ever, and site navigation is going to be even easier! This all new look for Chess House is being prepped for launch right now and will be coming out any day now!

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