Arena is a free Graphical User Interface (GUI) for chess programs (engines). Arena is compatible to Winboard protocol I, II and UCI protocol I, II. Furthermore, compatible to Chess960, DGT electronic chess board & DGT clock XP, Autoplayer, ICS (chess server) and much more.
Here are some key features of "Arena":
· Easy-to-use and configurable Interface- Adjust Arena according to your personal preferences!
· Approx. 250 chess engines run under Arena. Strengths vary from very strong to easy to beat, some have adjustable strength .
· Support of the free and publicly available protocols UCI and Winboard for the communication between GUI and Engine.
· Detailed information - Analyse lines tell everything about the thinking process of the chess engines!
· Unique tournament features - Find out, how the chess engines compete against each other.
· Playing over the Internet online games against people worldwide.
· Simple move input and animated piece movement.
· Possibility to analyse your own or other games afterwards automatically.
· Extensive Help
· Printing - clearly laid out output on paper.
· EPD-Support - Easy analysis of position databases.
· PGN-Support - Game - databases clearly arranged.
· Support of the DGT Chessboard for the game with real pieces - Connect the electronic DGT Chessboard to your PC, switch off your screen and play a real competetive game against one or more of the wide range of available WinBoard or UCI Engines.
· Support of 19 languages for the GUI.
· Display of the opening, opening books, Chess960, analyse board, etc. etc...
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Bestmove-statistics status remembered also for engine one
· Better displaying quality for TrueType pieces, if Windows has FontSmoothing off
· Color changes in the analysis lines are now applied at once also for engine two and three
· Material difference is now switched according to the board orientaion
· Analysis lines from Crafty shown again
· Faint shadows during moving white TrueType-pieces now gone
· English translation for Russian codepage added
· Missing English translation added in ICS-options: Use time safety buffer for search (seconds)
· EPD-list drag+drop can be disabled now (better for Wine)
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