Acid Ape Chess is the multi-purpose chess suite aimed at the
serious player.
Acid Ape Chess is organized with a tools philosophy in mind. You can leverage its modular design to perform common and less common chess-related tasks.
Acid Ape Chess focuses on:
• quality;
• elegance;
• ergonomics;
• versatility.
Some Acid Ape Chess features:
Online chess
• Play on FICS ICC and Lichess
• Watch live online games
• View online players and their game history
• Non-disruptive in-game chat using a subwindow at the bottom of the chessboard
Chess engines
• Play against UCI or CECP chess engines
• Organize engine duels
• 3 strong builtin engines are provided (Arasan cheng4 and Scorpio)
• Use third-party Open Exchange engines
• Add your own engine binaries
• Adjust engine-specific settings
Analysis
• Analyze with multiple chess engines
• Display the principal variation and stats
• Display Syzygy 7-men EGTB results (uses an online service)
• Easily create annotate and move variations with our move list editor
• Automatic analysis (apply the best move every x seconds)
• Auto annotate games using a chess engine and the endgame tablebases
• Advanced move indicators displaying engine evaluation scores
Premium access to our online database
• 200 million positions
• 3.4 million games from the 1800s to 2019
• 260000 OTB players from club players to superstars
• Used by the opening explorer
• Can be used as an opening book for chess engines
• Search for players display games filter by ELO and opening
• Our database is updated continuously
• The perfect tools for your game preparation
PGN support
• Your played games are autosaved
• The PGN Explorer: a file manager with PGN support
• Edit your games (headers move tree annotations)
• Load and save PGN files
• Clipboard support
• Share your games as PGN download links
OTB chess
• Watch live games from major professional tournaments
• Search our online database for players and games
• Use a stylish fullscreen clock for your OTB games
Electronic boards and clocks
• Drivers for the DGT Bluetooth e-Board the DGT USB e-Board the DGT Smart Board the DGT Revelation II the DGT3000 and the DGT Pi
• Play online engine and OTB games with your physical board and clock
• Connect via Bluetooth or USB
Blindfold play
• The board and move list are hidden
• You input your moves via speech recognition
• Opponent moves are announced via speech synthesis
Tactical puzzles
• Solve 900 puzzles split into 3 levels of difficulty
• Import your own PGN puzzles
Simuls
• Challenge from 2 to 16 engine opponents
• Play blindfold simuls
A comprehensive user manual
• Explains everything about AAC and more!
• Presented as a book accessible from AAC
• Contains numerous use cases and tips
Extra features
• Play Chess960
• Choose from many different board and piece themes
• Enter local player details with country flag chess title and ELO
• Use the position editor to encode positions for playing or analysis
• Move speech recognition and synthesis
• A LCD chess clock modeled after real hardware with sound and flag display
• Displays your personal statistics against your opponent
• Use a standalone clock app for your non-connected OTB games
This is Acid Ape Chess Standard Edition which only provides a subset of the listed features. For the full set see Acid Ape Chess Grandmaster Edition.
Acid Ape Chess is organized with a tools philosophy in mind. You can leverage its modular design to perform common and less common chess-related tasks.
Acid Ape Chess focuses on:
• quality;
• elegance;
• ergonomics;
• versatility.
Some Acid Ape Chess features:
Online chess
• Play on FICS ICC and Lichess
• Watch live online games
• View online players and their game history
• Non-disruptive in-game chat using a subwindow at the bottom of the chessboard
Chess engines
• Play against UCI or CECP chess engines
• Organize engine duels
• 3 strong builtin engines are provided (Arasan cheng4 and Scorpio)
• Use third-party Open Exchange engines
• Add your own engine binaries
• Adjust engine-specific settings
Analysis
• Analyze with multiple chess engines
• Display the principal variation and stats
• Display Syzygy 7-men EGTB results (uses an online service)
• Easily create annotate and move variations with our move list editor
• Automatic analysis (apply the best move every x seconds)
• Auto annotate games using a chess engine and the endgame tablebases
• Advanced move indicators displaying engine evaluation scores
Premium access to our online database
• 200 million positions
• 3.4 million games from the 1800s to 2019
• 260000 OTB players from club players to superstars
• Used by the opening explorer
• Can be used as an opening book for chess engines
• Search for players display games filter by ELO and opening
• Our database is updated continuously
• The perfect tools for your game preparation
PGN support
• Your played games are autosaved
• The PGN Explorer: a file manager with PGN support
• Edit your games (headers move tree annotations)
• Load and save PGN files
• Clipboard support
• Share your games as PGN download links
OTB chess
• Watch live games from major professional tournaments
• Search our online database for players and games
• Use a stylish fullscreen clock for your OTB games
Electronic boards and clocks
• Drivers for the DGT Bluetooth e-Board the DGT USB e-Board the DGT Smart Board the DGT Revelation II the DGT3000 and the DGT Pi
• Play online engine and OTB games with your physical board and clock
• Connect via Bluetooth or USB
Blindfold play
• The board and move list are hidden
• You input your moves via speech recognition
• Opponent moves are announced via speech synthesis
Tactical puzzles
• Solve 900 puzzles split into 3 levels of difficulty
• Import your own PGN puzzles
Simuls
• Challenge from 2 to 16 engine opponents
• Play blindfold simuls
A comprehensive user manual
• Explains everything about AAC and more!
• Presented as a book accessible from AAC
• Contains numerous use cases and tips
Extra features
• Play Chess960
• Choose from many different board and piece themes
• Enter local player details with country flag chess title and ELO
• Use the position editor to encode positions for playing or analysis
• Move speech recognition and synthesis
• A LCD chess clock modeled after real hardware with sound and flag display
• Displays your personal statistics against your opponent
• Use a standalone clock app for your non-connected OTB games
This is Acid Ape Chess Standard Edition which only provides a subset of the listed features. For the full set see Acid Ape Chess Grandmaster Edition.
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