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Chess Genius 2.3

Chess Genius 2.3This seem a great fun program with new features added."A World Champion, award winning chess program. Hi-Res and full screen display for 320x480 devices. Packed with features for beginners and experts. Superb playing strength. ARM native chess code option is up to 20 times faster, 400 ELO stronger. The authors chess programs have won ten world championships. Features include: Powerful, compact and fast. Runs on all Palm devices including all Tungsten, Zire, Treo, LifeDrive, Handspring and Sony Clie devices. High resolution support for Palm OS 5 and Sony Clie. Three chess board sizes: small, big or giant. The small board display shows chess clocks, move record and 'thinking' information. Hint. ChessGenius can suggest a move for you. Tutor Option: ChessGenius will warn if a blunder or weak move is played and give the option of takeback. Set up any chess position. Forty playing levels. 10 'easy', 10 'blitz', 10 time per move and 10 'mate solver'. Understands the rules of chess including: draw by repetition, 50 move rule, en passant, castling, under-promotion etc. Take-back moves also step-forward and replay game. ChessGenius can play against itself or allow two player games. Analyze game: Like 2 player mode but ChessGenius calculates continuously and shows its thinking below the small chess board."