Chess 2020 1
Chess 20xx,
a series of Windows chess programs developed by Filip Höfer, Chess 2012, Chess 2013, and Chess 2020 all in 32-bit and 64-bit editions. The "chess AI" is conventional alpha-beta with iterative deepening 1. Free versions provide basic functionality (Chess 2013 for two hours), while the commercial edition enables all features
Contents
GUI
The proprietary GUI provides a single document interface with classical menu- and status bar. The main window, dominated by the isotropic 2D graphics board, has several frame boxes arranged for game notation within a single column list box, principal variation, chess clock, and evaluation scores. A progress bar indicates "thinking" time allocated and current usage, and four context sensitive dialog-styled push buttons simplify game navigation and control.
Chess 2012
Chess 2012 was the first edition released in 2012 for Windows 7/8/Vista/XP.
Chess 2013
The commercial Chess 2013 provides a choice of visual styles for the chessboard, chess pieces, and the background. According to its author, it has improved by ca. 100 ELO points over Chess 2012 2.
Chess 2020
Chess 2020 comes with a improved GUI and endgame play, extends the support of PGN, FEN and UCI, and is about 30 Elo stronger than 2013 3.
Other Chess Programs
Forum Posts
- Chess 2013 by Filip Hofer by Norbert Raimund Leisner, CCC, September 25, 2013
- Chess 2020 application by Filip Hofer by Norbert Raimund Leisner, CCC, March 09, 2017
External Links
References
Re: Chess 2013 by Filip Hofer by Filip Höfer, CCC, November 06, 2013↩︎
Chess 2013: What is new - Filip Höfer (Wayback Machine, June 2013)↩︎