The Free Edition offers 6 difficulty levels (beginner to expert), provides move history using the standard chess notation (it is possible to undo and redo moves), and displays position evaluations in the units of centipawns (1 pawn equals to 100 points, positive values indicate white's advantage, negative values point to the contrary). Those who like to play against artificial intelligence with surely enjoy this software. It is for those who enjoy playing a strategy game of checkers or draughts. Training games allow pausing, redo and undo of moves as you play, unlike a competitive game. There are competitive and training games allowed. Checkers Draughts Game also allows you to set the computer animation speed.
You play with good graphics, any color is supported, your own look and feel can be created. Alternatively when the checkers game launches, you may set a custom game with your own number of pieces. The game starts from novice level 1 up to grand master level 9. Choose a difficulty level that suits you from the Levels menu. When you launch it, a new game is automatically set for play. Each game begins with 20 checkers on each side.
The game of checkers ends when all checkers from one side of the board are completely captured, that is removed or unable to move anymore. Checkers Draughts Game uses international rules and is played on 100 squares on a checkers board. Checkers is also known as draughts in some places like the United Kingdom. However, those that have used the program over long periods of time have reported on forums that it does tend to repeat moves and positions after a while although this latest release has sought to address this.Ĭheckers is a family of games with many countries having their own set of rules for the game. Arasan has both a native Windows user interface and a console-based chess engine for use with Winboard or xboard.Īrasan also works with Arena, which is another free chess interface, and with UCI-compatible programs like Shredder. You can save games in PGN format which means that you can review your greatest victories or look at where you went wrong. In which case, you might want to play against a friend which you can do online. It seems to be able to change itself according to your ability and of course, is always that one bit better. What impresses, for a free chess game of it's nature, is the fact the Artificial Intelligence of the computer opponent which is remarkably good. I've never been a big fan of chess - mainly because I'm useless at it - but this is one chess game that doesn't ruin things by trying to be too flashy or original.Īrasan is an excellent but simple option for those who don't want to pay for a highly intelligent and feature packed commercial chess game.
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