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 Junior5 is a 32Bit chess program based on the Fritz5 interface. The Junior5 engine is a strongly improved version of the acting World Microcomputer Chess Champion.
The program has all functions of the 16Bit Fritz5 though the endgame databases and the Talk CD are not included.

New Features :

  • Scrolling main line
  • Lock analysis engine on current board position
  • Analysis -> Clipboard
  • Node speed display
  • Fast and lean 32Bit database access
  • Long file names
  • Direct search of board position in database by right-click in notation window
  • Strongly improved fonts
  • 32Bit Engines Crafty and EXchess included
  • Connect two Junior's on different computers via serial cable by Dr. Chrilly Donningers Auto232 protocol (includes intelligent match control with color changes after each game, resigning and draw offers)
  • Share a common engine folder with ChessBase 7.0

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 Nimzo is a fast searcher: Its solving speed of tactical tests are at least in the league of Fritz5 though Nimzo has an overall slightly lower node speed.
Nimzo is a very configurable engine. You radically influence its behaviour by a lot of parameters.
A beautiful feature is the possibility to tell Nimzo the name of its opponent. This adds a human touch to the engine. Like a human player, it tries to adapt to specific strengths and weaknesses of its opponent. You have a choice between Fritz/Junior/Rebel/Other.
Hashtable learning keeps Nimzo from repeating lost games in an elegant way: Every position Nimzo ever played is stored in a file. Before calculation start, those positions are loaded into the hash tables. The next time, Nimzo enters a variation with bad previous experiences, it will much earlier smell danger and thus avoid the trouble.

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Engines

  1. Configurable 32Bit engine by Frans Morsch (beats Fritz5 12.5 : 7.5 in 60' Nunn on 233MMX).
  2. 32Bit Engines Comet, Crafty, Doctor? 3.0 and EXchess included.
  3. Historic Fritz engines and opening books included (e.g. Hongkong).
  4. New mate engine with heuristic search.
  5. Use Winboard compatible engines with Fritz5.32.

Whats new?

Opening book

  1. The quality of the games constituing the opening book is higher than in Fritz5.0. The book was brought theoretically up to date because more than a year has passed since the last publication. In tournament mode some lines are excluded from active play to improve practical results against humans and computers. Nevertheless the book retains its general character and is well suited for Comet, Crafty, Doctor and EXchess.
  2. Game minimum avoids the replay of long drawn lines from single games.

Playing and fun

  1. Spy function for beginners.
  2. Human time bonus in Blitz and Fischer mode.
  3. Backgammon-style doubling in rated games.
  4. Configurable resigning.

Engine Research Operating System (EROS)

The number of engines currently available for Fritz5.32 (fourteen including Junior5, Nimzo99 and Hiarcs6, not counting the different Crafties and EXchess' and the 16 Winboard engines) demand comfortable test and tournament possibilities. Fritz5.32 offers a complete set of such functions which constitute the Engine Research Operating System.

You can

  1. Play matches and tournaments (with permanent brain on dual processor boards).
  2. Automatically maintain elo lists.
  3. Compare general analysis.
  4. Measure and compare solving times in test positions.
  5. Publish your research data: Paste test set results, elo lists and tournament tables into spread sheets like Excel.

Engine tournaments generate vastly more interesting data than the traditional engine matches though they take longer. And they are much more fun. Fritz5.32 supports automatic round robin tournaments with cross table display.

Analysis

  1. Improved correspondence analysis.
  2. Comparative multiengine analysis for full games.
  3. Next best move in Watch mode.
  4. Variation board on higher resolution screens.
  5. Lock analysis engine/goto lock position.

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HIARCS is rated as one of the World's strongest microcomputer chess programs on both the highly regarded SSDF and SS rating lists. It is also considered the premium chess playing engine available by many experts.

HIARCS has been designed with the serious chess player in mind and contains a host of useful features for chess players of all strengths. The program has an excellent mix of tactical wizardry combined with a sound grasp of positional play which enables it to play a more human-like game including true speculative sacrificing.

This unique HIARCS style of play enables a new dimension of playing pleasure to be reached by the owner. HIARCS stands for Higher Intelligence Auto Response Chess System. The chess engine has been developed by Senior Software Specialist Mark Uniacke for over 10 years winning many awards and competitions.

The HIARCS 6.0 software package comes complete with a large general user manual, PC specific manual and quick reference card.