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Zap!Chess - World Computer Chess Champion
Item #: CB0005
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Retail Price: $52.00
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Zap!Chess - World Computer Chess Champion
Zap!Chess is the commercial version of Zappa, the 2005 World Computer Chess Champion. The disk contains two versions: Paderborn and Reykjavik. Reykjavik is the version that won the World Championship; Paderborn includes some ideas from the developer's work in Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
The developer, Anthony Cozzie, says he does not know which one is better; you'll have to find that out for yourself! The style of the program reflects his background as a computer engineer. Rather than developing clever search tricks that may or may not work, he concentrated on getting the most out of modern hardware.
Zap!Chess, Cozzie says-- contains one of the best parallel implementations in the world to run efficiently on multiple CPU systems, and it also uses 64-bit machines to their full potential. The program contains large amounts of chess knowledge, and like most modern programs it is tuned fairly aggressively--it knows where the opponents king lives. This gives it an exciting style without being unsound.
While the program is optimized for long time controls and big hardware, Cozzie says not to despair if you own a smaller system. Both versions come with an implementation of Singular Extensions, the famous Deep Blue search algorithm. They are disabled by default, but they increase the tactical strength of the program at the cost of positional strength.
See system requirements under the Product Specifications Tab.
Product Specifications
Note: All weights, dimensions, and other measurements are approximate.
- Item #: CB0005
- System Requirements: SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: Minimum: Pentium II 300 MHz, 64 MB RAM, Windows Me, 2000, XP, DVD ROM drive, Windows Media Player 9. Recommended: Pentium IV 2.2 GHz or more, 256 MB RAM, Windows XP, GeForce5 graphics card (or equivalent) with 128 MB RAM or more 100%
- Media Type: DVD-ROM
- OS Compatibility: PC
- Software Developer: Chessbase
- Disclaimer:
- If opened, this item may only be returned in exhange for same item.
- Note:
- Please contact the developer with any support issues as we can provide only limited support.
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