(c) Witali Braslawski. Hersteller & Herausgeber: W. Braslawski Chess Academy Software- u. Buchverlag, Düsseldorf. ISBN: 3-937317-04-X

Languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Russian.

System Requirements

PC with Intel Pentium/AMD processor or compatible, at least 256 Mb RAM, 900 Mb of free harddisk space, Windows Vista/XP/9x/Me/2000/NT4/2003 operating system, mouse, CD-ROM or DVD drive. No additional software required.

Super-value pack for incredible price! Chess Academy® OfficeDeluxe 7 EXCLUSIVE PACK includes PRO PACK:

• powerful Chess Academy® Database Management System (ver. 7);
• huge Chess Academy® Pro Database (2,100,000+ games);
• an improved Chess Academy Tutorial & Training Program (ver. 7);
• strong Chess Academy® Playing Program (ver. 7) with built-in Engines;
• huge Opening Books "ChampionBook" and "GambitBook" for Chess Academy® engine;
• an extended Middlegame Book for Chess Academy® engine.
• 2 Tutorial & Training Modules "Strategy and Combinations"
• 6 deeply annotated and classified Modules from "Middlegame Strategy" Series: Exchange Sacrifice, Compensation for the Queen, Isolated Pawn, Hanging Pawns, The Bishop Pair, Rook vs Minor Pieces with more than 1.200 annotated examples;
• 3 Modules "Encyclopedia of Chess Studies" with over 10.000 annotated studies;
• 2 Modules "Encyclopedia of Chess Combinations" with about 3,500 selected and annotated combinations - a superb reference work for training aid which covers such themes as: Double attack, Discovered check, Double check, Pinning, Deflection, Dicoying, Interception, Annihilation of defence, Space clearance, Blockade, Smothered mate, Stalemate, X-ray attack, Overloading of pieces, Intermediate move, Pawn's breakthrough, Passed pawn, Demolition of pawn structure, Persuit, etc.

• Rook Endings vol. 1, 2
• Rook vs Minor Piece Endings vol. 1, 2
• Pawn Endings vol. 1, 2
• Queen Endings vol. 1, 2
• Minor Pieces Endings vol. 1, 2

MORE DETAILS:

Program Interface

Clear program interface, easy to handle. Chess Academy® offers excellent 2D and 3D boards and pieces sets, size of board as well as colors can be easily changed, piece animation, special chess symbols, special windows for analyzing purposes and displaying of variants, ToolBars icons and their groups can be easily handled and much more - enjoy at the same time by using Chess Academy® program!

Database

Chess Academy® 7 includes the Chess Academy® Pro Database of 2,100,000 games. Entering games is possible, as well as adding databases in the Chess Academy® format. Such database formats like PGN, EPD and CBF are also supported.

Database, Dataset and Game Management

Facilitated with an easy-to-handle and powerful interface. Tools for keeping player and tournament names consistent and removing doubles from a player's collection at the highest possible speed and correctness.

Search & Sorting tools, Statistical Analysis

All sorts of search tools and sortings at your disposal, like searches for material, pawn structures, positions, players, sacrifices, piece movements, sorting by white/black, source, year, moves, result, ECO etc.

as well as powerful statistical analysis (here - detailed statistics for Garry Kasparov according to his sucess in particular openings.

Playing and Analysis

Using Chess Academy® 7 possible both in combination with its built-in engines (Chess Academy®, LGoliath) and with a wide variety of separate engines (UCI-compatible engines like Shredder 8/9 UCI and Winboard-compatible engines like Crafty, GoliathBlitz, Ruffian etc.)

Opening Preparation

You can create a tree of variants with statistics for any chess player in a database. Here you will see for example, the complete statistics for Kasparov (white) in Nimzowich Defence

Get the most complete Chess Academy 7.0 OfficeDeluxe package with about 25,000 annotated and classified examples for learning and mastering chess as well as for perfect training. Highly recommended!