Acid Ape Chess

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## Acid Ape chess: The Ultimate Chess Suite for Serious Players

Acid Ape Chess is a powerful, versatile, and feature-rich chess application designed for serious chess players. This multi-purpose suite is built with a 'tools' philosophy, offering a modular design that allows you to perform a wide range of chess-related tasks, from the common to the more advanced.

Acid Ape Chess focuses on:

* **Quality:** Delivering a premium chess experience.
* **Elegance:** Providing a clean and intuitive user interface.
* **Ergonomics:** Ensuring ease of use and a comfortable playing experience.
* **Versatility:** Offering a comprehensive set of features for all aspects of chess.

### Key Features:

* **Online Chess:**
* Play on popular chess servers like FICS, ICC, and Lichess.
* Watch live online games and analyze them.
* View online players and their game history.
* In-game chat with a non-disruptive subwindow.
* **Chess Engines:**
* Play against UCI or CECP chess engines.
* Organize engine duels to test different chess engines.
* Includes 3 strong built-in engines (Arasan, cheng4, and Scorpio).
* Supports third-party engines with adjustable settings.
* Use custom PolyGlot (.bin) and Arena (.abk) opening books and neural networks.
* **Analysis:**
* Analyze positions with multiple chess engines simultaneously.
* Display the principal variation, statistics, and evaluation graph.
* Integration with Syzygy 7-men EGTB results (online service).
* Easily create, annotate, and move variations with the move list editor.
* Automatic analysis with the best move suggestions.
* Auto-annotate games using a chess engine and endgame tablebases.
* Advanced move indicators displaying engine evaluation scores.
* **Premium Online Database:**
* Access to a vast database with over 260 million positions and 4.5 million games from the 1800s to 2025.
* Includes data on 330,000 OTB players, from club players to grandmasters.
* Used by the opening explorer.
* Can be used as an opening book for chess engines.
* Search for players, display games, and filter by ELO and opening.
* The database is continuously updated, perfect for game preparation.
* **PGN Support:**
* Auto-save your played games.
* PGN Explorer for file management with PGN support.
* Edit your games (headers, move tree, annotations).
* Load and save PGN files.
* Clipboard support.
* Share your games as PGN download links.
* **OTB Chess:**
* Watch live games from major professional tournaments.
* Search the online database for players and games.
* Stylish fullscreen clock for OTB games.
* Play OTP (over the phone): two players on the same device.
* **Electronic Boards and Clocks:**
* Drivers for DGT Bluetooth e-Board, DGT USB e-Board, DGT Smart Board, DGT Revelation II, DGT3000, and DGT Pi.
* Play online, engine, and OTB games with your physical board and clock.
* Connect via Bluetooth or USB.
* **Blindfold Play:**
* The board and move list are hidden.
* Input moves via speech recognition.
* Opponent moves announced via speech synthesis.
* **Tactical puzzles:**
* Solve 900 puzzles split into 3 levels of difficulty.
* Import your own PGN puzzles.
* **Simuls:**
* Challenge from 2 to 16 engine opponents.
* Play blindfold simuls.
* **Comprehensive User Manual:**
* Explains everything about Acid Ape Chess in detail.
* Presented as a book, accessible from within the app.
* Contains numerous use cases and tips.
* **Extra Features:**
* Play Chess960 (Fischer Random Chess).
* Choose from many different board and piece themes.
* Enter local player details with country flag, chess title, and ELO.
* Use the position editor to encode positions for playing or analysis.
* Move speech recognition and synthesis.
* A LCD chess clock modeled after real hardware, with sound and flag display.
* Displays your personal statistics against your opponent.
* Use a standalone clock app for your non-connected OTB games.

This is Acid Ape Chess Standard Edition, which offers a subset of the features. For the complete set of features, check out Acid Ape Chess Grandmaster Edition.