Arena (chess)
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| developer | Martin Blume |
| Current version | 3.5.1 (Windows), 1.1 (Linux) (December 20, 2015 and January 29, 2017) |
| operating system | Windows , Linux |
| category | Chess program |
| License | Proprietary |
| German speaking | Yes |
| playwitharena.de | |
Arena is a chess front-end for Microsoft Windows and Linux that is available as freeware .
scope
Arena is available for download in the standard version with the SOS 5.1 chess engine . SOS was able to achieve second place in the computer chess championship 2003 and, according to SSDF, has an Elo rating of over 2,500 points. There are other variants with other engines, the so-called partner or FRC engines, including Rybka 2.2 free , for download as well as corresponding opening books . Links to amateur programmers, databases and forums are provided on the website .
Functions
The surface is configurable. For example, you can scale the size, change the colors completely, assign textures for the chessboard and insert sounds. The two free, public protocols UCI and WinBoard are supported for communication between the graphical user interface and the engine, which means that around 250 different chess engines can be retrofitted. It is possible to use a chess server (only for old versions, no longer planned in new versions) or the player competes against other players via network. An analysis function is also part of the interface.
Arena offers a statistics window in which a bar chart informs about the course of the entire chess game. This makes it possible, for example, to see at a glance at what point in time a game was tipped. The DGT-PC chessboard is supported for playing with real pieces and Chess960 (Fischer-Random-Chess). In the game, the last move is highlighted in color and the material difference is shown, i.e. pieces of the opponent that are missing in your own camp. Tournament functions are also built in to allow chess programs to be played against each other.
The following file formats are supported: EPD , PGN and FEN .
Web links
- Official website ( mixed English and German )