ABOUT THE PROGRAM Chess Archive (hereinafter - the program) is a multifunctional Windows desktop application intended for creating a personal database of chess compositions (meaning only composer's own works including those in coauthorship) in electronic format. Here is a screenshot of the main program window Main features - creating and editing of chess compositions including versions (only orthodox pieces are supported, no fairy pieces) - searching for the chess compositions according to different criteria (genre, author, publication source, number of units, stipulation, solution, keywords) - customizable list of publication sources and list of keywords - group viewing of chess compositions belonging to the specific genre (10 diagrams on the screen) - displaying of some files relevant to the database (to view publication and anticipation) - generation of four notation types: Forsyth-Edwards notation (FEN), international (FIDE), english and russian algebraic notations - converting of selected data to the following electronic formats: fancy (for the program "Fancy" by Marek Kwiatkowski), olive (for the program "Olive" by Dmitri Turevski), yacpdb (for the online chess problem database www.yacpdb.org) - the support for alternative text (for instance, info in different language) - printing of current chess composition - export/import of the database Compatibility and system requirements The program is compatible with the following operating systems: Windows 98 / ME / NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Server / 7 Minimum system requirements: - PC-compatible computer - 512 Mb RAM size - monitor (display) with screen resolution from 1024x768 pixels - input devices, such as PC keyboard and PC mouse General program information Program archive name: chess_archive.zip Program setup-file name: ca_setup.exe Program name: Chess Archive Program version: 1.5 Release date: 13 May 2012 Distribution: freeware (without charge) Software language: visual basic Interface language: english and russian Idea and design: Vitaly Medintsev Programming: Svyatoslav Kravchenko To download the program, please visit "DOWNLOAD" page [ Up ] |