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Chess 20xx, a series of Windows chess programs developed by Filip Höfer, Chess 2012, Chess 2013, and Chess 2020 all in 32-bit and 64-bit editions. The "chess AI" is conventional alpha-beta with iterative deepening. Free versions provide basic functionality (Chess 2013 for two hours), while the commercial edition enables all features

=GUI= The proprietary GUI provides a single document interface with classical menu- and status bar. The main window, dominated by the isotropic 2D graphics board, has several frame boxes arranged for game notation within a single column list box, principal variation, chess clock, and evaluation scores. A progress bar indicates "thinking" time allocated and current usage, and four context sensitive dialog-styled push buttons simplify game navigation and control. =Chess 2012= Chess 2012 was the first edition released in 2010 (?) for Windows 7/8/Vista/XP. =Chess 2013= The commercial Chess 2013 provides a choice of visual styles for the chessboard, chess pieces, and the background. According to its author, it has improved by ca. 100 ELO points over Chess 2012. =Chess 2020= Chess 2020 comes with a improved GUI and endgame play, extends the support of PGN, FEN and UCI, and is about 30 Elo stronger than 2013.

=Other Chess Programs=
 * Chess
 * Chess 0.5
 * Chess 0.5X
 * Chess 2001
 * Chess-64
 * Chess 7.0

=Forum Posts=
 * Chess 2013 by Filip Hofer by Norbert Raimund Leisner, CCC, September 25, 2013
 * Chess 2020 application by Filip Hofer by Norbert Raimund Leisner, CCC, March 09, 2017

=External Links=
 * Chess for Windows | Filip Höfer

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