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'''[[Main Page|Home]] * [[User Interface]] * [[GUI]] * ChessPartner'''
[[FILE:CPsshot2.png|border|right|thumb|link=http://sjeng.org/deepsjeng.html|[[Deep Sjeng]] under [[ChessPartner]] <ref>[http://sjeng.org/deepsjeng.html Sjeng - chess, audio and misc. software]</ref>]]
'''ChessPartner''',<br/>
a fully developed, commercial [[Windows]] chess [[GUI]] market by [[Lokasoft]], incorporating its native chess engine [[LChess]] and supporting any [[Winboard]] or [[UCI]] compatible chess engine via its internal adapter. ChessPartner evolved from the LChess GUI by [[Lex Loep]] and [[Ger Neef]], ported to Windows 3.0 in 1991 <ref>[http://www.lokasoft.nl/history.aspx History of ChessPartner - Lokasoft - Home of ChessPartner]</ref>.
=Online Client=
ChessPartner features as client for online play with various [[Chess Server]] to challenge and play against other human players or engines.
=Databases=
ChessPartner has its own proprietary [[Databases|database]] format and also supports [[Portable Game Notation]]. Its [[Opening Book|opening book]] manager handels up to eight books in parallel and supports [[Book Learning|book learning]]. Further, ChessPartner can query [[Nalimov Tablebases|Nalimov endgame tablebases]]
=GUI=
The ChessPartner GUI consists of a frame window, with caption-, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Status_bar status-], and customizable [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menu_bar menu-] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toolbar toolbar], and a workspace with multiple views on the current game document, board window, optionally a [[3D Graphics Board|3D Board]] with 3D-piece bitmaps, [[Game Notation|notation-]], [[Score|score-history-]], [[Search Statistics|search-]] and book statistics, chess clock-, and chess server console windows.
=Screenshots=
[[FILE:chesspartner.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|link=http://www.lokasoft.nl/chesspartner.aspx]]
ChessPartner 6, 3D pieces <ref>[http://www.lokasoft.nl/chesspartner.aspx ChessPartner Screen shots | ChessPartner - Lokasoft - Home of ChessPartner]</ref>
=See also=
* [[Aquarium]]
* [[Arena]]
* [[ChessGUI]]
* [[Engine Testing]]
* [[Fritz#FritzGUI|Fritz GUI]]
* [[jose]]
* [[Protocols]]
* [[Shredder|Shredder GUI]]
* [[UCI]]
* [[WinBoard]]
=Forum Posts=
==1998 ...==
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/ccff9c16b2022c6a ChessPartner 4.0 available] by [[Lex Loep]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], October 09, 1998
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=47677 ChessPartner 4.1 released] by [[Lex Loep]], [[CCC]], March 31, 1999
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/aaf616dee7d5e8fe ChessPartner 4.2 available] by [[Lex Loep]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], October 11, 1999
==2000 ...==
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=89274 ChessPartner 4.2 interface] by [[Robert Hyatt]], [[CCC]], January 17, 2000
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=118709 ChessPartner Summer updates + Java chess] by [[Lex Loep]], [[CCC]], July 11, 2000 » [[Java]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=139886 ChessPartner 5.0 available] by [[Lex Loep]], [[CCC]], November 19, 2000
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=192407 ChessPartner 5.1 released] by [[Lex Loep]], [[CCC]], October 08, 2001
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=198832 Pocket ChessPartner 1.0 released] by [[Lex Loep]], [[CCC]], November 25, 2001
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=316809 Chesspartner and other GUIs] by [[Russell Reagan]], [[CCC]], September 20, 2003
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=25912 ChessPartner 6 released by end of January] by [[Marek Soszynski]], [[CCC]], January 09, 2009
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=26401 Opinions of ChessPartner 6.0] by Ted Summers, [[CCC]], February 05, 2009
==2010 ...==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=37471 Chess Partner GUI] by [[Fernando Villegas]], [[CCC]], January 05, 2011
=External Links=
* [http://www.lokasoft.nl/chesspartner.aspx ChessPartner - Lokasoft - Home of ChessPartner]
* [http://www.chesspartner.com/chesspartner-manual/ ChessPartner 6.0: online manual]
* [http://www.lokasoft.nl/history.aspx History of ChessPartner - Lokasoft - Home of ChessPartner]
* [http://www.lokasoft.nl/mobile_chesspartner.aspx Mobile ChessPartner - Lokasoft - Home of ChessPartner]
* [http://www.lokasoft.nl/chesspartner-ios.aspx ChessPartner ios - Lokasoft - Home of ChessPartner]
* [http://www.geenvis.net/cplay.html Chesspartner stuff] by [[Fonzy Bluemers]]
=References=
<references />
'''[[GUI|Up one Level]]'''
[[FILE:CPsshot2.png|border|right|thumb|link=http://sjeng.org/deepsjeng.html|[[Deep Sjeng]] under [[ChessPartner]] <ref>[http://sjeng.org/deepsjeng.html Sjeng - chess, audio and misc. software]</ref>]]
'''ChessPartner''',<br/>
a fully developed, commercial [[Windows]] chess [[GUI]] market by [[Lokasoft]], incorporating its native chess engine [[LChess]] and supporting any [[Winboard]] or [[UCI]] compatible chess engine via its internal adapter. ChessPartner evolved from the LChess GUI by [[Lex Loep]] and [[Ger Neef]], ported to Windows 3.0 in 1991 <ref>[http://www.lokasoft.nl/history.aspx History of ChessPartner - Lokasoft - Home of ChessPartner]</ref>.
=Online Client=
ChessPartner features as client for online play with various [[Chess Server]] to challenge and play against other human players or engines.
=Databases=
ChessPartner has its own proprietary [[Databases|database]] format and also supports [[Portable Game Notation]]. Its [[Opening Book|opening book]] manager handels up to eight books in parallel and supports [[Book Learning|book learning]]. Further, ChessPartner can query [[Nalimov Tablebases|Nalimov endgame tablebases]]
=GUI=
The ChessPartner GUI consists of a frame window, with caption-, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Status_bar status-], and customizable [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menu_bar menu-] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toolbar toolbar], and a workspace with multiple views on the current game document, board window, optionally a [[3D Graphics Board|3D Board]] with 3D-piece bitmaps, [[Game Notation|notation-]], [[Score|score-history-]], [[Search Statistics|search-]] and book statistics, chess clock-, and chess server console windows.
=Screenshots=
[[FILE:chesspartner.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|link=http://www.lokasoft.nl/chesspartner.aspx]]
ChessPartner 6, 3D pieces <ref>[http://www.lokasoft.nl/chesspartner.aspx ChessPartner Screen shots | ChessPartner - Lokasoft - Home of ChessPartner]</ref>
=See also=
* [[Aquarium]]
* [[Arena]]
* [[ChessGUI]]
* [[Engine Testing]]
* [[Fritz#FritzGUI|Fritz GUI]]
* [[jose]]
* [[Protocols]]
* [[Shredder|Shredder GUI]]
* [[UCI]]
* [[WinBoard]]
=Forum Posts=
==1998 ...==
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/ccff9c16b2022c6a ChessPartner 4.0 available] by [[Lex Loep]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], October 09, 1998
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=47677 ChessPartner 4.1 released] by [[Lex Loep]], [[CCC]], March 31, 1999
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/aaf616dee7d5e8fe ChessPartner 4.2 available] by [[Lex Loep]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], October 11, 1999
==2000 ...==
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=89274 ChessPartner 4.2 interface] by [[Robert Hyatt]], [[CCC]], January 17, 2000
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=118709 ChessPartner Summer updates + Java chess] by [[Lex Loep]], [[CCC]], July 11, 2000 » [[Java]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=139886 ChessPartner 5.0 available] by [[Lex Loep]], [[CCC]], November 19, 2000
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=192407 ChessPartner 5.1 released] by [[Lex Loep]], [[CCC]], October 08, 2001
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=198832 Pocket ChessPartner 1.0 released] by [[Lex Loep]], [[CCC]], November 25, 2001
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=316809 Chesspartner and other GUIs] by [[Russell Reagan]], [[CCC]], September 20, 2003
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=25912 ChessPartner 6 released by end of January] by [[Marek Soszynski]], [[CCC]], January 09, 2009
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=26401 Opinions of ChessPartner 6.0] by Ted Summers, [[CCC]], February 05, 2009
==2010 ...==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=37471 Chess Partner GUI] by [[Fernando Villegas]], [[CCC]], January 05, 2011
=External Links=
* [http://www.lokasoft.nl/chesspartner.aspx ChessPartner - Lokasoft - Home of ChessPartner]
* [http://www.chesspartner.com/chesspartner-manual/ ChessPartner 6.0: online manual]
* [http://www.lokasoft.nl/history.aspx History of ChessPartner - Lokasoft - Home of ChessPartner]
* [http://www.lokasoft.nl/mobile_chesspartner.aspx Mobile ChessPartner - Lokasoft - Home of ChessPartner]
* [http://www.lokasoft.nl/chesspartner-ios.aspx ChessPartner ios - Lokasoft - Home of ChessPartner]
* [http://www.geenvis.net/cplay.html Chesspartner stuff] by [[Fonzy Bluemers]]
=References=
<references />
'''[[GUI|Up one Level]]'''
