Analyze and play chess on line or not, with Arena Chess Interface


Arena is a chess interface that will help you analyze and play games, or even test chess engines. It is compatible with the Winboard protocol I, II and the UCI protocol I, II.

Furthermore, compatible to Chess960, DGT electronic chess board & DGT clock XP, Novag Citrine, Autoplayer, ICS (chess servers) and much more.

Features: Detailed information – the analysis lines tell everything about the thinking process of the chess engines. * Tournament features – Find out, how the chess engines compete against each other. * You can play online games against people worldwide. * You can analyse games automatically. * Arena supports Gaviota tablebases for endgame analysis * Extensive Help * Printing – clearly laid out output on paper;

EPD-Support – Easy analysis of position databases. * PGN-Support – Game – databases clearly arranged. * Support of the DGT Chessboard for the game with real pieces – Connect the electronic DGT Chessboard to your PC, switch off your screen and play a real competitive game against one or more of the wide range of available WinBoard or UCI Engines. * Support of 19 languages for the GUI. * Arena can display the opening name, can use opening books, Chess960, analysis board, etc. etc…