Rybka Aquarium 2011 (Download)

Description of Rybka Aquarium 2011

Rybka Aquarium 2011 offers advanced analysis functions, game commenting, searching, powerful chess trees, playing, databases and much more.

Short description:

• Analyze and annotate your games with Aquarium’s advanced analysis methods
• Databases with fast searches
• Powerful and fast chess trees
• Play against the computer
• Publish your chess text: Print, word processor or web
• Database: 4,700,000 games (up to April 1, 2011).
• Supports Chessbase/Fritz CBH format (read and convert), Chess Assistant CDP, PGN and EPD databases
• Full Windows 7 (32 & 64 bit) and Vista compatibility.

Language versions: English, German, Spanish, Italian and French versions are available.

System requirements: PC, 256 MB RAM, 4GB of free disk space, Windows 7/XP/Vista.

This product is for download.

Features

Aquarium is a modern graphical user interface (GUI) designed for Rybka with full support for its features, including randomizer matches, persistent hash and sampled search.

Analysis methods

• New Interactive Deep Analysis (IDeA) – a new and advanced approach to analysis:
  • Simultaneous analysis by multiple Rybka instances. Use 2, 4, 10, 20 or even 50 chess engines at the same time for faster results
  • Use the power of multiple computers for analysis at the same time and collect all the results automatically on your own computer
  • Use the computers on your home network or connect to computers over the internet to increase the analysis power
• Variable multi-variation analysis (evaluation limited)
• Infinite Analysis is more flexible than ever with analysis presets. Use many engines at the same time, all analyzing the same position or different games.
• Game Analysis
• Find Blunders
• Batch analysis of selected positions

Play against computer

• Play chess against the computer (any installed engine) from any position with flexible time controls
• Tournament or Fun mode with hints and drawbacks
• Automatic rating calculation
• Material handicaps and rating handicaps (ELO 700-2400) with rating based opening book
• Chess960/Fischerandom games
• Blindfold and semi-blindfold games

Openings books and trees

• State of the art chess trees (fast, powerful, compact)
• Advanced opening book creation and modification
• Fast and flexible move coloring system
• User defined move color priority (play only experimental moves where available etc.)
• Combine several trees into one tree configuration for unprecedented flexibility
• Use a discarded moves tree to mask certain moves or opening systems from being played
• Multiple, reusable discarded moves trees
• Add comments to trees – even visual annotations
• Build trees from a list of games

Databases

• A database with over 4,700,000 games
• Very fast searches.
• An opening book for chess engines
• A special rating handicap opening book for playing against the computer