Caissa Chess
Caissa Chess is a highly sophisticated chess game featuring many beautifully rendered chess boards and pieces. Game play is very intuitive and takes full advantage of the multi-touch interface. Caissa Chess is driven by a powerful, professional-strength chess engine with self-improving algorithms and multiple difficulty levels. All chess rules are implemented and followed along with many features expected of a professional chess game,including opening database, hints, save and restore games, undo moves, play with other players via email,export to PGN, and many many more features. The application was designed with power efficiency in mind.
WHAT'S NEW IN THIS VERSION:
Caissa Chess 2.1.1 Oct 06, 2008 (Bugfix release + new email features) ¶
* Caissa update invalid preferences crash fixed
* tap-tap crash bug fixed
* history table desync fixed
* email checked positions bug fixed
* fixed German & French Registration problems
* Added AddressBook integration for email games
* Preview image of the game to be sent is attached to email
* PGN export via email
* Optimizations for iPhone OS 2.1
Caissa Chess 2.1 Sept 09, 2008 (Feature release) YOU MUST DELETE 2.0.1 BEFORE INSTALLING 2.1 ¶
* custom board view allows to setup or modify quickly any board position
* play by email with real opponents
* chess puzzles and composition analysis using online DB or can be composed and shared via email.
* Updated history panel and long PGN notation
* Tap-tap entry mode added as alternative to "drag and drop"
* Remembers castling history after game was saved or reloaded
* Tap and hold inconsistency fixed
* Fixed opening algorithm for chess engine (should add about ~30 ELO to the strength of the engine)
* fixed FEN calculation logic
* Improved start-up time
* many performance optimizations and memory leak fixed.
Caissa Chess 2.0.1 July 20, 2008 (bugfix release) ¶
* shows last move reminder configurable from preferences
* moved thinking indicator from the board
* displays messages in status bar properly
* Tap and hold threshold is set to .9 sec from 0.5 sec. Should prevent accidental quick load of a game
* displays save's preview images properly
* current color move indicator displays turns properly
* many performance optimizations and memory leak fixed.
Caissa Chess 2.0 July 11, 2008 ¶
* new chess engine "Antelope" written in Obj-C
* over 2500 chess openings
* New set of graphics (19 new boards, 12 piece sets)
* Sound notifications
* 14 levels of difficulty
* Unlimited undos
* Hints and force moves functionality.
* Load/Save/QuikSave/AutoSave games along with all settings and previews.
* Extensive use of CoreAnimations
* Incoming call/sms safe. Caissa will deactivate itself and bring back to the same state it was interrupted with.
* Energy efficient. if you happened to leave the application on. It won't drain your battery.
* Improved start-up time and lessened memory footprint
* and much more
| | Released Date | Oct 07, 2008 | Size | 1.6 MB |
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| Seller | : 2.1.1 | Language | English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish |
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| Ratings | | Requitements | |
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| Price | $3.99 | Compatible with iPhone and iPod touch
Requires iPhone OS 2.1 or later |
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| Version | iMarine Programming Inc. |
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