All releases of Chess Training Tools


Release Notes: A sector training test that helps break down the board into smaller junks for blindfold was added. Some UI issues around the Blindfold Test were fixed.


Release Notes: A blindfold game test was added, which allows you to enter a PGN game and then step through it move by move while being quizzed on various aspects of the current position.


Release Notes: This release adds a larger board display. It adds a new chess vision training tool. It improves opening play of the engine if it gets out of the book early. The opening trainer has been removed, as there are much better free tools.


Release Notes: This release added undo, or move takeback to the PlayTest ("Vince").


Release Notes: This version adds the ability to hide the center, the "big" center, and white and/or black pieces. It changes the chess pieces to a different set to avoid possible copyright issues. It shrunk the book down from the 2600 games size. The chess board view was split out and is now a library. The layout was changed a touch.


Release Notes: The chess board Swing component has been broken out into its own library, along with an applet to demonstrate its use.


Release Notes: This release fixes an install problem and adds status messages to the splash screen.


Release Notes: This release adds a new look and feel and an izpack installer.


Release Notes: The opening trainer was displaying moves outside of the selected opening. This is now fixed.


Release Notes: This release sees the addition of a larger opening book. While it will make Vince a little stronger, it is really a bump up for the opening trainer. Now you can choose which ECO codes you want to study. The download is very large now, at over 5MB.