Improve your chess skill and play against a variety of AI opponents. Access a collection of training exercises, manuals, guides, and bots to help new players adjust to the environment and gameplay dynamics. Enter a competition mode and lay with no restrictions.
Lucas chess is a Windows app designed for users who wish to start learning how to play chess game from the comfort of their home. The program gives you access to a wide range of tutorials, allows you to practice what you've learned, and lets choose between multiple difficulty levels for your opponents.
This application is suitable for users of various ages. If you're new with this type of board games, you should start by clicking the "Training" button from the main menu of the app. You can choose from a wide range of practice modes and receive plenty of useful instructions to improve your game.
Once you think you're ready for a challenge, click over the "Play" button and configure the game's settings according to your needs. The app lets you choose the preferred difficulty level for your opponent, interval of time for the moves, etc. A good thing is that you can configure the app to provide you with hints.
The only thing I don't like about this application is its interface. To me, it's a bit unappealing.
Still, this program is one of the best chess tutor apps I tested on my Windows PC. In addition, it comes without a price. So, it's definitely worth installing it on your computer if you want to learn how to play chess games.
v6.2 [Apr 4, 2012]
New tool, when playing in menu Utilities, Tree moves that is a system to document positions.
Consult books Polyglot, changed view.
Boards
New pieces : Montreal, NikNak, Regular, Pirat, Magnetic, Alpha,AlfonsoX,Leipzig,Maya
Menu in the top-left of all boards, custom resize, themes, pieces,...
New possibilities to configure boards.
Colour themes, made by
Felicia
Mohammed Abadalazez
Ctrl-mouse wheel : resize board.
Direct option to maximize window.
Flip board : with key F (scott idea)
Copy board : with key C (felicia idea)
Save board to png file : with key S (felicia idea)
Arrow keys can be used in all boards (scott idea)
Board design, added option to change size of inner border (felicia idea)
Mate in two from Eduardo Sadier, reduced from 120000 to 50000, but included information of origin of each position, and all moves are precomputed.
New training, Resistance test, other way to fight against engines.
New training positions : tactics collected by Uwe Auerswald
Engines:
Updated Critter - 1.4
Updated Stockfish - 2.2.2
