Komodo 9 Chess Engine 1.5

is the latest release of this prize-winning chess engine. Komodo 9 is an improvement over all previous Komodo versions and supports multi-core processors (32- and 64-bit) and endgame tablebases. BEFORE YOU PURCHASE : NOTE THAT KOMODO 9 FOR ANDROID REQUIRES A CHESS GUI (for recommendations, see below). THIS INSTALLER PROVIDES THE KOMODO ENGINE IN CHESSBASE & OPEN EXCHANGE FORMAT ONLY. AFTER PURCHASING : Verify your license by running the installed app once before using Komodo. Additional documentation is available at http://komodochess.com/Komodo_Play_Store_Instructions_9.html . Komodo has won highly respected engine tournaments such as TCEC and CCT. On desktop computers, Komodo 9 is approximately +50 Elo stronger than Komodo 8 on one core according to the independent IPON test as well as our own internal testing, with the gain increasing with more cores, to about 60 Elo on 4 cores based on our own tests. Komodo 9 is expected to obtain the top rating on the majority of the best-known chess engine rating lists. Previous versions of Komodo have won highly respected engine tournaments such as TCEC and CCT. Key features of Komodo 9:  - Evaluation developed by a Grandmaster  - Multi-core support (up to 64 cores)  - Syzygy endgame tablebase support What's new in Komodo 9:  - Evaluation improvements   - better assessment of mobility/activity   - improved handling of drawish positions   - improved understanding of attacks on the king  - Improved search performance (much better time-to-depth)  - Chess 960 (Fischer Random Chess) support (please note that, at this time, only one GUI ("Chess", see below) supports Chess960)  - Persistent Hash: save and restore analysis  - Over 100 other improvements throughout the software Recommended chess GUIs include: • Chess for Android (free, https://www.google.com/url?q=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.chess ) • Chess PGN Master (commercial, trial available, https://www.google.com/url?q=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kalab.pgnviewer ) • ChessBase Online (commercial, https://www.google.com/url?q=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=chessbase.android.chessdb ) • Analyze This (commercial, https://www.google.com/url?q=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pereira.analysis.paid ) • Scid on the Go (free, https://www.google.com/url?q=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.scid.android ) • DroidFish Chess (free, https://www.google.com/url?q=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.petero.droidfish ) • Hawk Chess (commercial, trial available, https://www.google.com/url?q=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digitalhawk.chess.paid ) • Chess (free, supports Chess960 , http://www.google.com/url?q=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jwtc.android.chess )