Acid Ape Chess GM Edition

Acid Ape Chess is organized with a tools philosophy in mind. You can leverage its modular design to perform common and less common chess-related tasks.



Acid Ape Chess focuses on:



• quality;

• elegance;

• ergonomics;

• versatility.



Some Acid Ape Chess features:



Online chess



• Play on FICS, ICC and Lichess

• Watch live online games

• View online players and their game history

• Non-disruptive in-game chat using a subwindow at the bottom of the chessboard



Chess engines



• Play against UCI or CECP chess engines

• Organize engine duels

• 3 strong builtin engines are provided (Arasan, cheng4 and Scorpio)

• Use third-party engines

• Adjust engine-specific settings

• Use custom PolyGlot (.bin) and Arena (.abk) opening books

• Use custom neural networks



Analysis



• Analyze with multiple chess engines

• Display the principal variation and stats

• Display an evaluation graph

• Display Syzygy 7-men EGTB results (uses an online service)

• Easily create, annotate and move variations with our move list editor

• Automatic analysis (apply the best move every x seconds)

• Auto annotate games using a chess engine and the endgame tablebases

• Advanced move indicators displaying engine evaluation scores



Premium access to our online database



• 210 million positions

• 3.6 million games, from the 1800s to 2023

• 270,000 OTB players, from club players to superstars

• Used by the opening explorer

• Can be used as an opening book for chess engines

• Search for players, display games, filter by ELO and opening

• Our database is updated continuously

• The perfect tools for your game preparation



PGN support



• Your played games are autosaved

• The PGN Explorer: a file manager with PGN support

• Edit your games (headers, move tree, annotations)

• Load and save PGN files

• Clipboard support

• Share your games as PGN download links



OTB chess



• Watch live games from major professional tournaments

• Search our online database for players and games

• Use a stylish fullscreen clock for your OTB games

• Play OTP (over the phone): two players on the same phone or tablet.



Electronic boards and clocks



• Drivers for the DGT Bluetooth e-Board, the DGT USB e-Board, the DGT Smart Board, the DGT Revelation II, the DGT3000 and the DGT Pi *

• Play online, engine and OTB games with your physical board and clock

• Connect via Bluetooth or USB



Blindfold play



• The board and move list are hidden

• You input your moves via speech recognition

• Opponent moves are announced via speech synthesis



Tactical puzzles



• Solve 900 puzzles split into 3 levels of difficulty

• Import your own PGN puzzles



Simuls



• Challenge from 2 to 16 engine opponents

• Play blindfold simuls



A comprehensive user manual



• Explains everything about AAC, and more!

• Presented as a book, accessible from AAC

• Contains numerous use cases and tips



Extra features



• Play Chess960

• Choose from many different board and piece themes

• Enter local player details, with country flag, chess title and ELO

• Use the position editor to encode positions for playing or analysis

• Move speech recognition and synthesis

• A LCD chess clock modeled after real hardware, with sound and flag display

• Displays your personal statistics against your opponent

• Use a standalone clock app for your non-connected OTB games



This is Acid Ape Chess Grandmaster Edition, containing all the features.



* DGT drivers are the only optional purchase inside the application. We have set an unique worldwide base price for this optional feature, in €. The final price is fixed by Google Play and varies depending on local taxes, VAT, and currency exchange rates. To give you an idea, it is 59.99 € (VAT included) in Germany.