Maximus Draughts 4+
10x10 Checkers
Jan-Jaap Van Horssen
Designed for iPad
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- Free
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Description
The best app for the game of international draughts (10x10 checkers)
Enjoy the game of international draughts (or 10x10 checkers) at a yet unprecedented level for tablets and smartphones. Maximus, the 2011 Dutch Open and Olympic computer draughts champion, is available for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. In 2012, Maximus played a match against former draughts World Champion Alexander Schwarzman, resulting in a narrow defeat (five draws and one loss). More recently, Maximus played in the (unofficial) world championship computer draughts 2019 and took third place. Maximus was running on a desktop computer, which is of course more powerful than a mobile device. Nevertheless, you will find Maximus to be a fierce opponent on your tablet or smartphone!
You don’t have to be an expert player to enjoy Maximus, however, as there are many levels of difficulty. Starting with a level to explore the rules of the game, at which Maximus always plays a random move. Then there are ten training levels, from beginner to expert, that you can try before you start giving Maximus more time to think. Improve your play by analyzing your games with Maximus and learning from your mistakes. You can also use the program as a draughts travel set or as a draughts notation booklet, or even in your draughts competition if you are one player short!
Features:
* Available in 8 languages (Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish)
* Strong engine with 4 playing modes: 1) rules of the game plus 10 training levels; 2) seconds per move; 3) time schedule; 4) Fischer system
* Multicore processor support
* Pondering option (thinking in the opponent’s time)
* Player vs. Maximus, Player vs. Player, and Maximus vs. Maximus modes
* Intuitive interface with drag & drop or tapping to enter your moves
* Move input support, move hint and help function
* Undo and redo moves; browse your game using the Notation screen
* Replay and analyze your game afterwards
* Save, load, e-mail and import games and positions in Portable Draughts Notation format (PDN)
* Randomly selected opening book moves provide a wide variety in games
* Display of draughts clock, square numbers (optional), and engine information and principal variation (optional)
* Other options: turn board, setup position, automatic replay
* Main differences with the PC version (not available): smaller opening book, smaller endgame database
* No Ads
Link: Tournament Base, Results and Games of Maximus
http://toernooibase.kndb.nl/opvraag/uitslagenspeler.php?taal=1&Nr=11535
What’s New
Version 2.02
New stronger program, with endgame databases (4 pieces). New user interface, with animation of moves. 10 new training levels, from beginner to expert. Updated App Store iPad screenshots.
Ratings and Reviews
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Maximus - fantastische app - perfect draughts app
Eindelijk een app op IPhone en iPad waar ik tegen kan dammen en gewoon verlies.
Because of strength of play and great interface: Highly recommended!
As a beginning draughts enthusiast I tried several 10x10 apps. I was not impressed by their strength of play. This is were Maximus makes the difference. I passed the first training levels, but am still struggling to get past training level 4. And I noticed that the program just starts flexing its muscles after you allow it to think for a few seconds(!) per move (after training level 7). At this rate I will be able to learn from Maximus for years to come...
I especially like the level of play, and the analysis mode that allows me to analyse even serious games. The program is VERY complete, so that I can exchange games with other people, etc. Maybe an automatic analysis mode would be nice, but overall I am baffled by the variety of options of Maximus. Very, very complete.
Because of strength of play and great interface: Highly recommended!
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Information
- Provider
- Jan-Jaap Van Horssen
- Size
- 23.6 MB
- Category
- Games
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 8.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 8.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 8.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2008-2021 J.J. van Horssen
- Price
- Free