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- The NEW Rebel 8.0 briefly
- only the new features above Rebel Decade 1.2 !!
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- =*= GENERAL =*=
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- * Improved playing strength *
- (estimated ELO-rating on Pentium 100: 2480 or 2600 USCF)
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- * Opening book of more than 850.000 moves (Decade just has 100.000) *
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- * 5000 grandmaster games included *
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- * Support for hashtables till 64 Mb *
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- * 50 new features *
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- The NEW Rebel 8.0 briefly
- only the new features above Rebel Decade 1.2 !!
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- =*= NEW BOOK FUNCTIONS =*=
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- * OVERVIEWS of REBEL books *
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- * Support of the ECO-CODES for openinglines *
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- * Special TOURNAMENTBOOK with only good variations for REBEL *
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- * Very easy to make PROGRAMEABLE BOOK: now you can make your own books! *
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- * Make USER BOOK FROM A DATABASE *
- (add complete games to a user book or parts of it)
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- * EDIT USER BOOKS, all you need is a mouse! *
- (load/save userbook; add, remove or mark book moves)
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- * IMPORT EXTERNAL BOOKS *
- (Import Chessmaster 4000, Genius or Fritz books to the REBEL format)
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- * JOINING REBEL books *
- (Join books together! Make books as big as your computers memory!)
- (If you have enough memory join the books of VOL1 and VOL2 together)
- (into one big book! All done with a few mouse clicks!)
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- The NEW Rebel 8.0 briefly
- only the new features above Rebel Decade 1.2 !!
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- =*= NEW ANALYSE FUNCTIONS =*=
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- * The Analyse level is highly improved by adding: *
- * 11 new hot buttons *
- * 4 graphical clipboards *
- * The SUPER warroom *
- * Game overview in 15 boards *
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- * Rebel 8.0 supports FOUR CLIPBOARDS *
- (These boards can be used to temporarily save a game or game fragment)
- (This can be very useful during analyzing of games)
- (You can easily switch from one game to another by clicking on the boards)
- (or using hotkeys)
- (Ofcourse you can choose for yourself if the boards are visible or not)
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- * POWER ANALYSIS *
- (Speeds up your analyse by 200-400%)
- (Add or remove your own moves to be analyzed by a few mouse clicks)
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- * GAME OVERVIEW in 15 small graphical boards *
- (15 small boards including move number, move and (computer) score)
- (You can easily see which part of the game was crucial)
- (Just click on one of the 15 boards, and Rebel will automatically)
- (move to this point of the game)
- The NEW Rebel 8.0 briefly
- only the new features above Rebel Decade 1.2 !!
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- =*= NEW GRAPHICAL POSSIBILITIES =*=
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- * none, normal or fast ANIMATION *
- (your mouse cursor, for instance, can become a piece)
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- * FASTER GRAPHICS if your video-card is VESA-compatible *
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- * 256 COLORS completely free to define *
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- * pulldown-menu now fully WINDOWS-ALIKE *
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- * optimal playing comfort by 11 NEW HOT BUTTONS *
- * for the most-used functions *
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- * LOADING AND SAVING COLORS *
- (Make your own favorite screen color settings, save and load them)
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- * Enter your moves by CLICKING OR DRAGGING *
- (Choose for yourself what is most convenient)
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- * FIGURINES OR CHARACTERs in move list *
- (The pieces can be displayed as figurines or character)
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- The NEW Rebel 8.0 briefly
- only the new features above Rebel Decade 1.2 !!
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- =*= THE NEW PLAYING LEVELS =*=
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- * ENERGY FUN levels *
- - Energy Increasing -
- (REBEL refuels energy every move, defeat Rebel as soon as possible!)
- - Energy Decreasing -
- (REBEL is losing energy every move, just hold on and you will win!)
- - Energy Random -
- (REBEL takes random energy, only for people with strong nerves!)
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- * The FIXED TIME level *
- (Limit REBEL's thinking time to an exact number of seconds)
- (Very useful in analyzing database and certain computer tests)
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- * The ELO level *
- (Always losing on your program?)
- (Rebel 8.0 is the solution, simply type your ELO rating to the)
- (program and Rebel 8.0 will play on your strength!)
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- The NEW Rebel 8.0 briefly
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- =*= NEW DATABASE AND IMPORT GAME OPTIONS =*=
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- * CONVERSION, IMPORT and EXPORT for PGN and NiCBase format INTEGRATED *
- (including commentary and analysis so INTERNET-compatible)
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- * NICBASE FUNCTIONS INTEGRATED *
- (REBEL 8.0 reads NiCBase files directly, so no need to leave the program)
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- * EPD SUPPORT *
- (Game to EPD: writes current game to an EPD file)
- (Export database: writes ALL positions from the database to an EPD file)
- (Import EPD: the selected EPD file is totally imported into the database)
- (Analyze EPD: the selected EPD file is analysed, BOOKUP compatible)
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- * INTERNET SUPPORT *
- (Play chess on the Internet by email)
- (Rebel makes email life easy and comfortable)
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- * SAVE MOVE COMMENTS *
- (You can decide for yourself if move comments are to be saved or not)
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- The NEW Rebel 8.0 briefly
- only the new features above Rebel Decade 1.2 !!
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- =*= REMAINING NEW OPTIONS =*=
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- * The SIMULTANEOUS mode *
- (Play simultaneous against 4 opponents!)
- (The 4 games are visible by the new 4 graphical boards)
- (Scores of the mini match are visible)
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- * NEW WARROOM with lots of extra information *
- (for those who want a deep look inside the heart of the chessengine)
- - info about plydepth -
- - info about plydepth in permanent brain -
- - info about hashtables -
- (how many times a transposition is found)
- (to which level your computers memory is already filled up)
- - percentage of selective calculating -
- - display of minimum and maximum time that the computer will use -
- - display of the four best main variations up to a depth of 5 plies -
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- * FLEXIBLE RESIGN option *
- (Choose yourself a suitable value and Rebel will resign on that value)
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- * BLINDFOLD CHESS *
- (Practice and learn blindfold chess!)
- (Varying in difficulty from beginner to grandmaster)
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- FINAL REMARK
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- * Rebel 8.0 Now Has 50 New Features Above Rebel Decade! *
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- * Rebel 8.0 Is Over 200 Elo Points Stronger Than Rebel Decade! *
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- = SEE YOU ;) =
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