AlterWay

AlterWay is the second program in the Chess Puzzles Series. It is aimed at developing heuristic and combinatory thinking as well as at improving the skill of distributing one`s attention over the whole chessboard and taking decisions under conditions of time deficit. In the practical chess aspect the program helps consolidate knowledge about the chess pieces (their movements and captures), and trains the ability to make fast and accurate calculations; of particular importance is the fact that the program teaches to take note of available/prospective interaction Between/among pieces and make perfect use of it. The game has two modes: Play and Training. Play mode incorporates 10 levels of difficulty. The difficulty of a particular task is determined by the number of enemy pieces you must capture, the number of pieces at your disposal, and the time interval in which you must cope with the task. The more pieces are on the board, the more alternatives are available and hence the harder is the task. All playing tasks are newly generated by the program, their number being virtually unlimited and the possibility of encountering the same situation twice practically equalling zero. For each task you have coped with the program gives you a certain number of points. The higher the difficulty level, the more points you get.