Recent News

Tarrasch V2 open sourced (finally) (8Jan2012) Go to this public repository to download the source and start collaborating on the project.

Komodo edition released (1Nov2011) A slightly modified version of Tarrasch that includes the Komodo engine is now hosted on Komodo's website. Komodo is the second major engine (after Rybka) that provides Tarrasch in this way as a particularly easy way to use the engine.

Tarrasch V2 released (13Sep2011) Finally! Compared to the last beta, next and previous file game buttons have been added. Also a larger font option, and some small bug fixes and enhancements.

Updated Tarrasch V2 beta with new features (7Sep2011) Tarrasch V2 beta has been re-released with some useful new features, including resizable move and kibitz windows, an optional smaller chess board, and custom UCI engine parameters.

Tarrasch V2 Beta version released (19Aug2011) Tarrasch V2 is now feature complete, and much more stable than the previous alpha version. It's now available to the public to download and try. Please remember what 'beta' status means; The program is not yet fully tested. If you are willing to try the program, please let me know what you think of it. Obviously any problems or bugs found are of particular interest to me.

Tarrasch V2 Alpha version released (13Mar2011)

If you'd like to play with a nearly complete, but not fully tested version of Tarrasch V2, go over to the Tarrasch Chess GUI blog and ask for download instructions. The reason you have to ask for a copy is that I don't want uncontrolled access to a piece of software that hasn't yet been tested, polished and tuned. But I do want people who are interested in Tarrasch V2 (and have been patiently waiting a long time) to have a chance to see what it will offer.