ChessPartner is a chess program that will fulfill your need. It features 3D pieces, a database, the ability to save games, the option of online play, print functions, and sound effects. In addition, games can be copied and pasted into word processing documents, and your skills can be analyzed through scoring histograms.

ChessPartner Features:

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Play Chess using Internet
Being one of the first, ChessPartner offers the possibility to play against people anywhere on the globe. Using Chess Servers, you can challenge and play against others or other computer chess programs without the hassle of using a difficult user interface that characterizes most Chess Servers. Also possible to play without Chess Servers to other owners of ChessPartner, all you need to know is your friends IP address, this can be done via ICQ
Included are the timeseal and timestamp program's which are used with the Chess Servers to compensate for 'net lag' Now you never have to loose a game on time !

Office 2000 style menus
New in version 5.0, customize your menu's and toolbars.

Nalimov tablebases
Support for the Nalimov endgame table bases.

Winboard adapter
The Winboard adapter allows you to use the ChessPartner interface with any Winboard compatible chess engine. The are many engines available on the Internet, most of them are free.

Read Chessbase databases
You can now import chessbase databases.

Layout function
New function to quickly change the layout of your screen. You can create your own layouts. Comes with a number of useful layouts pre- installed.
Of course it's also possible to have a clear 2d board. A number of 2d chess sets are available.

Analysis
Using ChessPartner, you can analyze positions or even entire games. ChessPartner's findings can be annotated in the moves list and/or kept in a file. These annotations can also be printed or copied to the clipboard for use in DTP or text-processor apps. In version 5.0 the analysis options are greatly enhanced.

Printing
Create professional looking reports using a true-type figurine font. Various reports can be printed, with or without diagrams, including you own annotations.

Copy and Paste
If the standard printing and reporting facilities are not enough, then using the Windows clipboard you can copy and paste games to your favorite text-processor, various formats are supported; text, bitmaps, true-type fonts.

Database
ChessPartner contains a powerful database capable of handling millions of games, you can search on player, opening, tournament and a date range. You can also read or write games in PGN format.

Speaks to you
If you wish ChessPartner can say the moves it plays.