"Aurora Borealis" is a well-known checkers database program with a built-in playing module that is incredibly convenient and easy to use. Ten years of development has made this program useful and easy to understand for both experienced and inexperienced users/players.

Today using multi-draughts version of "Aurora Borealis professional 2.11" you can work with 11 draughts variations (English, Italian, Russian, Brasilian, Czech, American pool, Spanish, International, Frisian, Spantsireti and Canadian), play with advanced computer partner, analyse, easily comment games and create your own games databases!

Read about the advantages of "Aurora Borealis professional". You may also download free demo-version right now and register program if you like it!

August, 3 2010 License agreement updated: Activation keys may be used repeatedly for another activations four months after the previous one, allowing reinstallation and moving software to another computer. Version 3.0 beta 2 is available for testing (registered users only). Download links: for users registered 2.9-2.11 with an activation key: http://aurora.shashki.com/download/winaur3.exe for users with original 2.9-2.11 key CD: http://aurora.shashki.com/download/winaur3cd.exe February, 21 2010 Version 3.0 beta 1 is available for testing. Contact email: aurorab@bk.ru for details and download link if you wish to test. December, 10 2009 Dear draughts friends! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I wish you all the best in the upcoming year!

Another year is coming to an end. I hope that this year was quite successful for you. And the next one will bring no grief or disappointments. I wish that your passion for draughts will delight you with the new colors! This year Aurora Borealis celebrated 10 year anniversary. Thank you very much for using Aurora Borealis professional during these years, your support is very important for me!

For all new users during December I'd like to make a Christmas special offer: if you would like to order an activation key (single activation) you will receive one additional key for free. If you would like to order the CD+DVD pack you will receive either another CD+DVD pack or 2 activation keys for free. Save them for yourself or make a gift for friends. And, for sure, further free 3.0 version update (release date - May, 2010) Usual Christmas special offer for Resellers is also valid till January, 10 (discounts up to 75% for disks, plus bonus pack with free activation keys) - please, email me (aurorab@bk.ru) for details.

Get Aurora Borealis professional registration key for free!

Aurora joined TrialPay project, so nowadays you may get a single license activation key (retail price EUR 25) absolutely for free, as a bonus to TrialPay's offer (which may cost even lower than EUR 25).

Version 2.11 update is available for download

Changes:

- Added 'Grandmaster' level and '...sec per move' time control
- Optimized evaluation function in 64-engine
- Current game export to PDN and RTF without saving game to a database
- Added leves for opening book
- Added option "Load EB in memory"
- Fixed setup new position bug

Version 2.10 update for disks owners is available for download.

Changes:

- Fixed text import (game from clipboard) bug
- Working with several games simultaneously
- Aurora's engine became stronger (russian/brasilian/pool): +40 ELO
- Slightly improved international draughts engine
- Aurora doesn't load full large Endgame databases in memory - working with endgame databases became slower, but more comfortable on computers with low RAM.

Version 2.9 update for disks owners is available for download.

Changes:

- Import games text from clipboad
- New game moves ballots
- Physical deletion of selected game option
- Minor changes

Version 2.9 update and free trial are available for download.

Changes:

- You are able to enter moves from keyboard (type "cb4", "1-5" and so on)
- Add games from database as comments (function Game - Append in database window); Open several games as one
- Improved Open Office compatibility (export)

Used new version of protection system. Unfortunately, new versions won't work with older disks. Registered users are able to request ONE free serial key for activation, or order an update disk.

If you wish to buy Aurora Borealis professional you may not only order disks but also download all installation files from website and buy only activation key.

You may also download Aurora Borealis for free and try it for 10 days with no limitations

Version 2.8 update and Demo are available for download.

Changes:

- Option to edit opening books
- Support for external disks for Italian 10 pieces endgame database
- CHB import bug fixed
- Czech language interface
- Reverse board button in JS-TML

This weekend we had in Moscow The World Championship of draughts programs playing Russian draughts.

Tornado (by Mikhail Glizerin, Russia) became World Champion, won additional match (5:3) against Kallisto (by Igor Korshunov, Belarus) - both programs had 28 points after tournament. Third was Skifi, a new program from St. Petersburg by Sergei Nefedov (27 pts) - the only program hadn't lost any single game. Fourth was Tundra (27 pts), Aurora has taken only fifth place. 6th was Kestog from Lithuania and 7th - the latest Russia champion Plus600.

Version 2.6 update and Demo are available for download.

Changes:

- Improved "flying" draughts support (Russian draughts)
- View - Moves list option in Database window
- Improved Extended Analysis and Game Analysis functions

Version 2.5 update and Demo are available for download.

Changes:

- New books (cbk) database format. New books (with openings names) available for Italian and Russian draughts. For other draughts types books have to be rebuilded (if you don't install new books from DVD)
- New endgame databases: 7 pieces for all 8*8 draughts and 6 pieces for International 10*10 draughts.
- New database 2007 for Russian draughts with 100.000 games.

Update with all databases are available on DVD, you can order update DVD for 10 Euros. You can also download whole DVD-ISO (1.7 GB) from internet, the link is on download page. Also you can download important updates (executable and new books) separately. All new users ordered Aurora Borealis profesional henceforth will receive CD+DVD pack with all available databases.

Version 2.3 update and Demo are available for download.

Changes:

- Automated game analysis function
- HTML export directly on FTP
- Some Pool games PDN import bugs fixed
- Building trees on large databases (international draughts) bug fixed
- Updated Kallisto Brasilian engine (some bugs fixed)
- Documentation in Russian added

New version 2.2 is available for download.

Updates:

- New Aurora 3.0 engine for Russian, Brazilian, Pool, English, Czech and International draughts
- Kallisto 3 engine, the winner of Draughrs Programs Europe Championship 2007, is available for Russian, Brazilian and Pool (chess notation)
- Best line is shown in analysis mode and can be copied to the game at one mouse click
- Extended analysis mode
- User-defined colors in Game Panel for variations and comments
- Game autoplay mode

February, 1 2007

Aurora Borealis 3.0 engine is the silver medallist of Draughts Programs European Championship (Russian draughts rules) held on 27-28 January in Moscow. Kallisto 3 engine, also included in Aurora Borealis professional kit, won this tournament. Thus, Aurora Borealis professional Kit contains two best draughts engines by results of the latest tournament.

Kallisto engine (Russian draughts) won 4th place in grandmaster Azarov's tournament in 1st Khomustakh with 6,5 points of 9.

Games of Danish Open 2006 (english draughts) are available.

Czech draughts database is available for download (2189 games).

Databases were given by Igor Keder.