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Date: 30 Jul 2007 05:15:34
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Subject: ASCII chess software for ahell access OpenBSD box.
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Hey guys, I have looked all around but have not been able to find a
ASCII chess software (preferably open src) that can be compiled on a
OpenBSD/*nix box. Could someone suggest something?
I have a shell account on cyberspace.org - it's a great place and a
online communtiy with hobby forums and Unix command prompt access. You
can write programs, code in perl etc etc. They have a chat thing
called party where other people hang out and i wanted a chess software
that i could use to play against another person.
I have checked out gnuchess and it gives me a ASCII board, but i
couldn't find a player vs player option???
Could someone suggest something, please.
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Date: 31 Jul 2007 21:33:50
From: Macchess
Subject: Re: ASCII chess software for ahell access OpenBSD box.
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[email protected] a �crit :
> I have checked out gnuchess and it gives me a ASCII board, but i
> couldn't find a player vs player option???
Both players have to be on the same machine for the following:
Type force as a command, and GNU chess will not play. Have a look at
the xboard specification to understand the commands you can give.
All Xboard compatible programs should have some sort of command line
play. Some are not well suited to command line play because they do not
display the board. Just have a go at some of the programs. You will
see most will work.
If you want to be on different machines, use a chess server such as
freechess.org. But please do not use a chess program when playing
there, just a telnet connection. Chess programs need to be registered
and should not be playing anonymously.
http://macchess.internetcontact.be
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Date: 01 Aug 2007 13:44:20
From: David Richerby
Subject: Re: ASCII chess software for ahell access OpenBSD box.
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Macchess <[email protected] > wrote:
> [email protected] a �crit :
>> I have checked out gnuchess and it gives me a ASCII board, but i
>> couldn't find a player vs player option???
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> Both players have to be on the same machine for the following:
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> Type force as a command, and GNU chess will not play. Have a look
> at the xboard specification to understand the commands you can give.
That doesn't help because the two players are using separate accounts.
Both need to communicate somehow with the same process (in this case,
the copy of GNU chess) and some software would be required to do this.
Essentially, what is needed is a chess server process. I believe it's
possible to download the source of the FICS server (or, at least, an
old version of it), which should do the trick. you can then telnet to
the server on the local machine. But it would be easier to just
telnet to FICS itself, as Macchess suggested later in his post.
Dave.
--
David Richerby Enormous Adult Game (TM): it's like a
www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~davidr/ family board game that you won't want
the children to see but it's huge!
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Date: 02 Aug 2007 22:26:32
From: Macchess
Subject: Re: ASCII chess software for ahell access OpenBSD box.
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David Richerby a �crit :
> Macchess <[email protected]> wrote:
> That doesn't help because the two players are using separate accounts.
> Both need to communicate somehow with the same process (in this case,
> the copy of GNU chess) and some software would be required to do this.
That is what I meant, both users need to be behind the same console. I
wrote machine, but in case of *nix, being on the same machine could mean
being connected with different accounts. Thanks for the correction Dave.
Yves
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