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Date: 09 Jul 2006 16:33:09
From: velo
Subject: Linux chess game
Hello,
I'm searching about game with a lot of levels to play.
Linux imperative.
Thanks






 
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Date: 11 Jul 2006 17:51:47
From: Momo
Subject: Re: Linux chess game
Hi !

Although I'm a newbie on chess programs, I thought you'd like these links.

Before you step in, you must know that there are different interfaces (GUI
or Graphical User Interface) to choose from,

I.e: UCI, XBoard, Winboard (for Win I believe) and different chess programs
(usually called chess engines or just engines)

and you need to match two of them (provided they are compatible) to your
taste. Since you come from Linux world, I guess

you already know what an interface and a process are.

You can use your GUI to replay stored games, play against the computer
(using an engine) or against a human partner

(connecting to a chess server).

Do you know XBoard ? - >http://www.tim-mann.org/chess.html

http://www.chessopolis.com/cchess.htm - > MANY differents chess engines
(different platforms)

ftp://ftp.cis.uab.edu/pub/hyatt/ - >(source code, docs, etc) for Crafty (both
Win and Linux)

http://www.linuxlinks.com/Software/Games/Board/Chess/index.shtml - >
Linux+Chess anything

http://www.gnu.org/software/chess/ - > GNU chess (yes, they have a chess
program too)

I wish I could be of help on the different levels issue, but I have not
tested them. There are so many that you should better

give -a few of 'em- a try. Try Crafty first.



Good luck !

Momo

PS: Any addition or correction (or choice suggestion) will be appreciated.

PPS: Excuse any misspelling, English is not my native language :)



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> Hello,
> I'm searching about game with a lot of levels to play.
> Linux imperative.
> Thanks
>
>




  
Date: 12 Jul 2006 12:49:04
From: David Richerby
Subject: Re: Linux chess game
Momo <[email protected] > wrote:
> Although I'm a newbie on chess programs, I thought you'd like these
> links.
>
> Before you step in, you must know that there are different
> interfaces (GUI or Graphical User Interface) to choose from,
>
> I.e: UCI, XBoard, Winboard (for Win I believe) and different chess
> programs (usually called chess engines or just engines)

UCI isn't an interface: it's a protocol that allows engines to talk to
interfaces. Chessbase engines, for example, use UCI. I suspect your
confusion comes from the fact that XBoard is both the name of an
interface and the name of the protocol that interface uses to talk to
engines. And, yes, Winboard is the Windows version of XBoard.

The Linux interfaces I've used are XBoard and EBoard. I'd recommend
either: EBoard has more features; XBoard has less cruft. (Yes, I know
that's two ways of saying the same thing.)


Dave.

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