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Re: GNU Chess 5

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From: Gilbert Billiau
Date: Sun, 10 Oct 1999 00:00
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Great news !!!
You should post this on the CCC too.
Where could we have this version in binary (precompiles version) ?


Stuart Cracraft <cracraft@earthlink.net> a οΏ½crit dans le message :
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>
> GNU Chess is a computer program which plays the Game of Chess.
>
> Also called The Royal Game, Chess is a game of tactics
> and to a lesser extent strategy, shrouded in antiquity.
> It is considered the intellectual game par excellance,
> outside of the Far East but has found expression there
> as well in Shogi of Japan and Chinese Chess of China.
>
> Invented in India and popularized in ancient Persia,
> the Game of Chess spread worldwide with the British Empire
> and was a favorite game of the English Kings and their courts.
>
> GNU Chess runs on GNU/Linux, Unix, Windows NT/95/98/etc
> and supports full GUI's and a unique non-GUI interface.
> At only 11,000 lines of code, GNU Chess is 1/4 the
> length of Crafty.
>
> This version of GNU Chess shares no code with previous versions.
>
> GNU Chess 5.00 is written so as to try to clearly enable
> and further the computer science student's understanding
> and appreciation of the domain of computer chess and those
> concepts through a clear simplification of code and data
> structures, while still allowing a good challenge for playing.
>
> Now available, find it at:
>
>   http://www.gnu.org/software/chess/chess.html
>
> and
>
>   ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/chess-5.00.tar.gz
>
> GNU Chess has scored at approximately the same playing levels on the
> Free Internet Chess Server as its predecessors, where it has played
> over
> 9000 games in this version alone. Due to variability in hardware and
> availability of test platforms, as well as simply available free time,
>
> an exact comparison is not possible and probably not productive.
>
> Interfaces supported by this version include:
>
> 3-dimensional wooden playing board
> plain text ascii
> Winboard (PC GUI)
> Xboard (UNIX GUI)
>
> The Authors of GNU Chess v5.00 are Chua Kong-Sian and Stuart Cracraft.
>
> GNU Chess's web page is
>
> http://www.gnu.org/software/chess/chess.html
>
> All new development and support will be done with GNU Chess version
> 5.00 and
> its successors only. No support will be provided for prior versions
> going forward.
>
>                        Stuart Cracraft
>
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From: "Gilbert Billiau" <billiaug@wanadoo.fr>
Subject: Re: GNU Chess 5
Date: 1999/10/10
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