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Article #2702Re: GNU Chess 5
From: Gilbert Billiau
Date: Sun, 10 Oct 1999 00:00
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 : 37ffe17a.94055105@news.earthlink.net... > > 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 > > [ Most GNU software is compressed using the GNU `gzip' compression > program. > Source code is available on most sites distributing GNU software. > Executables for various systems and information about using gzip can > be > found at the URL http://www.gzip.org. > > For information on how to order GNU software on CD-ROM and > printed GNU manuals, see http://www.gnu.org/order/order.html > or e-mail a request to: gnu@gnu.org > > By ordering your GNU software from the FSF, you help us continue to > develop more free software. Media revenues are our primary source > of > support. 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