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"Eric Normandeau" <eric_normandeau@ulaval.ca> wrote in message 
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> Hi all,
>
> I would like to install and run GNU chess on my system. I have no clue as 
> how to use the binaries to end un with a usable program...
>
> What do I need? Any other applications required or interresting (ex: for 
> GUI interface...) I run Windows XP.

Go here:
http://www.tim-mann.org/xboard.html

Under: "WinBoard - For 32-bit Microsoft Windows (95, 98, NT, 2000, ME, XP)"
Click on this:
http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/winboard/winboard-4_2_7b.exe
and run the executable.

It will install Winboard and GnuChess.

You may also enjoy Arena:
http://www.playwitharena.com/
(I recommend Arena 1.1, as the Beta versions are less stable):
http://www.playwitharena.com/download/arena_11_setup1.exe

Also recommended are Jose:
http://jose-chess.sourceforge.net/

And SCID:
http://scid.sourceforge.net/download.html
Along with SCID variants:
http://chessdb.sourceforge.net/
http://prolinux.free.fr/scid/

To play against other computers on the internet, Winboard is best.
To play short matches between two computers Winboard is very good.
To play big tournaments between lots of computer chess engines, Arena is 
very good.
SCID is nice for a chess program database (though is is not as good as 
commercial systems like Chess Assistant).
Jose is very portable across all kinds of different systems due to being 
written in Java.
Since the above recommendations are free tools, you may as well try them 
all.

IMO-YMMV
HTH 



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