On Apr 28, 6:17*am, "/usr/ceo" wrote:
I'm currently attempting to study some classic opening, middle, and
end-games as described and depicted in some books I have been
reading. *What I would like to be able to do is setup a game as I see
in a book or article, assume one of the players -- Black or White --
make a move, and then have the computer assume the role of the other
player.

All the chess programs I have found that are common that come with
major OSes are your basic "token" programs with few options other than
changing the chess board from marble to wood or whatever. *Who cares?
I need a program where I can set up pieces, even fashion my own game
scenarios, and have the computer play me from that point on...

Does anyone know of such a program? *I'd prefer to not have to
purchase it, but maybe that's what it's going to take. *I can run any
major OS -- Windows XP/Vista, Linux or Mac OS X. *I don't really care
what the platform is and in fact, I don't even care about animation --
character-based is even fine (and would match some older books I've
found that write pieces out as "R" = "Rook", "N" = Knight per accepted
notation).

Any leads or recommendations would be massively appreciated. *I could
have sworn I had seen something like this years and years ago, but
what I saw probably doesn't exist anymore. *But surely something has
taken it's place.

Thanks!
/usr/ceo

try Winboard and go to GNU chess. When you do that go to menu and
choose Edit game Type moves in and then go to 2 Machines that will
analyse your chosen position Your John