if u're boring at chess...

is it possible to have a player vs player configuration, with visible analysis results, and alternate lines?

Hi, I have been reading a lot of material on the alpha beta search algorithm. Till now all the algorithms have detailed on how to find the best score at a given depth. I wanted to know how can one keep track of the moves made to reach that score? Thanks. Rohit

I've downloaded Arena which was recommended as the best free program. I'm not a techie , so can't see how I can load up this GUI with a real playing program like say GNUchess. I have no knowledge of DOS I'm afraid. Rob N

Hi! In Fritz 8 I like Score sheet view. I want print Score sheet - but don't know how. Appreciate any advise. Regards SoloMoon

Hi all, While out doing the usual PC upgrades/repairs of my father's computer while visiting at Christmas, I picked up a copy of Fritz 8 from his local PC superstore for myself. While messing around with it last night I discovered that PlayChess requires a serial number to be entered that should be on the front of the book... guess what - no such number :)

Whats the best free downloadable chess program (not requiring a degree to install!) Ta Rob

Hello, I have some technical questions about CB9 I would ask. Does anybody here know avbout a forum dedicated/specialized to CB9 ? Whatever the language ? In advance thank you ! P.Goette

I think it's the pawn because it looks mostly like a buttplug.

Hi group, please redirect me if uncorrect. I'm looking for word templates for chess. I mean: schedule to note a game. Thanks

I have recently downloaded the latest freeware version of Rebel for DOS (Ver. 12). I attempted to run it under DOS 6.22 on a DX33-486 PC with 20M of RAM. The program just displays the opening graphics screen with the hourglass and immediately exits with the message "Illegal Interrupt #06" followed by a matrix of register values. On this PC, interrupt #06 is owned by the System ROM that starts at...

Since this is the only strong program for the Mac and I recommend it, I hate to say this, but like the original Hiarcs program for the palm, the strength levels for the Mac hiarcs seem way off. Here is a Fischer 2-12 blitz game with the AI strength set at 1250 (the parentheses are the evaluations by the program after the game and the number of nodes analyzed):

Try http://www.chessmaniac.com for free chess. No game limit, tournaments, ELO ratings, teams, and much more. Pretty nice site.

I don't think you'll ever see an offer for source code on a ChessBase or Chess Assistant web site. :) The Bookup source code is available to programmers who want to learn how to integrate chess engines, parse PGN, do chess graphics, etc. Details are at http://www.bookup.com/programmers.htm Mike Leahy "The Database Man!"

if u're bored at chess

Download the Zip (no engine file included :P) It includes an opening book and most of the configuration already done. http://www.cacsi.com/chess/CM9_Winboard.zip Here are the instructions. http://www.cacsi.com/chess/CM9_Winboard_Readme.txt Please sign up for a Computer account on FICS before you decide to run it there, or you may end up on the cheater list!

if u're boring at chess

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When I press F10 to load another game, in any database, it automatically starts from where I finished viewing the other one e.g. if I decide to play say 10 moves from a game press F10 the next game starts at move 10. Happens with every database. Any ideas?