i am writing an graphical user interface for chess using OpenGl. I need to also validate the moves of the players as the interface should be usable across a network. The problem arises when i try to identify the cases when a checkmate or a stalemate position. i have no better idea than computing all possible next moves and finding that they are invalid. This is a too big a task to perform after...

On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 22:17:14 +0200, "Christian Kongsted" wrote: My new book about computer chess is out now. Questions about the content are welcome. HOW TO USE COMPUTERS TO IMPROVE YOUR CHESS (Christian Kongsted) Hi Christian, Are there any reviews yet on the internet? URL's are welcome.

If you are resonably competent with Access, I put together an Access database last year for our club that will calculate ratings using the method given in USCF's scholastic chess manual. I don't know how "user friendly" it is since I just put it together for my use, but if you're interested, e-mail me and I'll send you a copy of th DB. It basically allows you to input games one at a time but...

From: Alberich Date: 28/08/03 02:17 GMT Daylight Time Message-id: I love SCID's ability to bookmark games for further review later on. You open a database and choose a game and setup a position from it. Then if you want, you can "bookmark" the game so that the next time you open your computer the position gets...

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Dear Chess Friends, I got some spam a few months ago: "free software, pay only for shipping." So for $3.95 I got Extreme Chess in the mail. It appears to contain two chess engines: Fritz 3.10 "Hong Kong," and Fritz 4.01. Unless I severely handicap them, both engines seem unbeatable. (I had an 1800 USCF rating in 1972). Extreme installed and works fine on Win XP, (Celeron @ 2.00 GHz, 256 MB...

Hello all... I recently aquired CheesBase's Fritz7 CD from a deceased relative. I am not that great at chess, but find the program pretty cool. I dont have any documentation, so i have a couple questions here... 1. It seems buggy. Program has crashed a few times, and also doesnt save my board settings about 25% of the time. Is there any patches or upgrades i can install?

I have these two programs installed on two computers connected in network. Is there a way to make them play against each other? How can I do it? -- Darko Majdiæ

Can anyone explain what does "UCI" mean when included with the engine name? (on the SSDF list in particular) Thanks. Leonardo

In the posiotion 8/1k6/8/3KB1N1/8/8/5n2/8 w - - 0 1 The Tablebases annouce correctly mate in 85 moves. But strangely they stop to work after 50 moves certainly because of the rule of the 50 moves. To have the end one's have to copy the position in anoter board, finish it and then cut and paste. It think it's strage !

PJ If you're interested in online chess check out FICS (Free Internet Chess Server). Their site has links to free client software, Winboard seems to be the most popular. It takes a little while to set up, but it's great fun and you can't beat free! http://www.freechess.org/

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I've heard it said by more than one commentator that computers are too heavily biased by material to sacrifice it for positional advantages that have no immediate tactical payoff. It puzzles me when they say that because I've seen CM9K do it quite often. Here's an example (also attached). The program sacs one pawn and later offers more. The later ones may be tactical, but the pawn I took on my...

Hello, I did a search on this group for information concerning hash tables keys and collisions, and most people seemed to argue that while a 32-bit key will result in many dangerous type 1 collisions, a 64-bit key should drive this to an acceptable level of risk. I am writing a program that will play several variants of the Japanese game Shogi, an Eastern cousin of chess that is played on a 9x9...

"Solomon Nuffert" wrote in rec.games.chess.computer: Folks! I try to find the reason, on which I should buy the new chess program. I have the old chess program Rebel Decade - free-of-charge version Rebel 10, which on my computer declares power of 2450 ELO - and I can not beat her. At the same time I know many people, which, by not beat Chessmaster 7K get the...

It's not too clear to me, when you purchase Fritz 8, the account they give you on their playchess.com server, is it for one year or for ever? I couldn't find the exact details on the Chessbase website, can anybody offer me this info? Thanks!

"Euc1id" wrote in rec.games.chess.computer: I noticed that Shredder 7.04 UCI takes a long time to load with Windows XP. I didn't know why, but I do now... Tablebases. It might be a good idea to check the integrity of your tablebases. A very simple way to do it is downloading Wilhelm from Rafael Andrist http://www.geocities.com/rba_schach2000/

"John Henderson" wrote ... I'm selling an official Yugoslavian poster from the 1992 Return Match between Fischer and Spassky on eBay. If interested, you'll find it at: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=28009&item=3545709834 Anyone who wants one of these official posters can get one from me for $20 + $4 shipping & handling.

Hey guess just recently checked out the demo for Majestic Chess and it was very enjoyable. I was really impressed with the multi-player portion, that was amazing. The graphics and bold colors are really great. What did you guys think of the adventture portion? Thumbs up or down?

"David R. Heffelfinger" writes: Every time I click on the link to get the registration form, I get an error message. It seems their MySQL server is not running, or at least not running in the way their web page expects it to. Unless the webmaster already found this, you could send an email. I believe you can still log in unregistered (as an guest), although