Author: Sergei Smith
Date: 03:49:02 09/12/01
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On September 11, 2001 at 18:57:06, Dann Corbit wrote: >On September 11, 2001 at 18:47:02, Sergei Smith wrote: > >>On September 11, 2001 at 18:17:17, Dann Corbit wrote: >> >>>On September 11, 2001 at 18:13:31, Sergei Smith wrote: >>> >>>>I have plans to build a site on which visitors can play against a chess engine >>>>in realtime. >>> >>>Why not just use ICC or FICS? Is there a reason for a new place to play chess? >>> >>>>You can play Gnuchess and Amyan and on the Kasparovchess site you can play >>>>Junior. >>>> >>>>Which software is needed apart from the chess program and which are the server >>>>requirements (cgi-bin , javascript permissions, allowed file types, etc ) ? >>> >>>Here is a FICS server source code base: >>>ftp://cap.connx.com/pub/chess-utils/fics.1.7.4/ >> >>Is that all that is needed to run a server like FICS ? >>And it's available, just like that ? >>The problem is to find a good free host that will accept all this stuff. >>I read http://hypermart.com is one of the best free hosts, but maybe there are >>others with even less restrictions. > >You just need a computer on the internet. Is the source code to the chess >server. You just compile it, and off you go. Of course, there are already FICS >servers all over the place. I don't know why we would need another. That's right, there are already plenty of chess servers. My first post did not come across. I want to build a modest site like: http://www.geocities.com/zodiamoon/amyan/applete.html where people can play against a chess engine, nothing more, nothing less. Amyan is a java engine but there's also a site where you can play the WinBoard engine GnuChess in html I think. There's also a site where you can play the Chessbase engine Junior : http://kasparovchess.com but you need to sign up in order to play.
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