Author: David Rasmussen
Date: 10:07:09 02/03/02
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On February 03, 2002 at 12:49:42, Casey Camp wrote: >I need information on the programming part of a chess program, but I need help >on the interface instead of the actual engine. I need to set up the board so >that the pieces are movable (and I suppose to let them use bitmaps or >gifs...etc...) but I am programming in Visual C++. Any help or websites would >be greatly appreciated. >Thanks, >Casey Camp >ccamp@students.berry.edu I would advise you to use winboard/xboard as the interface, instead of developing your own. Then you can use your energy on the important part, the engine. I think many people when starting out get the idea that they want to make an interface first. This often tricks you so that you never get started on the actual engine. And basic interfacing with winboard isn't hard. For some of the more tricky things such as pondering and analyzing, you will need to do some extra work, but nothing that you wouldn't have to do if you made your own interface. And when you're "done", you will have an engine that automatically can play matches against other programs, can interface with chess servers etc. for free. /David
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