Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba
Date: 08:47:56 08/28/98
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On August 28, 1998 at 06:53:33, Dan Homan wrote: > >On August 27, 1998 at 17:38:07, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote: > >>I use Xboard, and I currently have three chess engines which interface with it: >>Crafty, Gnuchess and Phalanx. I have checked Tim Mann's page, and the other >>programs he lists seem to be compatible only with Winboard. >>I wonder if there is any other chess playing engine capable of interfacing with >>Xboard. > >Mine is. EXchess. The link is > >http://www.astro.brandeis.edu/BRAG/people/dch/chess.html > >You will have to download the source code version and compile it, but >that is very easy to do. I have pre-made opening books for EXchess >also available from that page. > >I just released a new version of EXchess, in fact. > >EXchess is not quite as strong as GNUchess, but I am working on it >when I get the chance. The next big change will be to improve king >safety. Right now, EXchess will often leave itself rather open to >a piece-sacs that open up a successful assault on the king. > > - Dan Thank you, I have just downloaded it. Later I will compile it and play! I was misled the first time I visited EXchess page, as only Winboard is mentioned. Now I will check the pages of the other programs compatible with winboard to see if any of them has the source code. Thanks again.
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