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Subject: Re: Good Freeware program needed

Author: Komputer Korner

Date: 14:53:51 11/01/98

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On November 01, 1998 at 04:13:05, Micheal Cummings wrote:

>I am after a freeware program that is strong and a standalone (does not require
>winboard or any other support software.
>
>I have GNU Chess 4.14 for windows, which has its own nice interface.
>
>also a orogram called Chess-it by yoto yotov, which is also nice.
>
>I have got Arasan but the pieces annoy me and I hate looking at it for long.
>
>Deip and Diogenes I have tried and do not like.
>
>Can anyone tell me another freeware program which has a nice interface
>
>And can the peices on Winboard have an outline, because without an outline not
>many other colours suit well in regard to the board squares
>
>Thanks for any help you might be able to give


Just go down the list

Komputer Korner's List of Freeware Chess Programs - version 98

A) Playing Programs

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1) Crafty (version 15) ftp://ftp.cis.uab.edu/pub/hyatt/

IE4.01 will not show the latest versions unless you press the Refresh button.

Versions 15 has multiprocessor versions and single processor versions. All known

major platforms supported

MAC version at http://www.limunltd.com/crafty/

ftp://ftp.cis.uab.edu/pub/hyatt/macintosh/Crafty-14.5.hqx

2) Rebel Decade 2.0 http://www.xs4all.nl/~rebchess/

3) Comet 9th place World micro http://www.gambitsoft.com/sharee.htm

4) Gromit http://www.gambitsoft.com/sharee.htm

5) SigmaChess Lite (Macintosh only - 68K or PPC)

ftp://mirrors.aol.com/pub/info-mac/game/sigma-chess-40-lite.hqx

6) MacChess ( for Macintosh only, two current versions )

MacChess (runs on Power Macintoshes only)

ftp://chess.onenet.net/pub/chess/uploads/Macintosh/macchs40.hqx

MacChess (runs on all Macs, but PowerMacs should use v4.0)

ftp://ftp.pitt.edu/group/student-activities/chess/PROG/macchs25.hqx

7) The Crazy Bishop http://www-ensimag.imag.fr/eleves/Remi.Coulom/tcb.htm

8) Y Chess http://stud1.tuwien.ac.at/~e8925162/ychess.html

9) Arasan ftp://ftp.best.com/pub/jdart/

or http://www.pitt.edu/~schach/Archives/index2.html

or http://www.best.com/~jdart/arasan.htm

10) Gnu Chess ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/gnuchessPC-4.14.zip

also MAC version available at ftp://caissa.onenet.net/pub/chess/Macintosh/

11) Phalanx ftp://ftp.math.muni.cz/pub/math/people/Dobes/

It runs on unix distributed under the GPLand also has a windows binary. It's
winboard, xboard and RoboFICS compatible.

12) Siberian Chess 2.01 http://www.gambitsoft.com/sharee.htm

13) KnightCap ftp://samba.anu.edu.au/pub/KnightCap/

14) Owl Chess http://info.pitt.edu/~schach/Archives/index2.html

15) Chenard http://www.intersrv.com/~dcross/chenard.html

16) SSE Chess II http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/slutzksn/chess.html

17) Tristram http://home.FDA.net/~wzrdking

18) EXCHESS http://www.astro.brandeis.edu/BRAG/people/dch/chess.html

19) Green Light Chess http://www2.prestel.co.uk/diamond/chess2.html

20) R Chess - MAC only http://hyperarchive.lcs.mit.edu/HyperArchive.html

21) Chess ++ - MAC only http://hyperarchive.lcs.mit.edu/HyperArchive.html

22) SSEChess http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/slutzksn/chess.html

23) Kibitz http://gemma.apple.com/dev/techsupport/source/AppsToGo.html

24) Nero http://www.math.jyu.fi/~huikari/download.html

25) ZZZZZZ - Unix ftp://caissa.onenet.net/pub/chess/Unix/zzzzzz-3.4.tar.gz

Mac version available at University of Pittsburgh site-

ftp://ftp.pitt.edu/group/student-activities/chess/UTIL/exachess.sit

26) MS Chess http://www.microsoft.com/games/download.htm

27) Battlechess http://www.angelfire.com/wa/aipage/

28) Diogenes ftp://gambitsoft.com/pub/shareware/diogenes

29) Mirage http://www.gambitsoft.com/share.htm

30) Huuhkaja http://www.gambitsoft.com/sharee.htm

31) Light Tiger http://www.gambitsoft.com/sharee.htm

32) TSCP http://home.earthlink.net/~tkerriga

33) Z Chess http://www.worldnet.net/~fzibi/zchess.htm

34) Bug Chess http://www.gambitsoft.com/share.htm

35) Clueless http://www.pitt.edu/~schach/Archives/index2.html

36) Eugen http://www.gambitsoft.com/sharee.htm

37) Rival http://www.gambitsoft.com/sharee.htm

38) InmiChess http://members.magnet.at/werner.inmann/

39) Little Goliath

ftp://ftp.pitt.edu/group/student-activities/chess/PROG/

40) Bowili http://www.gambitsoft.com/sharee.htm

41) Dabbaba http://www.gambitsoft.com/sharee.htm

42) Fortress http://www.cent.co.yu/chess/free.htm

43) Rookie http://www.cent.co.yu/chess/free.htm

44) Olipow http://www.phy.uni-bayreuth.de/~btp434/

45) Olithink http://www.phy.uni-bayreuth.de/~btp434/

46) Pocket Chess for Windows CE http://www.eskimo.com/~scottlu/

47) Lambchop http://www.cent.co.yu/chess/





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