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 ------------------ 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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