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Subject: Re: New Chess Database

Author: Alastair Scott

Date: 02:59:14 10/14/03

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On October 13, 2003 at 10:34:22, Peter Schäfer wrote:

>
>There is a new, free Chess Database called jose at
>
> http://jose-chess.sourceforge.net
>
>if offers a MySQL based database, 3D board view and pluggable XBoard engines.
>
>it is available for Windows and Linux.
>
>Have Fun,
>Peter

Great stuff. At last - a highly configurable GUI which looks good even on XP (I
love the 2D piece and board rendering, which a lot of commercial packages should
simply steal :) and lacks clutter!

This could ultimately give Arena and scid more than a run for their money,
although there are some things that can't yet be done from the GUI, the most
obvious being that adding a new chess engine involves editing an XML file unless
I'm missing something.

I've come across one bug; switching between 2D and 3D causes the application to
lock up, with the move half-made on the 3D board, if the chess engine makes a
move in the middle of the switch. (Only with the first switch, which is much
slower than any subsequent ones).

Alastair



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