Author: James Robertson
Date: 12:35:09 09/03/99
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On September 03, 1999 at 08:30:58, Kelly Patterson wrote: >9.3.99 > >To Masciulli Gianluigi: > >I've cruised the Internet looking for free- and shareware chess programs and >don't remember ever seeing the name Golem (named for the character in "The >Hobbit"?). I cannot remember, but I am certain this is not the correct spelling for the hobbit character.... (Gollum sounds right). James >However, I copied a list from one site (find below) and have >included all of the links and sites that I have found to this point. Also, I >have had success with using the search engine Metacrawler >(http://www.metacrawler.com) and simple searches such as "free chess downloads" >and "chess downloads". > >I hope this is of some help because I have not found a comprehensive list as to >this point (perhaps other members know of a "one-site-shopping" alternative). > >Here's a short list from Chess Programming from the Ground Up -- >http://home.fda.net/%7Ewzrdking/chessprg.htm > >-- ExChess - Dan Homan's experimental chess program. >-- KnightCap - A learning chess program by Andrew Tridgell. >-- Tjes - A cheapware chess program by Marcel Nijman. >Crafty Successor to the famous Cray Blitz. Written by Bob Hyatt. >Stobor Tom Kerrigan's strong amateur program. Also on this page is Tom's Simple >Chess Program. >-- The Crazy Bishop - A freeware chess program by Remi Coulom. >-- Dark Thought - A world class program by Markus Gille and Ernst A. Heinz. >-- Nero - A chess program by Jari Huikari. >-- Y-Chess - A chess program by Roman Antonczyk. >-- Chenard - Don Cross's creation. >-- Arasan by Jon Dart. >-- SSEChess by Sam Slutzky. >-- Hossa by Steffen Jakob. >-- Inmichess by Werner Inmann. >-- Green Light Chess by Tim Foden. >-- KC Chess by Kevin Phillips and Craig Bruce. This program was K & C's >undergraduate project. I don't think they are actively working on it. >-- GromitChess by Frank Schneider. >-- Rival - A program by Chris Moreton. Nice graphics! >-- Pierre - The up and coming program by Alex Boby. Watch out! >-- ZChess by Frank Zibi. >-- Phalanx - FTP site for the very strong program by Dusan Dobes. >-- ZZZZZZ - A windows based program with Delphi 4.0 Source Code, by Gijsbert >Wiesenekker. > >Here are some other sites I have stumbled upon: > >ZDNet -- Go to games and do a search for chess or chess downloads. They have a >good amount of programs (and screensavers, chess variants, etc.). >http://www5.zdnet.com > >Chess City -- A good links page. >http://www.chesscity.com > >Beh Software's SHARWARE CHESS LINKS -- Like it says, good list of chess links. >http://www.behsoftware.com > >Electric Games -- Has links page which I haven't investigated very far. Sorry, >found this recently and just haven't had time to look. >http://electricgames.com/gamelink.html > >Chess Web's Free Share -- Over 30 downloads and a links page. >http://webhome.globalserve.net/chess/default.htm > >I hope that this helps. I know it's not a simple list but I've found that, >despite the Internet's obvious convenience, there aren't many comprehensive >lists of anything. > >Kelly Patterson
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