Chess, Loads of freeware chess games Options

[JuniorS]

I've been playing chess .. and with chess programs/engines for 20 years ..

call it a love / passion ..All the programs here are freeware..and can go 'toe to toe'

with any commercial chess GUI.


GUI’s are Graphical User Interfaces for Chess Engines. Most GUI’s are comming with

there own Engine.This is a list of Freeware UCI GUI’s:

-Arena: http://www.playwitharena.com/

Arena is a Graphical User Interface (GUI) for chess programs (engines) by Martin Blume. Arena runs on Win95, NT4 or higher Microsoft OS versions. Arena is compatible to WinBoard protocol I, II and UCI protocol I, II. Furthermore, compatible to FRC (Fischer Random Chess), DGT electronic chess board & DGT clock XP, Autoplayer, chess server and much more


-Jose: http://jose-chess.sourceforge.net/

* graphical frontend to MySQL database
* read and write PGN (Portable Game Notations) files
* 2D and 3D view
* edit games, insert comments, variations
* plug-in chess engine for play and analysis; supports both XBoard and UCI protocol.
* ECO opening classification
* Position Search
* Create HTML and PDF files.


-Knights
(for Linux): http://www.knights-chess.com/

* Play against yourself, against computer opponents, or against others over the Internet.
* Customize your board and pieces with over 30 different themes, or make your own!
* Audio cues help alert you to important events.
* Novice players can preview potential moves.
* Save your unfinished matches and play them again later.


-XBoard and WinBoard: http://www.tim-mann.org/xboard.html

XBoard and WinBoard are graphical user interfaces for chess. They display a chessboard on the screen, accept moves made with the mouse, and load and save games in Portable Game Notation (PGN). They serve as front-ends for many different chess services, including:

Chess engines that will run on your machine and play a game against you or help you analyze, such as GNU Chess, Crafty, or many others. A list of compatible engines is available.

Chess servers on the Internet, where you can connect to play chess with people from all over the world, watch other users play, or just hang out and chat. A list of compatible servers is available.

Correspondence chess played by electronic mail. The CMail program (which works with XBoard only) automates the tasks of parsing email from your opponent, playing his moves out on your board, and mailing your reply move after you've chosen it.

PGN viewer. You can use XBoard or WinBoard as a viewer and creator for game files recorded in PGN (standard chess notation).

XBoard runs on Unix systems, while WinBoard runs on 32-bit Windows systems, including Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, 2003, ME, and XP. I'm the primary author of both, though there have been many other contributors.


-Sigma Chess 6
(Macintosh Chess Software): http://www.sigmachess.com/

Sigma Chess is a master strength Macintosh chess program for both OS X and Classic Mac OS. The feature set includes: Database support, PGN/EPD support, basic desktop publishing, endgame databases, novice levels, a true perspective 3D board, ExaChess compatibility and much more

There are many more free programs out there..........> old and new.

If i get good feed back 'hope there are chess players here'

then i will continue this thread.

[coathanger007]

Thanks for those links JuniorS. Wow...there's even one with 3D interface. You must be a Pro at Chess ! Maybe there are other Chess Pros in the forum who might like to give you a challenge over the net

[funky dredd]

My dad likes to play chess. Thanks for the links!

[JuniorS]

Looking to play chess via the internet ...on a chess server?

With the free Chess GUI's that i posted you can

The Free Internet Chess Server (FICS) is the worlds largest FREE Internet Chess Server

where you can play chess, observe games, talk to friends, obtain a rating, and rank

yourself among other players from all over the world. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,

FICS is the place to be for Internet Chess! Join today, membership is free.

http://www.freechess.org/

I personally have been using FICS for 'years' ...its the best free server around.

Sure you got yahoo ...and msn games ...but its like comparing 'apples'/'oranges'

What i like about FICS is the abilty to play [Engine]vs[Engine] matches.

[JuniorS]

Museum of Chess Programs

Here you will find old but very strong chess programs !
If your a chess nut like myself ...then this site is for you.

http://www.gambitchess.com/pub/progr.htm