I know this is a FreeBSD list
I know. But you folks have been such a great resource in general ... and
I hoped that others on the list might find the topic interesting/useful.
I'll make this my last post to the list on this subject.
but there is a really excellent program
for learning chess for
I have another suggestion. I've seen lots of Mac emulators in the ports.
Why not use one of these, and run the original program?
AFAIK Mac emulation is not even half as painful as Winblows emulation.
Daniela
Not a bad idea. I've looked into Basilisk before, but it requires Mac
ROM dumps, which I d
I know this is a FreeBSD list, but there is a really excellent program
for learning chess for the PC (and Mac): "Learn How to Play Chess
with Fritz and Chesster". For ages 8 and up. It is a really searious
learning program, which has a huge book, starts with moves, then
endgames, then ...
Viva M
Damon Butler wrote:
May I suggest Phalanx, found in the ports tree? It is an excellent
chess program, works wonderfully with xboard, and 'phalanx -e 100' is
very likely to meet your needs for a weak chess engine.
That looks excellent indeed. Thanks!
--Damon
I have another suggestion. I've seen lot
May I suggest Phalanx, found in the ports tree? It is an excellent
chess program, works wonderfully with xboard, and 'phalanx -e 100' is
very likely to meet your needs for a weak chess engine.
That looks excellent indeed. Thanks!
--Damon
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On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 14:42:11 -0500, Damon Butler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > well damon,
> >
> > i haven't at all tinkered with gnuchess, so i'm sorry that i cannot help
> > you. i can, however, suggest one alternative, which may or may not be
> > to your liking...
> >
> > since trying the 'gam
well damon,
i haven't at all tinkered with gnuchess, so i'm sorry that i cannot help
you. i can, however, suggest one alternative, which may or may not be
to your liking...
since trying the 'game of go' (aka [p,b]aduk, wei-chi), i've entirely lost
all interest in the game of chess.
Oh, I'm already
On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 13:02:22 -0500
Damon Butler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > if you haven't already tried it, visit sf.net and plug 'chess' into the
> > search window. it will probably return a bunch of programs, including
> > some which are java based.
>
> Thanks. I'll try that out.
>
> > fw
if you haven't already tried it, visit sf.net and plug 'chess' into the
search window. it will probably return a bunch of programs, including some
which are java based.
Thanks. I'll try that out.
fwiw, i thought that gnuchess had level settings. are you certain that
even level 1 is too difficult
On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 12:24:53 -0500
Damon Butler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > As a BSD user, I can't help you. As a chess player, I will comment
> > that there's a certain learning curve involved, and playing against
> > random moves isn't going to advance you far along it. I've never known
> >
As a BSD user, I can't help you. As a chess player, I will comment that
there's a certain learning curve involved, and playing against random
moves isn't going to advance you far along it. I've never known anyone to
become even moderately facile at chess without getting their head pounded
in on a
As a BSD user, I can't help you. As a chess player, I will comment that
there's a certain learning curve involved, and playing against random
moves isn't going to advance you far along it. I've never known anyone to
become even moderately facile at chess without getting their head pounded
in on
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