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Incredible free chess software!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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strav100
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I have discovered a great free chess program that plays superb chess beating many commercial offerings. The way to do it is first to download a GUI which shows the chess pieces, moves etc. and then a chess engine which is the brain that calculates all the moves. Currently, Spike 1.2 which is free is the 5th strongest chess engine in the world at the WCCC 2006 in Torino.
There are many GUIs - I use Arena but there is also WinBoard
http://www.playwitharena.com/
Then you install the chess engine - there are loads on the net but Spike is the best free one
http://spike.lazypics.de/dl_index_en.html
plus you can download 100,000s of classic games (search in google) and watch them being played on the board
There are many GUIs - I use Arena but there is also WinBoard
http://www.playwitharena.com/
Then you install the chess engine - there are loads on the net but Spike is the best free one
http://spike.lazypics.de/dl_index_en.html
plus you can download 100,000s of classic games (search in google) and watch them being played on the board
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strav100 wrote:I have discovered a great free chess program that plays superb chess beating many commercial offerings. The way to do it is first to download a GUI which shows the chess pieces, moves etc. and then a chess engine which is the brain that calculates all the moves. Currently, Spike 1.2 which is free is the 5th strongest chess engine in the world at the WCCC 2006 in Torino.
There are many GUIs - I use Arena but there is also WinBoard
http://www.playwitharena.com/
Then you install the chess engine - there are loads on the net but Spike is the best free one
http://spike.lazypics.de/dl_index_en.html
Posted dozens of times before?
Just go to
http://www.playwitharena.com
and download 1.1 setup 2You'll always miss 100% of the shots you don't take - Wayne Gretzky
Any advice that you receive from me is worth exactly what you paid for it. Not a penny more or a penny less.0 -
Al_Mac wrote:Being cynical, first time poster, what is the catch
no catch, it's free software!
No spyware, viruses or otherwsie.You'll always miss 100% of the shots you don't take - Wayne Gretzky
Any advice that you receive from me is worth exactly what you paid for it. Not a penny more or a penny less.0 -
Check mate then ......Rich people save then spend.
Poor people spend then save what's left.0
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