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TalkChess TalkChess- Popular message board discussing anything and everything relating to Computer Chess Programming. Registration required. Introduction to Chess Programming Introduction to Chess Programming- Short and brief introduction to Chess programming, providing basic methods of how computers play chess. The Beowulf Chess Engine Homepage The Beowulf Chess Engine Homepage- Beowulf Chess Engine was used in the world-record holding ChessBrain project. The instructive source code for the engine is open and free to dow… Knights Chess Interface Knights Chess Interface- Knights is a relatively new graphical chess interface for KDE. It is, however, already quite featureful and very nice looking. Doubles as a chess engine f… JavaBoard for FICS JavaBoard for FICS- A Java Applet allowing to play on the Free Internet Chess Server. Not very featureful, but gets the job done if you can't install an interface. Freeware, Platf… Eboard Eboard- An interface for FICS. Quite featureful. GPL, Unix/Linux only. HIARCS 14.0 HIARCS 14.0- [Commercial $50/$100] Strongest Macintosh chess program, in UCI engine form for Mac OS/X. Single and multiprocessor versions. [Out Aug. 2012] Stockfish - 2.3.1 Stockfish - 2.3.1- Powerful and open source UCI chess engine by Tord Romstad, Marco Costalba, and Joona Kiiski. GNUChess GNUChess- Freeware download, expert-strength Mac chess program. ChessPuzzle 2.2.0 ChessPuzzle 2.2.0- [Free] OS X Dashboard ChessPuzzle Widget [OS 10.4 required] with 6,000 puzzles and Sjeng chess engine Vanessa Chess 2.1.1 Vanessa Chess 2.1.1- [Freeware] This is a multi-document, multi-threaded chess application for Mac OS Classic PowerPCs ( Mac OS 8.6-9.2) Shredder 12 Shredder 12- Commercial [ $30-$100] The Macintosh version of the 2005 World Computer Chess Blitz champion. Downloadable Demo, Universal binary. Updated Jan 2010. j2chess 3.2 j2chess 3.2- [Freeware] Simple OS/X chess game / PGN viewer in Java. Updated Dec. 2010 HIARCS 7.0 HIARCS 7.0- [Commercial - $48] Macintosh OS9/Classic version of a former world champion chess program. Chessmaster 9000 Mac Chessmaster 9000 Mac- [ $40 commercial] Grandmaster strength, many training features. OS X 10.2+ and DVD drive required. Released Dec. 2004. Crafty 14.11B Crafty 14.11B- [Freeware] Version of Crafty with code added so that ExaChess can be used as a GUI interface and computer-computer umpire. Crafty Mac 18.08 text Crafty Mac 18.08 text- [Freeware] Master strength chess engine, text interface only. Updated March 2001. KingShine OpenGL Chess Board KingShine OpenGL Chess Board- An OpenGL-based game. Features selectable chess sets, boards, and skins. Cheops Cheops- Open-source software written in C++. Includes documentation on the program structure. KChess Elite KChess Elite- Playing program for beginners and experts. Offers play-by-email, analyse variations, and PGN capability. Helio ChessMate Helio ChessMate- Home of the freeware chess program for the V-Tech Helio PDA. Source code available. E.T. Chess E.T. Chess- Includes download and screenshot. YICS YICS- Multiplayer software for using WinBoard, Xboard and other FICS interfaces to play on Yahoo! Chess. Dalek Chess Dalek Chess- Includes news, downloads, and FAQ for an open source, animated Linux chess game using Doctor Who characters. Maniac Maniac- Windows chess program that plays multiple variants of chess. Users may play with the computer or with other users on the Internet. Arasan Arasan- Program for Windows and Linux allowing free distribution. Multiplayer Chess Multiplayer Chess- Play with friends by simply sharing a link or find an opponent on-line. TheChessWorld TheChessWorld- Play live chess against human opponents or a computer program. No downloads required. [Login Required] Geeks With Chess Geeks With Chess- Free online chess site featuring real time chess and chat. eChess.org eChess.org- Browser based chess service that makes it possible to play chess through email. Chess - Games.com Chess - Games.com- Play chess free online or download and play. Online_chess Online_chess- Play, view and download chess games. Flash-based Chess5 Chess5- With Chess5 you can store your chess games online and send them by email, or let other members evaluate your chess games. Online Chess at Lokasoft Online Chess at Lokasoft- Play a game of chess against Lokasoft's chess program or solve a chess quiz. uChess uChess- Global community of blitz chess players. Includes chat and game analysis tools. ChessHere.com ChessHere.com- Browser based online chess with database, forums and links. Scheming Mind Scheming Mind- Club offering correspondence chess and variants in-browser. Chess Hounds Chess Hounds- Offers gameplay, message board, and chat. Chess Mail Chess Mail- E-mail and browser based correspondence chess with multilingual ability. ChessAge.com ChessAge.com- Offers correspondence chess, tournament reports including online game replay, opening database, and discussion forum. ChessWorld.net ChessWorld.net- Web based play-by-email server. Features include tournaments, leagues, forums, voting, and annotated games. GameKnot Chess GameKnot Chess- Online chess community. Online play, tournaments, chess league, and thematic mini-tournaments. PlayChess PlayChess- Offers private chess games with list of challengers, tournaments, PGN downloads, message boards, and directory of annotated games. Requires paid membership and includes… ChessManiac.com ChessManiac.com- Offers turn-based correspondence chess. Also has a forum. CowPlay Chess CowPlay Chess- Offers news and gameplay. [Membership required.] ChessAnyTime.com ChessAnyTime.com- Free online chess game played against live opponents. Includes top 100 players list. InstantChess.com - Play chess online InstantChess.com - Play chess online- The computer automatically pairs you up with an opponent from around the world. No registration is required. Chessplayer.com Chessplayer.com- Presented by 1994 US Open Champion IM Georgi Orlov. Instruction, articles, and puzzles. Red Hot Pawn Red Hot Pawn- Online correspondence chess played against friends or other members. Includes community forum and email notification of moves. Net-Chess Net-Chess- Host server for correspondence games and sets of related matches. Email notification, ratings, user-selectable interface design.