| eboard | |
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 Playing a FICS game on eboard |
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| Developed by | Felipe Bergo |
| Latest release | 1. A software developer is a person or organization concerned with facets of the software development process wider than design and coding a somewhat broader scope of A software release is the distribution whether public or private of an initial or new and upgraded version of a Computer software product 1. 1 / Feb 22, 2008 |
| OS | UNIX |
| Genre | Computer chess |
| License | GPL |
| Website | eboard |
eboard is a Unix (GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, etc. Events 1495 - King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common An operating system (commonly abbreviated OS and O/S) is the software component of a Computer system that is responsible for the management and coordination Unix (officially trademarked as UNIX, sometimes also written as Unix with Small caps) is a computer Computer software can be organized into categories based on common function type or field of use The idea of creating a Chess -playing machine dates back to the eighteenth century A software license (or software licence in commonwealth usage is a Legal instrument governing the usage or redistribution of copyright protected software A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages ) chess interface written by Felipe Bergo. eboard supports two popular forms of computer chess: playing against a computer opponent by connecting to a chess engine, and playing against human players by connecting to an internet chess server such as the Free Internet Chess Server
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Features
- Support for Free Internet Chess Server connectivity. A chess engine is a Computer program that can play the game of Chess. The Free Internet Chess Server (FICS is a volunteer-run Internet chess server. The Free Internet Chess Server (FICS is a volunteer-run Internet chess server.
- Chess Engine Support: [1]
- Crafty
- Sjeng
- . Crafty is a Chess program written by UAB professor Dr Robert Hyatt. . . any engine supporting Xboard Communication Protocol
- Graphical board with customizable squares and piece images. The Chess Engine Communication Protocol is an open Communication protocol that enables a Chess engine to communicate with its User interface.
Development
eboard is written by Felipe Bergo as a hobby. It is an open-source project with source code available from Sourceforge. SourceForgenet is a Source code repository. It acts as a centralized location for software developers to control and manage open source software development The program is written for the Unix platform and utilizes GTK 2. GTK+, or The GIMP Toolkit, is a Cross-platform Widget toolkit for creating Graphical user interfaces It is one of the most popular toolkits x for graphical rendering. Older releases, compiled with version 1. x of GTK are also available for download.
eboard-extras
The eboard-extras packages are collections of additional piece graphics and sounds for eboard. These are a recommended download by the author[2].
See also
External links
References
XBoard, also known as WinBoard on Microsoft operating systems is a free graphical user interface client developed by The Free Internet Chess Server (FICS is a volunteer-run Internet chess server. A chess engine is a Computer program that can play the game of Chess. The idea of creating a Chess -playing machine dates back to the eighteenth centuryDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic