My Web pages are here to provide original content, not a long list
of links to other sites. I have neither the time nor the interest to
maintain a large collection of links, or to trade links with other pages.
But here are a few starting points you may find useful.
Pages primarily about XBoard and WinBoard
Computer chess pages
- Shane Hudson has a Web page where you can get his
free chess database,
called Scid. Scid runs on both Unix (including Linux) and Windows.
- Arena is a free
graphical user interface that works with WinBoard-compatible chess engines.
It's for Windows only.
- A free chess database called Jose is now available.
It has a database (using MySQL), 2-D and 3-D board views, and can plug
in XBoard-compatible engines. It runs on both Windows and Linux.
- Many commercial chess programs for Windows can now use
WinBoard-compatible chess engines too, including Chessmaster 8000 and 9000.
With the exception of the Chessmaster folks, the commercial chess
software vendors generally never attempt to communicate with me, so I
don't have much idea what they're doing and can't provide information
here. If you'd like to learn more, Aaron Tay keeps a listing of
WinBoard engines that work in commercial GUIs.
- DJ Delorie runs a Web site that lets you play a game against
GNU Chess using your Web browser as the graphical interface.
- Keith Fuller has a Web page from which you can get the latest
version of pgnRead, his
PGN viewer for Windows.
- The Computer Chess Programming page is a great starting point if
you're interested in learning how to write your own chess engine.
- Another good place to look is the International Computer Games
Association home page. (Formerly the International Computer
Chess Association.)
General chess pages
Chess discussion groups
- Olivier Deville runs a Web message board called the
WinBoard Forum.
This is the main place to talk about WinBoard, xboard, and chess
engines that work with them.
- There is a mailing list for authors of chess engines that
work with XBoard and WinBoard, hosted at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chess-engines.
Others can join, but you probably won't find the list interesting
unless you write software that speaks the chess engine communication
protocol used by XBoard and WinBoard.
You can join by sending mail to chess-engines-subscribe@groups.yahoo.com, or go to the Web site.
You can also read the list on the Web site if you prefer not to
receive it by mail. The list is partially moderated, to block spam
and offtopic posts.
- The Usenet newsgroup rec.games.chess.computer is devoted to computer chess.
Historically, it was also the site of a lot of ugly, off-topic flame
wars. This led to the founding of the Computer
Chess Club message board.
- The Computer Chess
Club is a Web message board for discussion of computer chess.
It's moderated in an attempt to prevent flame wars. Membership is free.
It's much more active than the Usenet computer chess group.
- There is a Crafty mailing list. To subscribe, send email to majordomo@cis.uab.edu, with
"subscribe crafty-list" in the body. The list is moderated to filter
out spam and flames. Note: I'm not on the list anymore and I don't
seem to be able to rejoin, so I'm not sure if it still exists.
- The WinBoard Info forum run by Ed Seid seems to be dormant.
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