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| | [[http://chessgenius.com/pc/ | ChessGenius Classic]] | Yes with [[http://homepages.tcp.co.uk/~pcsol/chesxtra.htm | adapter]] | Not generally | No | No | No | Commercial; Shredder-UCI ( e.g. version 7.04) can be embedded into it, but this GUI does not work with some other UCI engines; Trial version is free, but with limited features; Supports MCS (e.g. WM-Paket 2000, WChess 2000, Zarkov 5) - www.top-5000.nl/musthave.htm contains Genius 3 (DOS) from 1994 with permission of its author | | | [[http://chessgenius.com/pc/ | ChessGenius Classic]] | Yes with [[http://homepages.tcp.co.uk/~pcsol/chesxtra.htm | adapter]] | Not generally | No | No | No | Commercial; Shredder-UCI ( e.g. version 7.04) can be embedded into it, but this GUI does not work with some other UCI engines; Trial version is free, but with limited features; Supports MCS (e.g. WM-Paket 2000, WChess 2000, Zarkov 5) - www.top-5000.nl/musthave.htm contains Genius 3 (DOS) from 1994 with permission of its author | | ||
| | [[http://biglion.110mb.com/ | ChessGUI (BigLion) ]] | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Freeware for Windows 2000 Pro and XP (pre-beta stage of conception); maximum of 5000 engines is supported; portable version since ChessGUI v0.155, too | | | [[http://biglion.110mb.com/ | ChessGUI (BigLion) ]] | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Freeware for Windows 2000 Pro and XP (pre-beta stage of conception); maximum of 5000 engines is supported; portable version since ChessGUI v0.155, too | | ||
| - | | [[http://innokuo.altervista.org/chesshero.html | Chess Hero]] | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Freeware - training program with Glaurung default chess engine; PGN files for random or customized positions; player has to decide what is the best computed move by the engine - evaluations with positive or negative results; special settings (thinking time / depth of searching / size of the board etc.) are changeable; Microsoft Visual C++ 9.0 Runtime is necessary | | + | | [[http://innokuo.altervista.org/chesshero.html | Chess Hero]] | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Freeware - training program with Toga II (former: Glaurung) default chess engine; PGN files for random or customized positions; player has to decide what is the best computed move by the engine - evaluations with positive or negative results; special settings (thinking time / depth of searching / size of the board etc.) are changeable; Microsoft Visual C++ 9.0 Runtime is necessary | |
| | [[http://www.sahovski.co.yu/products/software/index.php | Chess Informant Expert]] | Crafty engine type > see "file/configure files" with the selected program properties (details about path, display and file name) | Yes | No | No | Yes, but error 404 is shown -button "play chess online" | Full version (commercial) and Lite version with limited features;clipboard function; text editor; supports CIE, CIR, PGN, HTML, RTF; distributed with Crafty 17.9 / 18.7 and Ruffian 1.0.1; creation of own ECO tables; bookmark login (PHP) and alphanumeric submit code are required to get CIE Lite from the following email-address: download_registration@sahovski.co.yu | | | [[http://www.sahovski.co.yu/products/software/index.php | Chess Informant Expert]] | Crafty engine type > see "file/configure files" with the selected program properties (details about path, display and file name) | Yes | No | No | Yes, but error 404 is shown -button "play chess online" | Full version (commercial) and Lite version with limited features;clipboard function; text editor; supports CIE, CIR, PGN, HTML, RTF; distributed with Crafty 17.9 / 18.7 and Ruffian 1.0.1; creation of own ECO tables; bookmark login (PHP) and alphanumeric submit code are required to get CIE Lite from the following email-address: download_registration@sahovski.co.yu | | ||
| | [[http://www.chessmaster.com | Chessmaster ]] | Yes | No | No | No | Yes, create an Ubi.com account | Commercial; Chessmaster 8000 and up is a Winboard engine - see the contributions [[http://home.online.no/~malin/sjakk/cminfritz/cminfritz.html |"CM 8000 in Fritz" by Odd Gunnar Malin]] and [[http://www.utzingerk.com/how_to_use.htm | "How to use Chessmaster in Fritz- / Arena-GUI" by Kurt Utzinger (German text, too)]]; network play is supported (see manual.pdf page 48 for details)| | | [[http://www.chessmaster.com | Chessmaster ]] | Yes | No | No | No | Yes, create an Ubi.com account | Commercial; Chessmaster 8000 and up is a Winboard engine - see the contributions [[http://home.online.no/~malin/sjakk/cminfritz/cminfritz.html |"CM 8000 in Fritz" by Odd Gunnar Malin]] and [[http://www.utzingerk.com/how_to_use.htm | "How to use Chessmaster in Fritz- / Arena-GUI" by Kurt Utzinger (German text, too)]]; network play is supported (see manual.pdf page 48 for details)| | ||
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| | [[http://www.exachess.com | ExaChess ]] | No | Yes | No | No | No | database (CBF -no CBH- / NIC / own format);chessboard and -publisher; it is possible to play against it (the engines Fruit / ZZZZZZ are supplied); commercial product, but ExaChess Lite is freeware with restricted functions; notifies if an updated release is available; requires Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later | | | [[http://www.exachess.com | ExaChess ]] | No | Yes | No | No | No | database (CBF -no CBH- / NIC / own format);chessboard and -publisher; it is possible to play against it (the engines Fruit / ZZZZZZ are supplied); commercial product, but ExaChess Lite is freeware with restricted functions; notifies if an updated release is available; requires Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later | | ||
| | [[http://sites.google.com/site/gekochess | GekoBoard ]] | Yes | No | No | No | No | Freeware; 3D-front end including sources | | | [[http://sites.google.com/site/gekochess | GekoBoard ]] | Yes | No | No | No | No | Freeware; 3D-front end including sources | | ||
| - | | [[http://web.archive.org/web/20080708005041/http://www.glaurungchess.com/ | Glaurung ]] | No | Yes | No | No | No | Free GUI chess client for Mac; with Glaurung 2.1 engine - see Stockfish GUI, too | | ||
| | [[http://live.gnome.org/glChess |glChess ]] | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | for Linux and Unix systems [[http://www.gnome.org |Gnome ]], uses [[http://www.ggzgamingzone.org/engines/chess |Gaming Zone Project (chess)]], has problems with the not well documented ICS-protocol - no relationship to Gnome Chess (see the next row) in any way | | | [[http://live.gnome.org/glChess |glChess ]] | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | for Linux and Unix systems [[http://www.gnome.org |Gnome ]], uses [[http://www.ggzgamingzone.org/engines/chess |Gaming Zone Project (chess)]], has problems with the not well documented ICS-protocol - no relationship to Gnome Chess (see the next row) in any way | | ||
| | [[http://primates.ximian.com/~jpr/gnome-chess | Gnome Chess ]] | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Free GUI chess client for the GNOME system under Linux or other unix like systems | | | [[http://primates.ximian.com/~jpr/gnome-chess | Gnome Chess ]] | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Free GUI chess client for the GNOME system under Linux or other unix like systems | | ||
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| *[[http://code.google.com/p/decaf-chess-interface| Decaf]] - made by Carson Day, Sergei Kozyrenko, Ludens and John Nahlen; Java chess client for Windows / Linux / Mac OS X; WinBoard set is implemented into chess gui, but analysis with Crafty during observing games is on the wishing list; FICS and Bughouse are supported | *[[http://code.google.com/p/decaf-chess-interface| Decaf]] - made by Carson Day, Sergei Kozyrenko, Ludens and John Nahlen; Java chess client for Windows / Linux / Mac OS X; WinBoard set is implemented into chess gui, but analysis with Crafty during observing games is on the wishing list; FICS and Bughouse are supported | ||
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| + | *[[http://web.archive.org/web/20080702130739/http://www.glaurungchess.com | Glaurung 2.1 for Mac OS X]] - an application (freeware) with UCI-protocol for Mac OS X by Tord Romstad; predecessor of "Stockfish-GUI" | ||
| * Infinity Chess - a free chess gui (UCI-compatible) for online play e.g. human versus program or engine-match; for Windows only; components .NET framework and VC++ are required | * Infinity Chess - a free chess gui (UCI-compatible) for online play e.g. human versus program or engine-match; for Windows only; components .NET framework and VC++ are required | ||
