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Questions tagged [chess]

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What's the best chess program for a beginner?

Pychess wouldn't work for me and after trying other software I settled for Eboard. I can play a basic game with it but the interface is intimidating and there appears to be no documentation. Is there a tutorial somewhere or should I try some…
daithib8
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What FICS chess clients are available?

I have pychess but it seems to load the CPU excessively, even without the background evaluation tab. I used to use xboard but by now the UI feels somewhat outdated. I'm looking for good FICS integration rather than engines or analysis tools.
z7sg
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Running stockfish/rykba engines with eboard

I am using eboard for playing chess with automatically supported engines like gnuchess4, crafty etc. My question is: How can I run strong engines like stockfish, Rykba on eboard?
Chandrasekhar
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How to install ChessX in ubuntu 14.04?

I tried to install ChessX using Ubuntu Software Center. But it shows error. Hence,How to install it? Or Any alternate Chess Game for Ubuntu 14.04?
Madhusudhanan
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Best chess board editor

Is there any chess board editor for Ubuntu to create a chess position (drag & drop, add pieces & etc.) and then be able to save/export it? I would like for it to be open source because I'm going to use it on an armel chroot. My goal is to be able…
marmistrz
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How to install Scid 4.6.2 in Ubuntu 14.04?

I've already downloaded the Scid-4.2.6.exe but I don't know how to get it running.
T. Yambao
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Scid Chess Program Compiling issue

First of all I would like to point that I'm new to Ubuntu so sorry if what I am asking is ridiculous. I have downloaded Scid 4.4 chess program and I have tried to compile it as it was explained on its website: 1) Initialize git. 2) Create a folder…
lbochitt
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How to learn chess with ubuntu software?

Possible Duplicate: What's the best chess program for a beginner? I am willing to learn how to play chess and I am an absolute beginner. I know that Ubuntu has a lot of chess programs. So, after reading about tactical stuff on the internet, I…
Pedro Rolo
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How to play chess online using Knights?

Recently I installed the chess game software Knights for ubuntu. I'm trying to play online using a server (a feature according to the website: https://kde.org/applications/games/org.kde.knights) But I got the following issue: How can I able that…
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Does anyone know about Chess with Scid?

Hi I'm installing stockfish to be used on scid. I followed these two tutorials, using stockfish from the stockfish website rather than from…
Qwertford
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How to uninstall nibbler chess gui?

How to install nibbler chess GUI as described here I installed nibbler chess gui but I want to remove it. how can I do it?
suat gezalan
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Xboard 4.9 installation

I have been trying to install XBoard4.9.1, but I have run into two problems. I have versiom 16 of Ubuntu. 1) I am trying to do it using the Ubuntu Sofware, but it only installs only version 4.8 of Xboard and I can't connect it to ICS or FICS. 2) I…
Protágoras
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pgn2ltx -- command not found

I am using Ubuntu 16.04 and found the program pgn2ltx (http://pgn2ltx.sourceforge.net/) to convert pgn-files to LaTex. I unzipped the files in a folder with the same name and created a binary file with the command make pgn2ltx. When I try to run it…
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Problem While Installing Scid vs. PC

I downloaded scid_vs_pc-4.18.1.tgz from here: http://scidvspc.sourceforge.net unzipped with archive manager. opened terminal in folder called scid_vs_pc-4.18.1 , then entered ./configure and got this: jonathan@livingstone…
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Multiplayer command-line Chess

I love a good game of Chess, but what I would love even more is a Chess application that has the following features: Has a TUI rather than a GUI and is fully used from the command-line Has multiplayer capabilities (something like P2P) Is still…
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