Re: Xboard and Gnuchess the weakest link?

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



Captain Bubudiu wrote:

> Linux boasts of the strongest chess entity in the form
> of  Hydra which replaced Deep Blue (IBM RS/6000
> powerhouse). More info : look at an article on
> slashdot posted by Captain Bubudiu
>
http://games.slashdot.org/games/05/06/25/1831213.shtml?tid=231&tid=202&tid=10
> 
> However Gnuchess and Xboard are the weakest when you
> compare Winboard (Xboard on windows) or even
> Xboard/Gnuchess to Fritz 1.  Xboard/Gnuchess do not
> have the features of Fritz 1 yet Fritz 9 is  being
> released this fall.

I'm not a chess guru,
but I must admit I was surprised gnuchess did not seem to offer hints
as to the best next move,
as did my opponent's Windows chess program.

Maybe I was overlooking something?

-- 
Timothy Murphy  
e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie
tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366
s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland


[Index of Archives]     [Current Fedora Users]     [Fedora Desktop]     [Fedora SELinux]     [Yosemite News]     [Yosemite Photos]     [KDE Users]     [Fedora Tools]     [Fedora Docs]

  Powered by Linux