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Chess Program Released for Linux and Mac

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the still-waiting-for-windows-vs-linux-chess-match dept.

lrnzcpmn writes "Today, the world champion chess program Schredder released a version for Mac and Linux. This is important because it is the first time a major software player in the chess world has released a version of its chess engine for Linux and the general public. You can download a demo version on shredderchess.com."

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  1. In other news: by WhatAmIDoingHere · · Score: 4, Funny

    Overnight the number of games for OSX doubled! First photoshop now this!

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    1. Re:In other news: by generic-man · · Score: 2, Funny

      Windows users aspire to rid the world of land mines, while OSX users are obsessed with regicide.

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    2. Re:In other news: by couch_potato · · Score: 2, Funny

      I wonder what this says about their respective users...

      Um... absolutely nothing?

  2. what?! by XO · · Score: 3, Funny

    You mean GNUChess isn't considered the cream of the crop?!

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  3. Linux? No need! by alan_dershowitz · · Score: 4, Funny

    For Linux? If I wanted to play with a program with 119,060,324 possible variations within six steps, I'd just go configure Sendmail.

  4. Am I the first to say Baduk? by Fen14 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Or...Go. Go Go Go Go Go. Gotta mention it in a chess article as a /. meme.