Chess Program Released for Linux and Mac

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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Re:Test arena for linux

[Donniedarkness]

Now if Linux is too hard for a Chess Grand Mater, we are in trouble.

Does such a species exist? Very few chess players know how to mate...I'd be surprised if there were any masters.

Anyways, I don't see why people even bother with chess programs for the computer. It's a completely different experience than playing REAL chess (at least at the tournament level). Computers tend to play very... illogically at times, as odd as that may sound.

A few years ago, when I was rated 1200 (USCF), I had played so many chess programs so much that, while I could not achieve a 1300 rating, I was getting progressively better against the computer... and moving on to tougher and tougher levels.