Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

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."

2 of 28 comments (clear)

  1. Zappa engine by whovian · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Zappa has beaten Shredder in competition, but not during speed chess. Five days later, Zappa was named the 2005 World Computer Chess Champion.

    Download earlier Zappa engines from here

    --
    To-do List: Receive telemarketing call during a tornado warning. Check.
  2. Crafty, Rebel, Fruit, Ruffian by alito · · Score: 5, Informative

    First major player!?
    Crafty's been available for linux for over a decade. It has always been a major player and still wins the occassional tournament (including CCT6). It's free and source is available to boot.
    get from ftp://ftp.cis.uab.edu/pub/hyatt

    Rebel's been available for linux for a couple of years

    Fruit came second in the latest WCCC (above shredder). It was GPL (decided to go commercial after that result), but the GPL version from a couple of weeks before the tournament can be gotten from http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/ (download section)

    And as mentioned in a prior comment, version 1.1 of Zappa (version 2 is current WCCC champion) is available free for linux.

    Ruffian is another very strong (top 10) engine, also available for linux.

    (btw, it's Shredder, not Schredder)