Chess

[bplus]

Hi v,

I tried out your chess program. Looks great! both piece design and board colors, maybe even Tempodbasic (hello :D ) would like the colors! I like the size too.

What is the difference in the pieces labeled 80 and 320?

I think you could use _LIMIT too because the raggity fan in my new computer kicked on shortly after I started the run.

PS I forgot to mention important feature, it is drag and drop!

[Pete]

I concur. That's a great looking board and board pieces. Well done!

Pete

[bplus]

And now for some proper (and Open Source) Chess AI, so I am told and so they say!

https://stockfishchess.org

[bplus]

https://www.google.com/search?client=opera&q=syzygy+definition&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

you'll see why if you download stockfish chess engines

[bplus]

Dang this is probably meant to run in packaged GUI's but here is command line stuff:
http://support.stockfishchess.org/kb/advanced-topics/uci-protocol

I can see shelling commands out to the Chess Engine, less sure how to get commands from engine to GUI program.

I recall from 90's that batch files could take output from a program and store it in a file. Use to get directory listings that way.

[_vince]

The chess discussion took place in the chatroom and i uploaded my chess UI on binbin.  I never responded to that thread since we were talking in chat.  Bplus uploaded the zip in that thread but later removed it for some reason, not on my request.  I attached the original upload.

This is the drag and drop interface but has no rule enforcement.  I have another one with rule enforcement but it's incomplete, i can post that if requested.

[bplus]

If I removed it, it was probably because I thought it was not really mine to post, specially if you weren't posting follow up replies here at  ORG.

Thanks for helping clear this up!

[TempodiBasic]

Hi Bplus,
Hi V

I can see a very classical cool interface/GUI of chess program.
Good !

IMHO if your goal is to use a chess engine like Stockfish/Crafty/Rebel/Fritz it is foundamental to build a library for UCI protocol.
Arena  http://www.playwitharena.com/common/pic/a206_1280.pngand Babaschess http://www.babaschess.net/screenshots.aspare two programs with interface for chess engine.

For UCI protocol you can read here
http://support.stockfishchess.org/kb/advanced-topics/uci-protocol
http://support.stockfishchess.org/kb/getting-started/using-the-stockfish-engine
http://support.stockfishchess.org/kb/advanced-topics/uci-protocol
http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/UCIProtocol.html
https://ucichessengine.wordpress.com/2011/03/16/c-chess-engine-uci/
https://ucichessengine.wordpress.com/description/

I hope these links can be useful for you.