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Published by Thomas Dybdahl Ahle
Date Posted: August 24, 2006
Last Updated: May 9, 2008
Downloads: 6269 (all versions)
Page Views: 40371 total
License: GPL
User Rating
9.63 / 10 with 394 votes

Listed at Board, Classics, Strategy
 
  About PyChess
A chess client, that is fully featured, easy to use and nice looking in the gnome way
 
The client should be usable both to those totally new to chess, those who want to take a game here and there, and those who wants to use the computer to further enhance their play.

Features:
  • CECP and UCI Engine support
  • Free online play on the FICS chess servers
  • Read and writes the PGN, EPD and FEN chess fileformats
  • Builtin python based engine
  • Undo and pause functions
  • Board and piece animation
  • Drag and drop
  • Tabbed interface
  • Hints and spyarrows
  • Openingbook sidepanel using sqlite
  • Scoreplot sidepanel
  • "Enter game" in pgn dialog
  • Internationalised or figure pieces in notation
  • Optional sounds
  • Legal move highlighting
  • A nice and accesible look

  • To help translate PyChess into your language please visit https://translations.launchpad.net/pychess
     
    Requirements
    This application requires GTK+ version 2.8.x. Other dependencies include:
    pygtk, python-sqlite2 / python2.4-pysqlite2 / python-pysqlite2, pygobject, pycairo, gnome-python-desktop, gnome-icon-theme, gst-python (OPTIONAL for sound)
     
      Latest Version: PyChess Philidor 0.8.2
    Stopped setting user FICS variables
    Made PyChess reliably remember its window size and position
    Made 0.8.1 Indentify itself as PyChess on FICS to help tracking
    Fixed a problem with compiz and the spot graph
    Made the spotgraph use a transparent background
    Fixed an out of scope crasher - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pychess/+bug/215009
    Fixed a racecondition in the bitboard loading - http://code.google.com/p/pychess/issues/detail?id=321
    Fixed UCI loadgame problem
    Fixed a problem that made PyChess start slower

    Download Size
    Tarball 1087 KB
     
    Download Size
    Rpm 1263 KB
     

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