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A chess engine generates moves, but is accessed via a command-line interface with no graphics. A dedicated chess computer has been purpose built solely to play chess. A graphical user interface (GUI) allows one to import and load an engine, and play against it. A chess database allows one to import, edit, and analyze a large archive of past games.
Shane's Chess Information Database (Scid) is a free and open source UNIX, Windows, Linux, and Mac application for viewing and maintaining large databases of chess games. [3] It has features comparable to popular commercial chess software. [4] Scid is written in Tcl/Tk and C++.
Chessbase (for PC) is a common program for these purposes amongst professional players, but there are alternatives such as Shane's Chess Information Database (Scid) [14] for Windows, Mac or Linux, Chess Assistant [15] for PC, [16] Gerhard Kalab's Chess PGN Master for Android [17] or Giordano Vicoli's Chess-Studio for iOS. [18]
The Free Internet Chess Server (FICS) is a volunteer-run online chess platform. When the original Internet Chess Server (ICS) was commercialized and rebranded as the Internet Chess Club (ICC) in 1995, a group of users and developers came together to fork the code and host an alternative committed to free access, and a rivalry between the two servers persisted for years.
Chessmaster 5000 is a 1996 chess video game developed and published by Mindscape for Windows. It is part of the Chessmaster series. An upgraded version, Chessmaster 5500, was released in 1997. [5] An online game, Chessmaster Live, was included with 5500. The chess engine was designed by Tasc ChessSystem. [6]
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