GNU Chess
| GNU Chess | |
|---|---|
 | |
| GNU Chess on Ubuntu's Gnome desktop | |
| Erstveröffent- lichung |
1984 |
| platform | Linux , Unix , macOS |
| genre | Chess program |
| Game mode | Single player |
| language | English |
| Current version | 6.2.7 (May 31, 2020) |
GNU Chess is one of the oldest chess programs for Unix and has been ported to many other platforms . It was one of the first parts of the GNU project started in 1984 .
The first version of GNU Chess was written by Stuart Cracraft, all others up to and including version 4 by John Stanback. Version 5 (1998–1999) was completely redesigned by Chua Kong-Sian. Version 6, released in April 2011, is based on the source code of version 2.1 of the Fruit program published by Fabien Letouzey .
GNU Chess is free software and is under the GNU General Public License . It is mainly used together with the XBoard front end .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ GNU Chess 6.2.7 released , lists.gnu.org, accessed June 2, 2020
- ↑ Answer from Stuart Cracraft to a question about the program
- ↑ Brave GNU World - Issue # 39
- ↑ GNU Chess - News: GNU Chess 6 released