About jChecs
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About jChecs
jChecs is an open source Java chess program, designed to introduce the basics of computer chess programming concepts.
Its main purpose is to be a chess programming sample, but it can be used "as is" by chess beginners.
- Independent from OS (Java SE 6).
- Swing user interface, internationalised English / French / German / Dutch.
- Integrated chess engine, also usable with XBoard/WinBoard.
jChecs project is hosted at SourceForge.net, providing:
- download servers for releases,
- full access to source code (SVN),
- news, feature requests and bugs trackers...
jChecs can directly be downloaded and installed with Java Web Start...
| 2009 ? | Version 0.2.0: endgames, printing and bug fixes, ... |
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| 2007/10/24 | Version 0.1.0: faster engine and minor fixes... |
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| 2007/03/05 | Version 0.0.9: triple repetition rule, better PGN files support, bigger and faster openings book (297740 positions), history sort, variable search extensions and bug fixes. |
| 2007/02/16 | Version 0.0.8: fixes a severe bug of Swing UI and adds themes to UI ... |
| 2007/02/12 | Version 0.0.7: PGN files support, Swing UI improved (copy/paste, flip view, ...), faster engine, killer move and bug fixes ... |
| 2007/02/02 | Version 0.0.6: demo applet, german i18n, dutch i18n (thanks to T.Blomme), better heuristic and bug fixes ... |
| 2007/01/01 | Version 0.0.5: Swing UI enhancements, 50 move rule added and bug fixes ... |
| 2006/12/15 | Version 0.0.4: corrected Swing UI, basic XBoard support, better heuristic, fastest, Web Start deployment and bug fixes ... |
| 2006/12/01 | Version 0.0.3: better heuristic, NegaScout engine with transposition table, static move ordering, bug fixes ... |
| 2006/11/16 | Version 0.0.2: openings book (147457 positions), bug corrections, ... |
| 2006/10/18 | Release of sources, binaries and web pages of version 0.0.1 |
| 2006/09/15 | Beginning of the project: starting version 0.0.1 and initialization of web site. |
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