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GNU Chess
Copyright (C) 1987 Stuart Cracraft
(Copying permission notice at the end.)
GNU Chess is your program (as long as you follow the copyright and
licensing rules listed in the file COPYING). Your contributioinspire current and future software
developers.
This document
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This document is not meant to be a an introduction to computer chess.
The following books are excellent introductions and treatises.
They are listed in order of difficulty:
Computer Chess (2nd edition), by David Welsh and Boris Bazcynski
The Joy of Computer Chess, by David Levy
Chess Skill in Man and Machine (2nd edition), by Peter Frey
Current Distribution
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The most recent distribution of GNU Chess contains the following
main-level files and directories:
Filename Purpose
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README Pointer to main README below.
gnuchess.c Most recent version of GNU Chess
nondsp.c Non-display interface, and chesstool/xchess interface
uxdsp.c Unix (curses) display interface
ansidsp.c ANSI display interface
gnuchess.book Most recent version of opening book