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http://www.arasanchess.org/
by Jon Dart
last stable version: 11.4 (June 2009)
Arasan is a chess program for Windows, Linux and Mac OS. It is copyrighted, but allows free distribution, with some restrictions.
The latest version is Arasan 11.4, released in June, 2009. The Windows version runs on Windows 95 or more recent versions. The Linux and Mac OS version comes in source only, and requires GCC to build (version 4.0 or greater recommended).
Arasan has both a native Windows user interface and a console-based chess engine for use with Winboard or xboard. Arasan also works with Arena, another free chess interface, and with UCI-compatible programs like Shredder.
Arasan includes an opening book with over 100,000 moves.
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 Der Bringer
http://chess.kearman.com/bringer/
by Gerritt Reubold
last stable version: 1.9
Der Bringer is a chess program designed by Gerritt Reubold, of Germany. Der Bringer is not freeware but you can download and use it for free. Der Bringer works well in Windows 95/98, ME, 2000 and XP.
Der Bringer can beat most intermediate-level players. On a 133-MHz Pentium, with 40-MB hash tables, Der Bringer 1.6 achieved a rating of 2150 in the LCT2 positions test. Der Bringer can be used with the Nalimov Endgame Tablebases. You can download the tablebases from ftp://ftp.cis.uab.edu/pub/hyatt/
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Arena
http://www.playwitharena.com/
by Martin Blume
last stable version: 1.1
latest release version: 1.99 beta2
Arena is a FREE available Graphical User Interface (GUI) for chess programs (engines) by Martin Blume. Arena runs on Win95, NT4 or higher Microsoft OS versions. Arena is compatible to Winboard protocol I, II and UCI protocol I, II. Furthermore, compatible to Chess960, DGT electronic chess board & DGT clock XP, Autoplayer, ICS (chess server) and much more.
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Arena - Engines - Links
http://www.playwitharena.com/directory/engines.htm
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 Winboard/XBoard
http://www.tim-mann.org/xboard.html
by Tim Mann
last stable version: 4.2.7
XBoard and WinBoard are graphical user interfaces for chess. They display a chessboard on the screen, accept moves made with the mouse, and load and save games in Portable Game Notation (PGN). They serve as front-ends for many different chess services, including:
Chess engines that will run on your machine and play a game against you or help you analyze, such as GNU Chess, Crafty, or many others. A list of compatible engines is available.
Chess servers on the Internet, where you can connect to play chess with people from all over the world, watch other users play, or just hang out and chat. A list of compatible servers is available.
Correspondence chess played by electronic mail. The CMail program (which works with XBoard only) automates the tasks of parsing email from your opponent, playing his moves out on your board, and mailing your reply move after you've chosen it.
PGN viewer. You can use XBoard or WinBoard as a viewer and creator for game files recorded in PGN (standard chess notation).
| | Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP | Freeware | | Linux/Unix | | Mac Os/OsX |
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 ChessTool PGN
http://www.chesstoolpgn.es/index.html
by Guillermo Gajate
last stable version: 1.3.5.0 (April 2009)
 ChessTool PGN es una aplicación informática de uso gratuito, para leer y grabar partidas de ajedrez en el formato Portable Game Notation (PGN). Gestiona los ficheros de base de datos de partidas de ajedrez guardados en el formato PGN. La aplicación ha sido diseñada sobre la base de la Portable Game Notation Specification and Implementation Guide.
Permite la administración de los ficheros de partidas de ajedrez, la modificación de los mismos o la creación de nuevos. La lectura sobre un tablero y notación de las partidas contenidas en los mismos, su modificación o la creación de nuevas partidas. ...
| | Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista | Freeware |
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Visor
http://www.chessvisor.com/
by Alberto Bañón Serrano
last stable version: 2.1.2.16
 The "Visor" is a completely free application for both professionals and amateurs chess players. There is a wide variety of things you can do with the chess viewer "Visor", for instance study games, take online courses and lessons, play chess online against remote opponents, play postal chess, subscribe to electronic magazines, use calculation engines for chess, search on datebases, etc. Some of those features require an Internet connection, but not all.
| | Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista | Freeware |
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