chess(6) [v7 man page]

CHESS(6)							   Games Manual 							  CHESS(6)

NAME

       chess - the game of chess

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/games/chess

DESCRIPTION

       Chess  is  a computer program that plays class D chess.	Moves may be given either in standard (descriptive) notation or in algebraic nota-
       tion.  The symbol `+' is used to specify check; `o-o' and `o-o-o' specify castling.  To play black, type `first'; to print the board,  type
       an empty line.

       Each move is echoed in the appropriate notation followed by the program's reply.

FILES

       /usr/lib/book	   opening `book'

DIAGNOSTICS

       The most cryptic diagnostic is `eh?' which means that the input was syntactically incorrect.

WARNING

       Over-use of this program will cause it to go away.

BUGS

       Pawns may be promoted only to queens.

																	  CHESS(6)

EBOARD(6)							   Games Manual 							 EBOARD(6)

NAME

       eboard - a graphical chess board

SYNOPSIS

       eboard [-log] [-debug] [-dgtport device ]

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page briefly describes the eboard command.

       eboard  is  a graphical chess board. It acts as an interface to chess engines (like GNU Chess, Sjeng and Crafty) and Internet Chess Servers
       (ICS) like FICS (http://www.freechess.org), and works as a browser for chess games saved as PGN (Portable  Game	Notation)  files.   eboard
       itself  is  not	a  chess  engine: it won't play games, it will just act as a graphical interface between programs that play games like GNU
       chess (or ICS servers) and the end-user.

       To move pieces click on the source square and then click to destination square. Optionally, you may drag the piece from the source  to  the
       destination  square  (you won't see the piece being dragged). To drop pieces on crazyhouse and bughouse variants (ICS-only) right-click the
       destination square and select the piece to drop from the popup menu.

       For help with ICS commands consult the server (most of them have online help and help channels).

       For help setting up associated programs (chess engines, timestamping, etc.)  see the documentation in /usr/share/doc/eboard  or	visit  the
       eboard  web site at http://eboard.sourceforge.net. If the documentation is not installed in your system, you can find it in the source dis-
       tribution, available from the web site.

OPTIONS

       -log   Log network communications to "~/LOG.eboard". Communications held in password mode are not logged.

       -debug Print miscellaneous debug info to "~/DEBUG.eboard".

       -dgtport device
	      Use the DGT board connected to the given device.

AUTHORS

       eboard is being developed by Felipe Bergo. This manual page was	written  by  Felipe  Bergo  <bergo@seul.org>  and  Daniel  Burrows  <dbur-
       rows@debian.org>.

WEBSITE

       http://eboard.sourceforge.net

								 January 22, 2007							 EBOARD(6)