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ChessV (short for Chess Variants) is a free computer program designed to play many chess variants. ChessV is an open-source, universal chess variant program with a graphical user-interface, sophisticated AI, support for opening books and other features of traditional chess programs. The developer of this program, Gregory Strong, has been adding more variants with each release of ChessV. Over 100 chess variants are supported, including the developer's few own variants and other exotic variants, and can be programmed to play additional variants. ChessV is designed to be able to play any game that is reasonably similar to chess. ChessV is one of only a few such programs that exist. The source code of this program is freely available for download as well as the executable program. As of ChessV 0.93, it is possible to customize the variants it supports. Of all chess variants supported, two of the most-played variants are probably Fischer Random Chess and Grand Chess. ChessV is capable of playing: * 2 variants on 6×6 squares * 17 variants on 8×8 squares * 15 variants on 10×8 squares (including 10 Capablanca Chess variants) * 15 variants on 10×10 squares * 3 variants on 12×8 squares Some of the provided variants can be customized in their details. While users can create custom variants with ChessV 0.93, it needs to be recompiled, which is tedious when programming.…
ChessV (short for Chess Variants) is a free computer program designed to play many chess variants. ChessV is an open-source, universal chess variant program with a graphical user-interface, sophisticated AI, support for opening books and other features of traditional chess programs. The developer of this program, Gregory Strong, has been adding more variants with each release of ChessV. Over 100 chess variants are supported, including the developer's few own variants and other exotic variants, and can be programmed to play additional variants. ChessV is designed to be able to play any game that is reasonably similar to chess. ChessV is one of only a few such programs that exist. The source code of this program is freely available for download as well as the executable program. As of ChessV 0.93, it is possible to customize the variants it supports. Of all chess variants supported, two of the most-played variants are probably Fischer Random Chess and Grand Chess. ChessV is capable of playing: 2 variants on 6×6 squares 17 variants on 8×8 squares 15 variants on 10×8 squares (including 10 Capablanca Chess variants) 15 variants on 10×10 squares 3 variants on 12×8 squares Some of the provided variants can be customized in their details. While users can create custom variants with ChessV 0.93, it needs to be recompiled, which is tedious when programming. ChessV 2.0+ fixes this, using a scripting language. While the pieces in a custom variant have to be chosen from a limited list, this allows ChessV to play hundreds or thousands of variants of each game it directly supports. Game 'Almost Chess' : Chess { Invented = "1977"; InventedBy = "Ralph Betza"; AddPieceTypes { Queen.Enabled = false; AddPieceType( Chancellor, "Chancellor", "C", 900, 925 ); } SetGameVariables { Array = "rnbckbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBCKBNR"; PromotionTypes = "CRNB"; } }
Competitions
ChessV software won third place in a 2004 Gothic Chess Computer World Championship.
External links
ChessV download page site about Chess Variants, mentions ChessV in several articles
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