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Chess for Android

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Chess for Android,
written by Aart Bik, is a standalone chess application for Android. The application is available for free at the Android Market 1 and consists of a chess engine (a Java version derived from the UCI engine BikJump that is written in C++) and a GUI.

Contents
  1. Features
  2. Engine Support
  3. Images
  4. See also
  5. Forum Posts
    1. 2008 ...
    2. 2010 ...
    3. 2015 ...
    4. 2020 ...
  6. External Links
  7. References

Features

The application accepts moves through the touchscreen, the trackball, or through the keyboard (e2e4 pushes the king pawn, e1g1 castles king side, etc.). An optional "move coach" highlights valid user moves during input and last played engine move. Full game navigation buttons enable users to correct mistakes or analyze games.

Games import and export as FEN/PGN to and from the clipboard, load and save as file, are set up through a position editor, or import as application/x-chess-pgn MIME type on startup. A draw by stalemate, insufficient material, the fifty move rule, or threefold repetition is recognized. The engine plays at various levels (including random, against itself in auto-play, or free-play, where the game can be used as a "magnetic chessboard"). The user can play either side and, independently, view the board from the perspective of white or black.

Since version 5.6, released in February 2018 2, Chess for Android supports the electronic chess board of the Millennium ChessGenius 3. Since 5.7, Chess for Android can connect to a DGT Board, since 5.9 to the Certabo Chessboard 4.

Engine Support

The application supports the Universal Chess Interface (UCI) and Chess Engine Communication Protocol (often simply called WinBoard or XBoard protocol), which allows users to play against more powerful third party engines or even play tournaments between engines. Engine setup features pondering, infinite analysis, hash tables, multiple threads, endgame tablebases (Nalimov , Gaviota, Scorpio, Robbobases), and opening test suites. Chess for Android recognizes all ChessBase compatible engines that are installed on the same device.

Images

Setup PositionSetup Position Screenshot of latest version Screenshot of older G1 version

See also

Forum Posts

2008 ...

2010 ...

2015 ...

2018

Re: Chess for Android v5.6 by Aart Bik, CCC, February 28, 2018 » Millennium ChessGenius

Re: Question to Aart Bik by Aart Bik, CCC, March 25, 2018

Re: Question to Aart Bik by Norbert Raimund Leisner, CCC, November 22, 2018

Re: Question to Aart Bik by Aart Bik, CCC, November 22, 2018

2019

2020 ...

Watch on YouTube

References

Up one Level

  1. Android Market - Apps by Aart Bik↩︎

  2. Re: Chess for Android v5.6 by Aart Bik, CCC, February 28, 2018↩︎

  3. Connecting Chess for Android with the Millennium » Millennium ChessGenius↩︎

  4. Chess for Android and Electronic ChessBoards by Aart Bik, CCC, December 14, 2018↩︎

Categories: Android

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