© Jussi Koskinen, 1993-

Chess Analyzer (v. 1.0, December 1993)

 

Chess Analyzer is a framework for experimenting programming different move valuation strategies and heuristics for computer chess. It provides basic calculations enabling automated chess with some limitations to special moves as detailed in the file 'chess.txt'.

- Supported operating system: DOS (runs also under Microsoft Windows 3.11 and probably also under most of the later Microsoft Windows versions).

- Implemented using C++, compiled with Borland C++ 4.5 for Microsoft Windows.

- Availability: Chess Analyzer and its source code can be freely downloaded and used for personal non-commercial purposes provided that the copyright notices are not removed.

- Disclaimer: The program comes with absolutely no guarantee of suitability to any particular purpose, although that the basic move evaluation algorithm has passed extensive tests, use of this experimental system will be entirely on users' own risk.

 

1) Introduction, needs for improvement, and limitations ('chess.htm')

 

2) Installation package ('chess.zip')

 

3) Installation procedure:

A) Download the installation package.

B) Unzip the downloaded 'chess.zip' file and extract its contents (by using e.g. pkzip) (noting that Chess Analyzer must be installed on path 'c:\chpnew' and it must have full writing rights to that directory and its sub-directories).

C) The 'chess.txt' and 'chess.htm' files contain general information regarding the background and limitations of the system.

D) The included 'chpnew.exe' file is the executable.

 

Updated: Sept. 28, 2004, Aug. 3, 2010 by Jussi Koskinen.