Spoonbill
Chess
Challenge was originally written as an accessible game of chess for
blind and vision impaired players. It is designed to play a good game
of Chess against an average player. It is not designed to be world
beating and has not been rated against any other chess engine. It can
be run in one of three modes: Blind, Vision Impaired or Sighted. Run in
Sighted mode it can be operated using the mouse. Its features include:
- Play
against the
computer or another human player.
- Set
the computer
player's skill level from Beginner to Expert.
- Exchange
pieces -
computer plays your pieces and you play the computer's pieces.
- Undo
moves.
- Save
and Resume a
game.
- Preset
a position.
Good for solving Chess problems and practising end-game scenarios.
- Hint
key to give you
a hint as to your next move.
- Key
to force the
computer to play your next move.
- Comprehensive
help
including a separate document for beginners entitled "How To Play
Chess".
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- Save
the move list to
a text file to retain a record of a completed game.
- Set
the board and
background colors to suit your preference.
As with all Spoonbill
Software's offerings, it is absolutely FREE!
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Spoonbill
Chess Challenge 1.0
