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| Posted by cralford uskidscompute.com 12/05/2003 10:49:06 play online chess |  Subject: online boardMessage: I am looking for a site that has online chess boards. Not a computer game but something that I set setup to mimick a situation. I could then maneuver the pices to determine what I consider to be the best move for the situation. Just a board that I can maneuver the pieces(both dark and white) as I want. Does anybody know of an online site like this? I know that I can do the same thing with a board but I use my board at home to play with my neighbor and would actually like to be able to setup numerous boards for different situations. From my understanding of the rules this is not illegal but could be a good learning technique. If I am wrong about the legality of this, please let me know. |
| Posted by mate_you_in_fifty uskidscompute.com 12/05/2003 11:08:14 play online chess | well Message: you can download Winboard for free (it is not a computer program). It doesn't take long to download. |
| Posted by mattchess uskidscompute.com 12/05/2003 13:33:37 play online chess | MailChess.... Message: Lets you keep track of multiple games. It is used for email correspondence chess - but you could use it just to keep track of positions in all your games (you can also cut and paste in PGN format). www.mailchess.de/mce.html I use it for my email games and have been very happy with it. |
| Posted by mormel12 uskidscompute.com 12/09/2003 05:17:19 play online chess | thanks for that tip Message: Dutchess, i downloaded it immidiately Greetings |
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