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Chess for Android on a Tablet 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.
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 Position Screenshot of latest version
Screenshot of older G1 version
See also
Forum Posts
2008 …
- Chess for Android by Aart Bik, CCC, November 24, 2008
- Upcoming Chess for Android 2.0 by Aart Bik, CCC, October 19, 2009
2010 …
- Chess for Android with UCI support released by Aart Bik, CCC, August 23, 2010
- Chess for Android with UCI support released by Aart Bik, OpenChess Forum, August 23, 2010
- Chess for Android 2.5 by Aart Bik, CCC, January 05, 2011
- Chess for Android 2.8 by Aart Bik, CCC, April 01, 2011
- Chess for Android 3.0.2: enhanced XBoard support by Aart Bik, CCC, October 24, 2011
- Chess for Android upcoming network feature by Aart Bik, CCC, July 03, 2012
- Chess for Android v4.1.5: sharing by Aart Bik, CCC, January 12, 2013
2015 …
- Chess for Android by Patrice Duhamel, CCC, January 04, 2015 » Cheese
- Chess for Android v5.0: Time Control by Aart Bik, CCC, January 09, 2015
- Chess on Android by Pedro Castro, CCC, April 19, 2016 » Chess Engine Communication Protocol, DanaSah
- New Chess Graphics for Chess for Android by Aart Bik, CCC, October 13, 2016
- Chess for Android v5.3 by Aart Bik, CCC, November 27, 2017
- Chess for Android v5.4: adjudication by Aart Bik, CCC, December 18, 2017
2018
- Chess for Android v5.6 by Aart Bik, CCC, February 26, 2018
Re: Chess for Android v5.6 by Aart Bik, CCC, February 28, 2018 » Millennium ChessGenius
- Question to Aart Bik by PeterO, CCC, March 24, 2018
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
- Chess for Android and Electronic ChessBoards by Aart Bik, CCC, December 14, 2018
- Chess for Android 10 Year Anniversary by Aart Bik, CCC, December 25, 2018
2019
- Chess for Android: version 6.1.1 by Aart Bik, CCC, April 16, 2019
- Chess for Android: UCI engine options by Aart Bik, CCC, May 27, 2019
- Chess for Android: Quick Castling/En-passant by Aart Bik, CCC, August 11, 2019 » Castling, En passant
2020 …
- Android behavior change: no more W^X violations by Aart Bik, CCC, December 05, 2020
- Chess for Android Release (API30 complaint) by Aart Bik, CCC, December 17, 2021
- Chess for Android: 6.5.2 by Aart Bik, CCC, March 03, 2022
External Links
Aart Bik - Chess for Android and Electronic Chessboards, YouTube Video
Connecting Chess for Android with the Millennium » Millennium ChessGenius
Connecting Chess for Android with a DGT Chessboard » DGT Board
Connecting Chess for Android with a Certabo Chessboard » Certabo Chessboard
References
- ↑ Android Market - Apps by Aart Bik
- ↑ Re: Chess for Android v5.6 by Aart Bik, CCC, February 28, 2018
- ↑ Connecting Chess for Android with the Millennium » Millennium ChessGenius
- ↑ Chess for Android and Electronic ChessBoards by Aart Bik, CCC, December 14, 2018