From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 4 08:13:38 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26F2416A4CE for ; Wed, 4 Aug 2004 08:13:38 +0000 (GMT) Received: from indigo.metron.com (indigo.metron.com [192.160.193.52]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA23643D39 for ; Wed, 4 Aug 2004 08:13:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lou@metron.com) Received: from indigo.Metron.COM (indigo.metron.com [127.0.0.1]) by indigo.metron.com (8.12.11/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i748DWp9020459; Wed, 4 Aug 2004 01:13:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lou@metron.com) Received: (from lou@localhost) by indigo.Metron.COM (8.12.11/8.12.9/Submit) id i748DNme020458; Wed, 4 Aug 2004 01:13:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lou@metron.com) X-Authentication-Warning: indigo.metron.com: lou set sender to lou@metron.com using -f Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 01:13:23 -0700 From: Lou Katz To: Daniela Message-ID: <20040804081323.GA20406@metron.com> References: <410E5C6A.1090309@hddesign.com> <410E78E5.1000403@hddesign.com> <20040802133608.3edf3818@localhost> <410E9913.5080708@hddesign.com> <5ef8c2f004080213222edab17f@mail.gmail.com> <410EA9BB.7040103@hddesign.com> <411020EA.9020100@liwest.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <411020EA.9020100@liwest.at> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org cc: Damon Butler cc: Jos? de Paula Subject: Re: Chess for Kids (and dummies like dads) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 08:13:38 -0000 I know this is a FreeBSD list, but there is a really excellent program for learning chess for the PC (and Mac): "Learn How to Play Chess with Fritz and Chesster". For ages 8 and up. It is a really searious learning program, which has a huge book, starts with moves, then endgames, then ... Viva Media North American Editon (2003) ISBN 1-932174-13-3 (It actually comes from Germany) On Tue, Aug 03, 2004 at 11:34:02PM +0000, Daniela wrote: > Damon Butler wrote: > > >>May I suggest Phalanx, found in the ports tree? It is an excellent > >>chess program, works wonderfully with xboard, and 'phalanx -e 100' is > >>very likely to meet your needs for a weak chess engine. > > > > > >That looks excellent indeed. Thanks! > >--Damon > > I have another suggestion. I've seen lots of Mac emulators in the ports. > Why not use one of these, and run the original program? > AFAIK Mac emulation is not even half as painful as Winblows emulation. > > Daniela > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- -=[L]=-