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Hi all,
not sure it is the right forum, but can someone tell me please which is the best software (including the GUI) for Android Gingerbread? I see many engines have the android version but i don't think they can work without a GUI. Sorry, i'm very unexperienced about smartphones.
Thank you in advance.
Best Regards
not sure it is the right forum, but can someone tell me please which is the best software (including the GUI) for Android Gingerbread? I see many engines have the android version but i don't think they can work without a GUI. Sorry, i'm very unexperienced about smartphones.
Thank you in advance.
Best Regards
MM
Re: Android
Chess for Android by Aart BikMM wrote:Hi all,
not sure it is the right forum, but can someone tell me please which is the best software (including the GUI) for Android Gingerbread? I see many engines have the android version but i don't think they can work without a GUI. Sorry, i'm very unexperienced about smartphones.
Thank you in advance.
Best Regards
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Re: Android
Thanks Lucas!lucasart wrote:Chess for Android by Aart Bik
Chess for Android started as a simple Android pioneering project, but over time I added several features, such as board colors and piece sets, full game navigation, FEN/PGN save and load on internal memory/external SD card/clipboard, import of UCI and Win/XBoard engines together with infinite analysis, pondering (permanent brain), and engine setup for hash sizes, multithreading, and endgame tablebases (with Nalimov, Gaviota, Scorpio, and/or Robbobases on SD card). The GUI also supports tournaments between imported engines, either using the built-in book, or any external test opening suite in PGN format (e.g. the Nunn suite, or Albert Silver's Silver Opening Suite).
Some hopefully useful links:
- direct download or Android market
- online manual
- UCI and XBoard protocols for Android (brief explanation)
- UCI and Xboard engines for Android (growing list of engines)
- blog with background information
- recent tournament between Android engines
Re: Android
If you want to play online at FICS or ICC then Mobialia Chess is the best that I have found.The pre-move feature is great and means that you can blitz out won endgames( e.g Queen ahead but only 5 seconds to deliver mate) with out your opponent just playing on.Before pre-move I would sometimes lose games like that because each move took a second or 2 to complete.
Re: Android
Thank you.Cubeman wrote:If you want to play online at FICS or ICC then Mobialia Chess is the best that I have found.The pre-move feature is great and means that you can blitz out won endgames( e.g Queen ahead but only 5 seconds to deliver mate) with out your opponent just playing on.Before pre-move I would sometimes lose games like that because each move took a second or 2 to complete.
Best regards
MM
Re: Android
Hi, have you an idea why the direct download of Critter 1.2 for android into the device (Samsung Galaxy S2) fails?abik wrote:Thanks Lucas!lucasart wrote:Chess for Android by Aart Bik
Chess for Android started as a simple Android pioneering project, but over time I added several features, such as board colors and piece sets, full game navigation, FEN/PGN save and load on internal memory/external SD card/clipboard, import of UCI and Win/XBoard engines together with infinite analysis, pondering (permanent brain), and engine setup for hash sizes, multithreading, and endgame tablebases (with Nalimov, Gaviota, Scorpio, and/or Robbobases on SD card). The GUI also supports tournaments between imported engines, either using the built-in book, or any external test opening suite in PGN format (e.g. the Nunn suite, or Albert Silver's Silver Opening Suite).
Some hopefully useful links:
- direct download or Android market
- online manual
- UCI and XBoard protocols for Android (brief explanation)
- UCI and Xboard engines for Android (growing list of engines)
- blog with background information
- recent tournament between Android engines
Thanks
Best Regards
MM
Re: Android
The download link of Komodo 3 for Android is not working, Samsung GS2
Re: Android
Yes, it doesnt work to me also.Zagalo wrote:The download link of Komodo 3 for Android is not working, Samsung GS2
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MM
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Re: Android
MM wrote:Yes, it doesnt work to me also.Zagalo wrote:The download link of Komodo 3 for Android is not working, Samsung GS2
Regards
Strange. I am able to download komodo3-ab. Can you be a little more specific than "not working"? If you download directly on the phone, don't press the link, but long-press it, and than chose "Save Link" (you may have to remove the added .txt extension).