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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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Re: Android
The download link of Komodo 3 for Android is not working, Samsung GS2
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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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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
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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).