Chessic 2.1 review (mac)

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Chessic is an interface to the Internet Chess Club (ICC) that allows you to play chess against other opponents over the internet.

License: Freeware
OS: Mac OS X
File size: 3245K
Developer: Softedge      
Price: $0.00
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Chessic 2.1 is games software developed by Softedge.
Chessic is an interface to the Internet Chess Club (ICC) that allows you to play chess against other opponents over the internet.

Chessic provides all the basic functionality you need to get started on the ICC.
Here are some key features of "Chessic":

  • Nice anti-aliased scalable/resizable configurable game board leveraging the Quartz display engine
  • Support for professional chess fonts like Linares, Zurich and Hastings as well as two free sets
  • Graphical "seek" window to find available game opponents
  • Graphical annotation of examined games using Bob Hyatt's Crafty chess engine
  • Game history list
  • Integrated timestamp client support to eliminate the effects of internet latencies
  • Flexible seek list for advertising which types of games you want to play
  • Examine/observe games other than your own
  • Sound alerts when 30,20,10 seconds remain of your alloted time
  • Ability to save games in PGN (portable game notation) format
  • All the nice Mac OS X UI features like customizable toolbars, drawers and sheets where appropriate.

    What's New:
  • Universal application.
    This games software is freeware, which means you can download and use Chessic 2.1 absolutely free. There's no need to buy the product. Chessic 2.1 supports english interface languages and works with Mac OS X.

    Downloading Chessic 2.1 will take minute if you use fast ADSL connection.


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