Chessic 2.1 review
DownloadChessic is an interface to the Internet Chess Club (ICC) that allows you to play chess against other opponents over the internet.
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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.
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.
Chessic 2.1 keywords