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j2Chess

Submitted by vergil66 on Fri, 03/21/2008 at 4:50pm.
0 votes:-----
  • Category: Playing Programs & Engines
  • Publisher: j2chess
  • Release Date:August 2007
  • OS: Win (also Mac OSX and Linux)
  • License: Free
  • Filename: j2chessexe.zip
  • File Size: 3.866MB
  • Downloads: 4338
Description:

"j2chess is a nice chess program that is written entirely in the Java programming language and consequently runs on any platform where a suitable Java Runtime Environment is available (version 1.4.2 or higher required)." 

Note: The faster your processor, the better "thinking" you'll get with the program.  

Also from the website:

j2chess key features are:
  • as long as you have java, j2chess is all-platform friendly :-)
  • nice and easy to use
  • strength and other various settings can be changed
  • symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) support for maximum engine strength (= uses multi-cores/CPU system)
  • casual, blitz and blitz Fischer style available for new games
  • opening book with about 15,000 games
  • export current game in Portable Game Notation (PGN)
  • load games in Portable Game Notation (PGN)
  • following languages are supported:
    • english (default)
    • français
    • português do Brasil
  • and finally an impressive 2,224,527 nodes per second... If you have one of the new Apple MacPro Penryn 8 cores at 2.8 GHz! ;-)

 


Reviews:

by Delta003 - 19 days ago
Indiana United States
Member Since: Apr 2008
Member Points: 14
file gets error during extraction from zip. any help?
by AJRAO - 27 days ago
India
Member Since: Oct 2007
Member Points: 4
ITS GREAT, I LOVED PLAYING J2 VERY NICD INDEED, I THANK Mr CHRIS JUDSON FOR THIS WONDERFUL PROGRAM
by learner2008 - 36 days ago
Madurai India
Member Since: Apr 2008
Member Points: 1

Its simple and good


by loh335 - 48 days ago
Singapore Singapore
Member Since: Oct 2007
Member Points: 14

Nice cool program -- neat and simple. Was able to do a knight sacrifice to break pawn wall on a Ruy Lopez! Can also announce mate in how many moves.


by DanGurguiRO - 55 days ago
Suceava Romania
Member Since: Nov 2007
Member Points: 7

Thanks www.j2chess.com  and Mr. Chris Judson (U.S.A)   for this program. I like it !  Can you help me to made my own chess program   for my  chess web site ?  My address is dan_gurgui@chess.com. I am waiting  somebody  to teach me...

Visit my own chess web site www.chessplayer.ro please, do.



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