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MrYman
Are there any free chess server applications for WIndows?
I'd like to set one up, and then use Arena remotely, this way: http://www.playwitharena.com/?Tips_%2B_Tricks:Remote_Engines
And smartphone Android this way:http://aartbik.blogspot.com/2011/02/chess-for-android-as-client-of-chess.html
This looks like one nice free chess server for Windows and Linux: http://www.glaurungchess.com/
For now there seems to be only iPhone "client", would be really nice if someone can make it work with Arena for Windows and Chess for Andriod.
HGMuller
Because Chess engiens are simple text applications, it is always pssible to run them on a remote computer, rather than on the computer where your user interface (GUI) is running. All that is needed is an application that allows you to run text applications on another computer. To the GUI this application will look exactly as if it is the engine, so it will work no matter whether you have Arena, WinBoard, SCID, Chessbase, Shredder....
To set up the connection you will need a client on the computer where you run the GUI, and a server on the computer where you run the engine. E.g. an ssh client and an ssh server, when you want to make the conection through the ssh (= secure shell) protocol. Putty is such an ssh client for Windows, ssh itself is standard in Linux. The server part is more tricky. On the Arena website it is described how you can install an ssh server on Linux. But chances are that you'd rather want to run the engine on a Windows system. So you would need an ssh server for Windows, in that case.
Thanks for explanation. The problem is finding ssh server for Windows, know any?
I found something here:
http://sshwindows.sourceforge.net/
Not sure how much of Cygwin you would need to install to make it work thouhg. (I have Cygwin on my Win XP system, to use their C compiler, so for me it would not be a problem.)
This is another one:
http://www.freesshd.com/
which does not seem to need Cygwin, so it would probably be a better choice.
I really would have to try this out. The latest WinBoard can run tournaments with several games in parallel, by running multiple copies. On my quad I could then run 6 WinBoards, 4 running their engines on the quad, and two others running their engines on my old dual through ssh.
Anything new and simpler to set-up? Anyone knows?
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