How to set up a chess engine?

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crypticplague

I am 13 years old and I have downloaded the free Rybka 2 lately, and I dont know how to set it up! There are a lot of fancy computer terms and lots of files that I don't know what they are. All I know is that I need Rybka compatible GUI software (GUI is the only computer term I know) to make Rybka work, and I don't even have one. What else do I need? Can someone give me a link to a website that is simplified for kids that would give me instructions on how to use it?

Thanks!

aAquila

Is this the guide of install rybka ? http://www.rybkachess.com/index.php?auswahl=Installation

rooperi

You have to get a gui first.

Scid is a good free one. You can get it here:

http://scid.sourceforge.net/download.html

iotengo

If you're looking for a relly simple GUI I'd suggest downloading ChessX, which doesn't have all of the bells and whistles of SCID (mentioned in the post above), but is very easy to use.

If you decide to use ChessX, I'd be happy to help you get everything set up.