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Wiki > Main > PluginIndex > PluginChessClock > PluginChessbox

---+ Chessbox

---++ Introduction

Chessbox is a chess game with computer AI. The chess engine is a port of GNU Chess 2 by John Stanback.

---++ Keys

| *Function* | *Recorder* | *Ondio* | *Iriver HXXX* | *iPod* | *iAudio* | *Iriver iFP7XX* | *MR-100* |
| Move the cursor |  Directions  |||||||
| Select / Move Piece | Play | Mode | Select | Select | Menu | Select | Select |
| Change Level | F1 | Mode+Off | Mode | Select+Right | Rec | Eq | Display |
| Force Play | On | long Mode | Play | Select+Play | Play | Play | Play |
| Restart | F3 | Mode+Left | Rec | Select+Left | Select | ? | |
| Menu | Off | Off | Off | Select+Menu | Power | Mode | Power |

---++ Roadmap

| *Mark1: Basic chess game* |||
| *Todo* | *Status* | *Description* |
| Levels | %GREEN%Done%ENDCOLOR% | 7 time-based levels |
| While thinking interaction | %GREEN%Done%ENDCOLOR% | Respond to user interaction while thinking |
| Autosave position | %GREEN%Done%ENDCOLOR% | Save and restore position automatically |
| Openings book | %GREEN%Done%ENDCOLOR% | ~250 lines opening book from GNU Chess |
| Think on your time | %RED%0%%ENDCOLOR% | Already in GNU Chess, needs porting (will take some time) |
| *Mark2: Full featured chess game* |||
| *Todo* | *Status* | *Description* |
| Menus | %GREEN%Done%ENDCOLOR% | Add menu system |
| More commands | %RED%0%%ENDCOLOR% | Back, Swap, Hint |
| Enable/Disable options | %RED%0%%ENDCOLOR% | Think on your time, Openings Book, CPU Boost, Autosave |
| More options | %RED%0%%ENDCOLOR% | Save battery, Backlight while thinking, Auto Play, Human vs Human, etc. |
| More levels | %RED%0%%ENDCOLOR% | Tournament time based levels |
| *Mark3: Portable chess assistant* |||
| *Todo* | *Status* | *Description* |
| Analyze Mode | %RED%0%%ENDCOLOR% | Show evaluations and variations while vieweing a game |
| .PGN Viewer | %ORANGE%50%%ENDCOLOR% | Loading of games in .PGN format works, saving is still not implemented. |

---++ Screenshots

   * Chessbox on the Archos Recorder: <br /> <img width="224" alt="chessbox_recorder.png" src="%ATTACHURLPATH%/chessbox_recorder.png" height="128" />

   * Chessbox on the iRiver H100 series: <br /> <img width="160" alt="chessbox_h100.png" src="%ATTACHURLPATH%/chessbox_h100.png" height="128" />

   * Chessbox on the iRiver H300 series: <br /> <img width="220" alt="chessbox_h300.png" src="%ATTACHURLPATH%/chessbox_h300.png" height="176" />
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CategoryPlugin: Chess Game (With AI) [Recorder%Y%, Ondio%Y%, H100%Y%, H300%Y%, H10%Y%, iPod 1G2G%Y%, iPod 4G%Y%, iPod Color%Y%, iPod Mini%Y%, iPod Nano%Y%, iPod Video%Y%, iAudio M5%Y%, iAudio X5%Y%, Gigabeat%Y%, Sansa e200%Y%, Sansa c200%Y%, Sansa Fuze%Y%, MR-100%Y%]

r19 - 14 Sep 2010 - 07:06:56 - MichaelStummvoll

Parents: PluginIndex > PluginChessClock