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

Screenshots

• Chessbox on the Archos Recorder:
  

• Chessbox on the iRiver H100 series:
  

• Chessbox on the iRiver H300 series:
  

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CategoryPlugin: Chess Game (With AI) [Recorder, Ondio, H100, H300, H10, iPod 1G2G, iPod 4G, iPod Color, iPod Mini, iPod Nano, iPod Video, iAudio M5, iAudio X5, Gigabeat, Sansa e200, Sansa c200, Sansa Fuze, MR-100]