GNU Chess Copyright (C) 1987 Stuart Cracraft (Copying permission notice at the end.) GNU Chess is your program (as long as you follow the copyright and licensing rules listed in the file COPYING). Your contributioinspire current and future software developers. This document ------------- This document is not meant to be a an introduction to computer chess. The following books are excellent introductions and treatises. They are listed in order of difficulty: Computer Chess (2nd edition), by David Welsh and Boris Bazcynski The Joy of Computer Chess, by David Levy Chess Skill in Man and Machine (2nd edition), by Peter Frey Current Distribution -------------------- The most recent distribution of GNU Chess contains the following main-level files and directories: Filename Purpose ------------------------------------------------------ README Pointer to main README below. gnuchess.c Most recent version of GNU Chess nondsp.c Non-display interface, and chesstool/xchess interface uxdsp.c Unix (curses) display interface ansidsp.c ANSI display interface gnuchess.book Most recent version of opening book