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Pychess wouldn't work for me and after trying other software I settled for Eboard. I can play a basic game with it but the interface is intimidating and there appears to be no documentation. Is there a tutorial somewhere or should I try some different software?

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daithib8
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    Rinzwind makes a good point. There are several good books on the subject though. http://www.amazon.com/Chess-5334-Problems-Combinations-Games/dp/1579125549/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1305376719&sr=1-1 http://www.amazon.com/Chess-Tactics-Champions-step---step/dp/081293671X/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1305376719&sr=1-3 and http://www.amazon.com/Chess-Advantage-Black-White-Grandmasters/dp/0812935713 – RobotHumans May 14 '11 at 12:39
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    It has to do with ubuntu. I am wondering how can I use the software that ships with ubuntu as a computer-aided learning tool. – Pedro Rolo May 14 '11 at 13:01
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    additionally. It would be nice if someone would tag this with the chess tag. – Pedro Rolo May 14 '11 at 13:10
  • done @pedrorolo – Rinzwind May 14 '11 at 13:27
  • Related: http://askubuntu.com/questions/173999/what-fics-chess-clients-are-available – z7sg Sep 29 '12 at 19:07

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I played with PyChess (It's in the Software Center) for a while. Among other things, it can give hints for what the best move would be for your current situation. You can also choose the difficulty, so you can start at a low level, and after you've beaten your computer a couple of times move up to a stronger opponent.

Good luck!

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  • I've tried this program and it is really cool, though, it's AI is really tough. Which engine and which setting (from 1 to 8) do you recommend to an absolute begginer? I've never been able to beat "crafty" or "pychess" until now. – Pedro Rolo May 16 '11 at 08:23
  • To be honoust I don't know what exact settings I used. I've played around a little on a rainy afternoon, but never used it much. – Bart May 17 '11 at 11:13
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    In your case I would start on level 1 and see if you can beat the computer. And also try to use hint/spy mode and undo. It will help analyzing your moves and improving game. Just keep on practicing and learn from your mistakes :) (sorry for double post, I couldn't edit my previous one) – Bart May 17 '11 at 11:19
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You can try using gnome-chess Install gnome-chess

A screenshot:

A Chessboard

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glchess

To install glchess in Ubuntu 14.04-16.04 open the terminal and type:

sudo apt install glchess

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I would suggest Chessmaster even though it isn't free and only has a bronze raiting on WineHQ, because of the tutorials/lessons by Josh Waitzkin that are really awesome, especially for beginners.

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I'm cheating here... But I would recommend Sparkchess or sparkchess.com. The free version is web-based, and doesn't have too many features, but it's a nice interface, and the easiest AI is pretty easy (heck, even I can beat it pretty easily).

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If you like to play in temrinal, you might like http://nocheto.sallyx.org/

Its not free, but not expensive and it is great for studying chess.

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Scid vs. PC. Its free and it's a great toolkit for all your chess needs. You can find it in the Ubuntu Software Center.

Xboard. Its free and again you can find it in the Ubuntu Software Center.

If you use the Synaptic Software Manager you can find a great command line tool called pgn-extract.

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