Arasan is a chess program for Windows and Linux. It is copyrighted, but allows free distribution, with some restrictions.

The latest version is Arasan 9.5, released in October, 2006. The Windows version runs on Windows 95 or more recent versions. The Linux version comes in source only, and requires GCC to build (version 4.0 or greater recommended).

Arasan has both a native Windows user interface and a console-based chess engine for use with Winboard or xboard. Arasan also works with Arena, another free chess interface, and with UCI-compatible programs like Shredder.

Arasan includes an opening book with over 75,000 moves.

In the recent The 2006 First Annual ACCA Presidents Tournament, Arasan ended third, behind world's no. 1 chess program Rybka and popular free source program crafty.

(Arasan means "king" in Tamil, a language of South India).

External links

http://www.arasanchess.org

http://www.taccl.org/2006PresResults.html