BabasChess is a free chess client for use on the Internet Chess Club, Free Internet Chess Server and similar. The program is designed for the Windows platform but can also be run on Linux under Wine. The program supports several languages: Croatian, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish.

Features

Graph displaying sought matches.

GUI for seeking games and challenging other players.

Time alerts.

Customizable move sounds.

Move list with mouse wheel support.

Captured pieces display.

Graphical representation of of material strength.

Support for crazyhouse, bughouse, atomic chess, and other types of internet play.

Integrated timeseal.

Integrated legality checking.

Chat support. <ref>http://www.babaschess.net/features.asp</ref>

Babas

According to the BabasChess website, the word Babas does not have any meaning in Italian - the native language of the developer. Instead, the term was coined by him and a group of his friends to define casual chess enthusiasts.

Appearance

The application consists of several customizable panels. The look and feel of the controls can be selected from several options, and the whole application can be themed.

External Links

BabasChess Homepage

See Also

XBoard

Free Internet Chess Server

Chess Engine

Computer Chess