The Internet ChessBaord 2000, TICB2K for short, is a program to play chess over TCP/IP based networks. Multiple Clients can connect to a single server so other people have the possibility to watch the game. The program has a console which can also be used for chatting with the people connected to the server.
The console is the main window and multiple servers and clients can be started from there. As a matter of fact, you can use this program without the GUI kindly provided. Enter 'help' or 'h' to get a list of all available commands.
It is now possible to load and save games.
It is possible to take back moves and to redo the take back.
A sample session:
Start the program by typing 'java TICB2K' on the OS console. The program will show you the following prompt:
The Internet ChessBoard 2000 V1.1 alpha (c)
2002-2005 by Adrian Posor
This program is
freeware!
Celebrating MS-DOS: Who needs a GUI?
The command line
interpreter with integrated chat:
ready>
Type 'sts 2000' to start a server listening on port 2000 for incoming connection requests. A window with a chess board will show up.
Type 'stc localhost 2000' on the same promt to
start a client connecting to localhost port 2000.
Make a move in
one window and it will be transfered over the network to the other
window.
Move
forwarding to other clients is currently broken. Therefore, in
case multiple clients are connected to a server, the clients do not
stay syncronous with the server under all circumstances.
The Move
Checker; is currently not complete and may throw an exception when
activated. Because of this the Move Checker is currently
disabled by default.