User manual for the application "Chess Engines"

General: "Chess Engines" supports the Universal Chess Interface(UCI) protocol and using ARMv5TE compiled engines. To play against these engine you need the application "Chess for All".

Brief description of main steps:

1) Copy of ARMv5TE compiled engines to  mobile phone
create a folder on the SD card of your mobile phones and copy engines from the following link to the folder: ARMv5TE engines

2) "Chess Engines": install engines from SD card
press the option key, select the menu "Install engine from SD" and select an engine from the folder created above(process must be done for each engine).

3) "Chess Engines": import an engine
press the option key, select the menu "Import engine" and select an engine.

4) "Chess for All": playing against an imported engine
close the application "Chess Engines" and start "Chess for All".
Press the "menu" button and select the menu item "Engines". Select "E1" or "E2" and then "Chess Engines". Press the play button(bottom left) for playing.

Chess for All ONLINE v1.19 update

improvements:

- layout adjustments
- Optimization of memory management

Chess for All GUI v1.9 update

I just published "Chess for All GUI" v.1.9, available from the Android Market

added:
- match engine vs engine ("Stockfish" vs "Chess Engines")
- automatic seeking for chess engine

Chess for All Gui v1.8 update

I just published "Chess for All Gui" v.1.8, available from the Android Market or as direct download.

Chess Engines v1.1

Chess Engines v1.1 released:

File access error on SD card removed.
Added languages support for german(de), french(fr) spanish(es) and russian(ru).

Chess Engines v1.0 (Android)

"Chess Engines" supports the Universal Chess Interface protocol (UCI).

Short description:

* install/uninstall ARMv5TE compiled engines

* import an installed engine

* show UCI-Options

* engine list

IMPORTANT NOTE:    
You need a graphical user interface for playing against this engines.
Please download the application "ChessForAll Gui" from the Android Market.

ChessForAll Gui v1.5

added:

* Custom layouts for small devices


changed:

* Graphical user interface improvements
* Optimization of the time control

ChessForAll CCC-Gui v1.3

added:

* Chess960
* Edit board
* random first engine move

Stockfish CCC-Engine v1.2

added:

* GUI button
  link to "ChessForAll CCC-Gui"

ChessForAll CCC-Gui for Android

ChessForAll CCC-Gui is a PGN-Editor/-Viewer.

Engine Play: This program is using a chess engine as a remote service. Please download a CCC-Engine from the Android Market for playing against an engine. The following engines are supported:

* Stockfish CCC-Engine

ChessForAll CCC-Gui features:
* chessViewer/editor(PGN)
* play against an engine
* load, save and delete files
* 4 different chess board and pieces
* HELP-System
* free, GPLv3

HELP: Touch the game control icon on the right top corner for enable/disable the C4A-HELP-Modus.

ChessForAll CCC-Gui is now available on the Android Market.

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Stockfish CCC-Engine for Android

Stockfish CCC-Engine is an Android port of the famous
Stockfish 1.8 chess engine and is running as a remote service.

Please download an CCC-Gui application from the Android Market for playing against this engine. The following applications are using the Stockfish CCC-Engine:

* ChessForAll CCC-Gui

IMPORTANT NOTE:
Only one application can connect to this remote service.
Close this program before starting a CCC-Gui application.

Stockfish CCC-Engine is now available on the Android Market.


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