w3Chess

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	Very good idea ! posted by MafiaInc @ 83.228.56.252 on Oct 31 2005 11:42 PM
I like it :)
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	w3Chess posted by Anonymous @ 217.162.171.165 on Mar 30 2005 12:53 PM
really a great game, simple but powerful.
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	Fantastic posted by WarBride @ 198.26.123.37 on Mar 11 2004 5:19 AM
The concept of playing chess like this isn’t new, but the method and simplicity of execution is stunning. I love it. It is exactly what is needed and nothing more. A little better documentation would be nice, it took me a bit to get the paths set up right in config.h I had to use absolute paths: #define IMGURLPREFIX "/chess/figures/" #define DATAPATH "/var/www/html/chess/gamedata" #define ADMINPASS "/var/www/html/chess/gamedata/adm.pss" I am running RH9, don’t know if other distros react the same. But other than that, it was surprisingly hassle free to get up and running. I defiantly had to change the default colors though... Thanks, SirTobi, for a fantastic app!
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	chess discovered completely new ;) posted by jstaerk @ 217.234.179.10 on Feb 26 2004 3:50 AM
I have never been playing much chess, but now I do -- I don't have to meet with somebody or wait at his/her moves, whenever I feel like it, I just look at the w3chess-Folder of my mailbox and it's a great feeling to actually win sometimes against human opponents ;) I think this may well be the one-and-only asynchronous multiplayer chess.
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Re: chess discovered completely new ;) posted by inva @ 134.109.132.158 on Sep 13 2004 4:48 PM   The idea isn't really that new. Chess-via-mail is probably a couple of hundred years old. ;-) If you have a PHP-ready web server at hand you could also give Michael Speck's OCC (Online Chess Club) a try. It has the great advantage that there's no need for your co-players to install anything on their machines. They just have to launch their web browser, login to your site and make their moves. I installed it ten months ago and have finished 32 games since then -- that's probably more than in my whole life before.   [Reply]   Re: chess discovered completely new ;) posted by Anonymous @ 81.14.145.86 on Sep 15 2004 12:44 PM   But thats the same with w3Chess. And w3Chess don't need expensive WebServers with PHP enabled. Less ressources, playable with every Browser, no extra Installation of any Tools. Thats w3Chess. Easy, simple, good....   [Reply]   Re: chess discovered completely new ;) posted by inva @ 134.109.132.159 on Sep 15 2004 2:08 PM   Looks like I misunderstood the concept of this project, I thought every participating player had to install the client on his own machine. Well, I finally gave it a try (it's good style to know what you're talking about before criticizing something ;-) ) and it seems a bit overcomplicated to me. What's all that business about sending mails whenever you or one of your opponents make a move? Why does every game has its own URL? And why do you need a new password for each move to make?   [Reply]   Re: chess discovered completely new ;) posted by Anonymous @ 217.110.169.122 on Sep 17 2004 12:30 AM   Thats the basic concept. Make your move and wait until your opponent does his one. The mail with your move is just have it in your mailbox to think about it. The mail with your opponents move prevents you from looking all the time if he has finished. If you like, you can deactivate the mails. The password... well... I am a little bit paranoid. Only *you* should be able to make your move. The password changes every time, cause it has been sent via mail, an unsafe medium. But you can also set a fix password. And the URL is for lazy users. They only have to click the URL in their mail readers and are able to finish the move. It's all part of the concept, you can like it, or hate it. There's no big engine behind, with databases, logins and the whole fat administrative backend. It is only written for playing chess with friends in an easy way. Clean, fast, functional.... The good old KISS-concept.   [Reply]   Re: chess discovered completely new ;) posted by inva @ 134.109.132.159 on Sep 17 2004 6:52 PM   Of course only you should be able to make moves in your own game, and of course a password is required to make sure. I just don't see why it has to be a per-game or even per-move password. In OCC each user has his own nick/password and when you log in you get a list of all your open games. There isn't much of a database behind that, just a textfile that lists all users and an accounts.php for the passwords. I don't know if anything similar is possible with just plain cgi, though.   [Reply]   Re: chess discovered completely new ;) posted by Anonymous @ 203.214.110.154 on Jul 27 2006 4:36 AM   CGI == Common Gateway Interface. Almost any programming language can sit behind it, therefore most things are "possible".   [Reply]

	Exactly what the doctor ordered... posted by WarBride @ 66.112.67.172 on Aug 26 2003 9:29 AM
I have been looking for a app like this for a while. Well written and fast. The perfect way to play chess with someone without dealing with bloated code and bad "features". Thanks!
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	Pretty nice posted by Anonymous @ 68.76.83.77 on Aug 21 2003 6:29 PM
I have it running on my server. Except for some problems with the tar it appears to work well. If you can't get it to untar try this: tar xfvP archive.tgz I'd give it 4/5, only because the author appears to be a C biggot and has issues with tar. :)
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Re: Pretty nice posted by Anonymous @ 62.104.223.66 on Aug 22 2003 4:29 AM   Oh sorry..... Just fixed the package !   [Reply]