Chess is a game which has been around for centuries in one form or another. It is considered to be both art and science. While it is a complex game, there are many who say the opening theory is reaching its zenith. One alternative is Fischer Random or 960chess. The rules of Fischer random allow for over 960 starting positions, 959 of which have yet to be explored in much detail. I think that one day in the far future this will replace regular chess as the preferred tournament style of chess.

Bobby Fischer was a profound player who, in my opinion, has yet to be fully fathomed with his deep ideas,strategies and tactics.

Here is a smokin chess Betty as seen in some blogs listed below: Smokin Chess Betty

Botchviniks quick commands

Botchviniks mouse buttons

This set of buttons uses the Babaschess bot to get information on interface usage on the server.

This set of buttons uses the Tschedulebot to get information about tournament times on the server.

This set of buttons uses the relay bot to assist in observing games being relayed to the server.

Download these files to your c:\documents and settings\botchvinik\my documents\babaschess\customCmd.
Of course, don't forget to replace "botchvinik" with your own user name.

Here is the piece set I currently use with Babaschess:



If you want to use this set download each of these bitmaps to a new directory called
c:\program files\babaschess\data\piece\botchvinik4. First make the directory. Next, right click on each piece above and "save image as" to the new directory.Below is a link to an executable zip file that will automatically put the chess pieces in the right spot for you:

Botchvinik4 Chess Pieces

EnschedeNLs Babaschess Plugins
These plugins are for use with Babaschess on the FICS server. If you want to use the above plugins be sure to check the finger notes of EnschedeNL for more information on how to download , install ,use, and most importantly to update correctly.

Here are some themes that smalldreams from FICS has put together for Babaschess