Chess for Kids (and dummies like dads)

[José de Paula]

On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 14:42:11 -0500, Damon Butler <damon at hddesign.com> wrote:
> > well damon,
> >
> > i haven't at all tinkered with gnuchess, so i'm sorry that i cannot help
> > you.  i can, however, suggest one alternative, which may or may not be
> > to your liking...
> >
> > since trying the 'game of go' (aka [p,b]aduk, wei-chi), i've entirely lost
> > all interest in the game of chess.
> 
> Oh, I'm already all over that go game. ;-) Thanks.
> 

May I suggest Phalanx, found in the ports tree? It is an excellent
chess program, works wonderfully with xboard, and 'phalanx -e 100' is
very likely to meet your needs for a weak chess engine.
HTH.