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Chess (Mac OS X)
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Developer: Apple This game has hidden development-related text. |
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Chess is the only game bundled with Mac OS X, aside from the Tile Game found in the Dashboard.
Debug Menu
A debug menu can be enabled by setting the MBC_DEBUG
environmental variable and running the app. This menu is only enabled when the variable is set, so it will not last across new sessions without the variable. An example would be the following being run in a terminal:
MBC_DEBUG=1 /Applications/Chess.app/Contents/MacOS/Chess
Unused Text
There are some interesting developer comments in bug.opn:
/* The various tags: ! best !? interesting = unusual but solid ?! murky - meant for surprise ? plain bad */ /* Various bad first moves - don't play these! */ a2a3? e7e5! a2a4? e7e5! b1a3? e7e5! b1c3? e7e6! /* Now, 1. b3 is an interesting and OK slow move that can be used for surprise. 1. b4 is an interesting wild move planning to put pressure on the long diagonal and hit a N on c6 with b4-b5 */ b2b3!? b2b4?! /* 1. c3 is too committal to be used as surprise weapon, but 1. c4 is better than it looks. 1. d3 has the same problem as 1.c3: it is likely to transpose to some slow reversed system but without giving black any head aches with move orders. */ c2c3? e7e5! c2c4?! e7e5! d2d3? e7e5! /* 1. d4 is a good, calm move which often leads to semi-blocked positions. I'm interested in seeing how well the program can be taught to handle those. */ d2d4= /* 1. e3 can be used as a surprise weapon intending to make a reversed set up or something slow like Ng1-f3 and b2-b3. */ e2e3?! e7e5! /* 1. e4! Best by test! */ /* Queen's fianchetto */ e2e4 b7b6?! d2d4! /* Queen's knight - most likely to transpose */ e2e4 b8c6= /* C-line crap lines */ e2e4 c7c5? b1c3! e2e4 c7c6? d2d4! d7d5 e4d5 c6d5 c1f4 /* The leaf - God I hate this shitty line. */ e2e4 d7d5? /* 1... d6 - transposing to the Wall most likely, but also some independant lines. */ e2e4 d7d6= /* I would expect the program to handle the tactics in the Kamikaze pretty well. */ e2e4 e7e5!? /* On with the main bulk of opening theory. */ e2e4 e7e6! /* The Dog will suit the computer well. */ e2e4 g8f6! /* 1. f3 is simply bad but 1.f4 is a whole lot better than it looks - an interesting surprise weapon maybe. */ f2f3? e7e5! f2f4?! g8f6! /* 1. Nf3 is a good second string first move along with 1. d4. */ g1f3= /* The rest is just crap. */ g1h3? e7e5! g2g3? e7e5! g2g4? e7e5! h2h3? e7e5! h2h4? e7e5! h4h5 d7d5 P@g6 h7g6 h5g6 h8h1 g6f7 e8f7
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