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I was thinking there should be a PC program for analyzing variations. A large diagram in the middle of the screen for the main line with at least 2 (or more) smaller boards on the side for sub lines. No need for an engine. No need for a lot of bells and whistles. You should be able to go from the starting position or be able to set up a position, invert the board, etc.
Anybody know of such an animal ?
Regards…Roger
I’ve never used Aquarium interface, but many have posted (mostly on Rybka forum) that it’s a really good interface for analyzing games.
The winboard/xboard interface is also another good program. You can not open multiple boards, but you can run multiple programs.
If you want to customize your interface, you could write a web browser interface with limited html knowledge. NOTE: M$IEv6 does not want to run any of the following scripts.
apronus.com/chess/wbeditor.php provides lots of interaction.
dhtmlgoodies.com/index.html? … html-chess uses HTML5, which can use the canvas and 3d viewing.
code.google.com/p/pgn4web/wiki/Index?tm=6 is the most complete interface, with good reference.
None of these provides the correct pgn import. They use the long algebric form instead of the correct pgn format.
Lucas Chess is very good for that type of analysis.