14 DAY TRIAL // The GNOME Chess app of the GNOME desktop environment has also been updated as part of the GNOME 3.16 Beta 1 release, which was announced by Matthias Clasen this past weekend. GNOME Chess (formerly glChess) is a software that lets users play the game of chess under GNOME and other open-source desktop environments.
The highlight of this release is support for Bronstein and Fischer clocks, thanks to Sahil Sareen, as reviewed by Michael Catanzaro. The first Beta of the forthcoming GNOME Chess 3.16 application adds the ability to copy the PGN (Portable Game Notation) specification to the repository, thanks to Michael Catanzaro.
Additionally, Sahil Sareen has improved the precision of the chess-clock component in GNOME Chess 3.16 Beta 1, a development release that saw various code improvements and updated translations. You can download GNOME Chess 3.16 Beta 1 right now via Softpedia, while keeping in mind that it’s an unstable version that shouldn’t be installed on production systems.
As expected, the GNOME Chess 3.16 app will be distributed as part of the upcoming GNOME 3.16 graphical environment, due for release in one month, on March 25, 2015. You can read more about GNOME Chess in our mini review or on the product’s website. Also, visit the raw changelog for details on this Beta release.