This is YChess version 1.09.
See 'chess.txt' for licence agreement and usage.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
===================

 YChess requires a 386 processor, or higher, as well as a VGA or SVGA
graphics card.

COPYRIGHT NOTICE
================

 YChess 1.09 is copyright (C) 1995 Roman Antonczyk. All rights are reserved,
with the only exception that YChess 1.09 may be copied and distributed by 
anyone if (and only if) the archive is kept together and no fee is involved.

POSTCARD-WARE
=============
If you use this program, please send me a postcard:

Roman Antonczyk
Erzh.-Karl-Str. 39/2/73
1220 Wien
Austria
Europe

DISCLAIMER
==========
 
 YChess 1.09 comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. No author or distributor
accepts responsibility to anyone for the consequences of using it.


STARTUP / INSTALL
=================

The archive contains the following files:

BOOK     CBK        52,174  05-16-96 11:43p
CHESS    EXE       129,448  08-09-96 11:28a
CHESS    TXT        20,410  08-07-96  7:17p
README   TXT         2,726  08-09-96 11:30a

The directory from which 'chess' is started should contain the files
 'chess.exe' and 'book.cbk'. Upon termination of the program, the file
'chess.sav' will be created in this directory. This file saves the state of
the program on exit. When the program is restarted, the previous
settings will be restored from this file (Including any game you were
playing).

 IF YOU ARE INSTALLING OVER A PREVIOUS RELEASE OF YCHESS, THEN YOU SHOULD
DELETE THE FILE "CHESS.SAV" CREATED BY THE PREVIOUS RELEASE!


COMMENTS / SUGGESTION
=====================
Please email to e8925162@stud1.tuwien.ac.at
Subject: YChess

WWW home page of YChess is:
http://stud1.tuwien.ac.at/~e8925162/ychess.html

Roman Antonczyk
Erzh.-Karl-Str. 39/2/73
1220 Wien
Austria
Europe



 WHAT'S NEW
============

Read this section if you have used YChess1.08

 * The board and piece colours are now adjustable
 * Included command line options. This allows using a smaller hash-table
   when there's little memory left under DOS.
 * Included recapture search extensions. Modified passed pawn search
   extensions. This release should play stronger than the previous one.
 * The animation speed can now be adjusted using a slider
   (not terribly useful).
 * A minor change was made to the time-control.


BUG FIXES
=========
 -> Corrected an error in the "Draw" Algorithm. YChess1.08 played into
    draws for positions which should have been one.

 -> Corrected an error involving PxPep move generation at the root.

 -> Corrected an error which caused the program to hang when taking back
    moves involving a PxPep capture.