Raptor is a cross platform chess interface and pgn viewer for the Free Internet Chess Server.
Latest Stable Version: Raptor .98u3f5
(Installation Guide) (Change Log)
- Mac OS X 10.5+ (64 bit)
- Mac OS X 10.5+ (32 bit)
- Mac OS X 10.4
- Windows Vista/7 32 bit JVM (Installer)
- Windows Vista/7 64 bit JVM (Installer)
- Linux 32 bit
- Linux 64 bit
- Linux Deb package (works on both i386 and amd64)
- The packages for .98u3f4 have been uploaded. This version contains a massive amount of bugfixes.
- .98u2 has been released. Performance improvements as usual (you may even notice it), major bug fixes and a couple of experimental alpha features.
- .98u1 has been released. Startup time is greatly improved, also added a nice language choosing dialog during first startup. Additionally now you can download reduced Raptor packages/installers, they contain only 5 classic piece sets, but their size is about 15 mb compared to about 40 mb of a normal package (temporary removed due to a bug in those packages). See the downloads section.
- Windows 64 bit installer of Raptor .98 is available
- .98 has been released. View the ChangeLog for the additions/bug fixes.
- HALgooo has began translating Raptor into Italian.
- We are working on internationalization. If you would like to be a translator, contact Bodia on FICS.
- Screen Shots and Videos
- Features
- Statistics
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Raptor Users Guide
- FICS Users guide
- "=tells CDay" Will list all of the tells sent to you by CDay since you were logged in. (Also works with channels)
- Right clicking o a chess board brings up a tab for the game with all kibs and whispers.
- Double clicking on a tab header maximizes it. Double clicking again restores it.
- File -> Open PGN file will open a pgn file containing all of the variants ficsgames.com supports.
- "clear censor" will clear all of the handles in your FICS censor list.
- "fen" will dump FENs for all the open chess boards.
- "cls" will clear a chat console.
- Previous useful tips: UsefulTips.