Crafty Chess interface version 4.0c

Crafty Chess is a freeware and open-source Graphical User Interface for Crafty - a GM level computer chess program by Dr. Robert M. Hyatt. Crafty Chess requires Microsoft Windows operating system, but can also function on a Windows emulator or Windows compatibility layer software, such as Wine. Read the included documentation for more information…

Download the binaries here: crafty_chess_4.0c.zip (1.21 Mb)
This does not include computer opening book, you can get it from Dr. Hyatt's ftp site.
The binary "book.bin" must be placed in the root directory of the binaries.
(files "bookc.bin" and "books.bin" are not supported by this version of GUI)

The source code is also available here: crafty_chess_4.0c.src.zip (569 Kb)

Some alternative board/piece sets are now available: new_chess_sets.htm

If starting 'crafty.exe' gives error about missing file 'msvbvm60.dll', then you probably don't have "VB6 Run-Time Library" installed on you system, you can get ir here: VB6.0-KB290887-X86.exe (1Mb)
If for some reason the installation won't work for you, then you can get the required files here: vb6.runtime.zip (1.14Mb, just extract the files in the main directory of the binaries).

If you receive run-time error '339' (Component ... or one of its dependencies not correctly registered: a file is missing or invalid), then read the Frequently Asked Questions section of the help files...

e-mail: walters@sveiks.lv
Last update: August 10, 2009