Yahoo Chess

[Toronto11]

Hey everyone,

I like a good game of chess and have as a Windows user used Yahoo Chess, but Linux, specifically Ubuntu 12.04, does not seem to want to load the board on Yahoo Chess. I suspect it is a Java problem, but cannot say for sure. I'm using firefox.

Can anyone offer a solution or suggest a similar forum for chess on Linux?

Thanks as always.

[howefield]

A client like pychess which you can download from the Software Centre and an account at freechess.org maybe ?

Chess is the one reason I maintain a Windows VM, running Fritz to connect to playchess.com.

[goldblattster]

Did you try using Oracle Java?

[NikTh]

used Yahoo Chess, but Linux, specifically Ubuntu 12.04, does not seem to want to load the board on Yahoo Chess. I suspect it is a Java problem, but cannot say for sure. I'm using firefox.

Hi ,

can you give here the link ? Because it seems that Yahoo have lot of Chess Board Games.
I tested 1-2 and worked, but was "Flash Chess" .

If is Flash Chess the game you want to play , see if adobe-flashplayer is installed. I used Firefox too.

Have you installed the restricted-extras package ? (flash player included).

Open a terminal (CTRL+ALT+T) and give this command

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

write your password carefully (because nothing will appear , like you don't write anything) and hit [Enter].
After installation finish , re-load Firefox and try again.
Thanks

[Toronto11]

Thanks for the advice. I looked at java and that wasn't it so I went with the virtual windows option and it looks like it'll work great.

Thanks.

[ImmigrantUS]

For chess on Linux:

1) Free Internet Chess Server - http://www.freechess.org
Register there, download one of the graphical interfaces, or get Raptor chess interface - https://code.google.com/p/raptor-chess-interface, learn how to use it and play;

2) Play on http://www.chess.com, no need to download anything;

3) Many other variations.

Yahoo chess is the last one to go to play chess, not good for any more or less serious play.