Frequently Asked Questions

General

  1. What is chessweb?

The chessweb server

  1. What is the chessweb server?
  2. What do I need to run the chessweb server?
  3. How do I install the chessweb server?

The chessweb client

  1. What is the chessweb client?
  2. What do I need to run the chessweb client?

General

General
What is chessweb?
chessweb is an online chess gaming system. It allows two human opponents to come together and play a game of chess.

The chessweb server

The chessweb server
What is the chessweb server?
The chessweb server is a J2EE web application which runs the actual chess game.
What do I need to run the chessweb server?
The chessweb server runs in any J2EE application server supporting the servlet 2.4 specification. At the time of writing, the chessweb server has only be tested on Tomcat v5.5.
How do I install the chessweb server?
Download the latest distribution from here. Next copy the chessweb.war file into Tomcat's webapps directory. Make sure Tomcat is running and that should be it. For details of installing Tomcat, please refer to the Tomcat documentation.

The chessweb client

The chessweb client
What is the chessweb client?
The chessweb client is the rendered DHTML client that allows the player to play the game.
What do I need to run the chessweb client?
Any recent web browser supporting CSS and DHTML should work with the chessweb client. It has been tested on Internet Explorer 6 and Firefox 1.0.6.