ICC Dasher 1.2.3.0 is a program for connecting and playing on the Internet Chess Club.
If you want to play online, you will need to obtain a name and password by registering free in the ICC site. The program offers a link to do that. They will give you a seven days membership. You will need to pay if you want to extend it later.
The program has a chess engine for off-line play and examine-mode analysis. It has a settings dialog allowing to customize it.
You can chat with the other players while you´re playing. You will have a Channel list, where you can choose where to play.
You will be able to see a window with the profile of your opponent.
The program allows you to play in the timed mode, flip board, use the built-in analyzer and so on.
When playing online, you can challenge a known opponent.
On a game, you can chat, offer a draw, resign, toggle the Computer Analysis window or on off, request an adjudication or report an abuse.
The program can be also be used offline, playing against other players or the computer.
v1.5 [Nov 2, 2010]
New in 1.5:
- Fixed crash on saving the configuration options. This issue was introduced in Dasher 1.5.2 and happened in many situations related to the Settings dialog.
- The configuration option enabling the acceptance of challenges from users with provisional rating does not randomly reset itself any more.
- Fixed incorrect checkmate sound announcement on certain check moves.
- Commands sent by the helpers to channel chat are converted to clickable links even if the command inside the double quotes is started with an otherwise redundant slash character, like: "/finger Someone"
- Delivering the Stockfish engine as well as Crafty with Dasher. The default engine is now Stockfish, but Crafty remains configured on upgrades.
- Added configuration option to show/hide the country flags on the score sheet. It is to accommodate users who found the new colored flags disturbing while playing games.
