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==LaTeX Diagram Style==

Diagram is a style file for [[LaTeX]] for typesetting chess diagrams.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}} The style was originally created by Thomas Brand and further developed by Stefan Hoening, both based on ideas of a [[TeX]] package from Elmar Bartel. The style is used to produce the German problem chess magazine [[Die Schwalbe]].

==Popeye==

Popeye is chess problem-solving software. Popeye runs from a [[command-line interface]], but it can be used with several operating systems and can be connected to several existing graphical interfaces since it comes with freely available source code in the [[C (programming language)|C programming language]]. Popeye is one of the most exhaustive solving programs.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}} It can solve problems with many fairy pieces and conditions, and can output to [[LaTeX]]. The original author of Popeye was Philippe Schnoebelen who wrote it in [[Pascal (programming language)|Pascal]] under [[MS-DOS]] around 1983-84. The code was later donated in the spirit of the [[free software]] movement. Elmar Bartel, Norbert Geissler, Thomas Maeder, Torsten Linss, Stefan Hoening, Stefan Brunzen, Harald Denker, Thomas Bark and Stephen Emmerson, converted Popeye to C, and now maintain the program.

A good graphic interface "AP WIN" a freeware, for using with Windows XP or Windows 7 has since been developed by Paul H. Wiereyn .<ref>http://alybadix.viuhka.fi/apwin/apwin.htm</ref> Using this one can create diagrams and use Popeye for solving problems directly from the diagram.

==Chloe and Winchloe==

Chloe (DOS) and Winchloe (proprietary software) are solving programs written by Christian Poisson.<ref>http://www.strategems.org/beginners/software/WinChloe/WinChloe.htm</ref>{{dead link|date=July 2017}} Winchloe not only supports classical problems&nbsp;&nbsp;— direct mates, helpmates and selfmates&nbsp;&nbsp;— but also many fairy pieces and conditions with different sized chessboards (up to 250 by 250 squares). It comes with a collection of more than 300,000 problems that can be updated via the Internet.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}} Christian Poisson also maintains the Web site Problemesis.

==Natch and iNatch==

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==Problemist(e)==

Problemist is a shareware program written by Matthieu Leschamelle for Windows and Windows Mobile.<ref name="enpassant.dk"/> Problemist solves direct mates, helpmates, selfmates and [[reflexmate]]s. It can rotate positions, print diagrams and much more. With Problemist come two TrueType chess fonts, and from its web page youone can download more than 100,000 problems. Problemist is the first chess problems exchange format.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}

==See also==