To turn on the 3D chessboard in glChess, now include in gnome-games 2.8, do the following:

1. Install 3D drivers for your video card if you have not already. It may work without these drivers on some cards.
2. Install dependences
   sudo apt-get install python2.4 python-imaging python2.4-opengl libgtkglext1
3. Download python-gtkglext1
   wget -c http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/glchess/python-gtkglext1_1.1.0-2feisty_i386.deb
4. Install python-gtkglext1
   sudo dpkg -i python-gtkglext1_1.1.0-2feisty_i386.deb
5. Launch Applications –> Games –> Chess
6. Go to View menu and select 3D

For an extra challenge, install the crafty engine
sudo apt-get install crafty

For more information, visit: http://glchess.sourceforge.net/

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