I am interested in a chess program (preferably freeware) that will allow me to use algebraic notation in order to select my moves and will only display the progress of the game in algebraic notation in order to follow the moves of the computer. This could be considered a form of "blindfolded chess" training, but I haven't yet seen a helpful suggestion for that, except that you should use a program with an algebraic interface, never mind whether there are any particular ones in existence!|||GNU Chess and Crafty both come to mind as excellent free and open source programs that will answer your needs. Note that crafty is very strong, so if you'd like to make it a bit weaker check out this link (http://www.limunltd.com/crafty/crafty-faq.html).
Crafty: http://www.craftychess.com/
GNU Chess: http://www.gnu.org/software/chess/|||sjeng is a freeware chess engine that, when played from a terminal window in Linux, will allow you to enter moves in AN. And you can optionally suppress the board updates, to give you a "blindfold" experience.
The AN used by sjeng is not the usual one, though. You have to enter moves as e2e4 or g1f3, instead of the usual e4 or Nf3.
There are Windows executables available on the download page (the second link below), but I haven't tested them. You'd probably want Sjeng1213.zip or Sjeng112.zip, the versions WITHOUT the interfaces. If you install a graphical interface, you'll probably lose the ability to enter moves in AN, and suppress the board display. Without the graphical interfaces, you'll have to run sjeng.exe from a DOS prompt.
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EDITED TO ADD: Found another program that has a slightly friendlier text interface. It's called Phalanx:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/phalanx/
Again, in Windows you need to run this from a DOS prompt to enter moves in AN. Phalanx allows you to use standard AN for move entry, so e4 or Nf3 will work.
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