Chess (again)

[Timothy Murphy]

Many years ago I used to play gnuchess
which used to give a hint (IIRC) of the best next move,
if requested.

As far as I can see no hint is offered in gnuchess today.

I was surprised to see that the gnu.chess newsgroup
does not appear to have had any posting for over a year.
Is gnuchess effectively dead?
If so, is there a reasonably good alternative, offering hints?