Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 17:51:17 05/30/02
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On May 30, 2002 at 20:26:00, Mike Byrne wrote: >Please list the 10 best Free Winboard Chess Engines that YOU think are the best >- they should have: > >Playing strength (Please Estimate ELO Rating) At Blitz? At G/60? At 40/2? How many games before you trust the figure? >Full implementation of Winboard commands Protocol II? I doubt if any program has 100% compliance. >Bug free You have just eliminated every chess program on the planet. >EGTB This is irrelevant. >Opening book All the strong programs have this. >Mutilple time settings All mature programs have this >Good Documentation For sure, this eliminates nearly every chess program except the commercial ones. Probably, crafty has the best non-commercial documentation. Many chess engines have little or none. >This is a survey - there are so many engines now - I would like try some of the >best - but I don't which ones - besides Crafty. > >Also, if you know of Commercial (Winboard) chess engines please list those with >price and where they can be purchased. > >Thankyou, > >Mike Byrne > >PS I had some problem with Crafty Vs Chess Tiger - I think it was user error on >my part - the games have resumed - an updae will be posted later tonight. > >Also - who else uses Chess Partner 5.1 Interface - very slick - I like it. All of these are strong and reliable: Amy[*] Amyan[*] AnMon[*] Ant Arasanx[*] Bringer[*] Comet[*] Crafty[*] ExChess[*] FranMAD[*] GLC[*] Gromit[*] Knightx Little Goliath[*] Nejmet[*] Pepito[*] Phalanx[*] Pharaon[*] Quark[*] Sjeng[*] Tao/Yin[*] TCBishop[*] WildCat Yace[*] [*] I have greater affinity for those marked with an Asterisk. Not sure why -- probably just personality. Look at it this way -- Most Winboard engines are free. Download them all and try them as you find the time. Here is what I have installed (a couple of these are not Winboard engines but almost all of them are): <31337> <ai> <aldebaran> <Amy> <Amyan> <AnMon> <Ant> <Arasan> <Aristarch> <arma2131> <armageddon> <asterisk> <Averno> <awesome> <ax01> <babychess> <baron> <beowulf> <bestia> <betsy> <biglion> <blikskottel> <BremboCE> <Bringer> <bugchess> <butcher> <chadschess> <Chess-Rikus> <chesscraft> <Chessterfield> <chezzz> <Cilian> <ColChess> <Comet> <cpp1> <Crafty> <crux> <damas> <DChess> <deepbrew> <DeepTrouble> <delfi> <drago> <Dragon> <Dragon4> <dragosrc> <DrChess> <duke> <embracer> <EnginMax> <esc> <EXchess> <Faile> <Fortress> <Francesca> <Frenzee> <Freyr> <Gargamella> <Gaviota> <genesis> <gerbil> <ghost> <glc> <GnuChess4> <GnuChess5> <goldbar> <golem01> <greko> <grizzly> <Gromit2> <Gromit3> <Gully2> <hagrid> <Holmes> <Horizon> <InmiChess> <Javachess> <jester> <kace> <knightcap> <KnightD3> <Knightx> <kok> <ladygambit> <LambChop> <LaMoSca> <LarsenVB> <LDBlanche> <Leila> <LGoliath> <lightning> <list> <lordking> <MFChess> <mint> <Monarch> <Monik> <monsoon> <Morphy> <movei> <mscp> <Muriel> <mustang> <N5SOURCE> <Nalimov> <nejmet> <nero> <NewRival> <Noonian> <OliThink> <ozwald> <pentagon> <pepito> <Phalanx> <pharaon> <Pierre> <PolarChess> <PreChess> <prince> <pyotr> <quark> <queen> <Raffaela> <Replicant> <requiem> <resp> <sachy> <scacchic> <scp> <sdbc> <siboney> <Sjeng> <Skaki> <smallpotato> <SmarThink> <smocfi> <SnailChess> <SOS> <sos2> <Squash> <SSEChess> <StAndersen> <storm> <szachy> <tamerlane> <tao> <TCBishop> <terra> <terra-beta> <tikov> <torqchess> <tourney015> <trex> <Tristram> <TSCP> <Ufim> <wildcat> <Wilhelm> <WinCraft> <wssev203> <yace> <yawce> <ZChess> <zephyr> Quite frankly, *all* of them are must-haves.
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