Author: Reinhard Scharnagl
Date: 03:37:31 06/28/05
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On June 28, 2005 at 06:26:46, Tord Romstad wrote: >On June 28, 2005 at 02:04:27, Reinhard Scharnagl wrote: > >>I am sorry about the fact, that Smirf's growing abilities are tested nearly by >>nobody. Some feed back could be very helpful. > >Hi Reinhard, > >Yes, I know the problem. Like you, I happen to like chess variants, and I >have written two chess variant programs (for FRC and hexagonal chess). My >experience is the same as yours: Almost nobody are interested in chess >variants. My FRC engine has been available to the public for about one >year, and so far only one (!) user have been provided me with feedback. In >contrast, the equivalent non-FRC engine is extremely popular, and I still >occasionally receive games and comments from users, despite not having >released a new version since last summer. > >The situation for the hexagonal chess program is slightly better, but not >much. It was released a few months ago, and only a handful of users have >contacted me. The sad truth is that the vast majority of users don't care >about anything else than normal chess. > >I think the easiest way for you to get lots of feedback would be to release >a special version of your program without any chess variant support, but >with support for the UCI or xboard protocol. I am sure a lot of people >would be very interested. Tord, probably I will do it, when UCI officially supports Chess960. Reinhard.
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