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Subject: Re: A plea to all computer chess enthusiasts (absurdly long)

Author: Tord Romstad

Date: 13:02:22 02/09/06

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On February 08, 2006 at 20:24:43, Dann Corbit wrote:

>I like engines of all strengths.
>
>I play against Rybka and take my beating.
>
>I play against mid engines and hope for better.
>
>I play against Golem or ChadsChess and take my revenge for my previous beatings.
>
>There is something to say for every chess engine.  Chess engines that play like
>patzers can be among the most interesting.  I get a kick out of it when they
>blunder (sometimes, they don't know about e.p. capture or underpromotions or
>whatever and don't see your move coming).  And we need a fresh supply of new
>weak ones for a large number of reasons.

I agree with you on all points, of course.  And it is no exaggeration to say
that
you have helped a bigger number of chess programmers at all levels than almost
anyone else.

>I imagine that the enthusiasm for chess engines of all types is still strong.

I hope you are right, and that my fears are unfounded.

>I guess that if you check download statistics, you will find that damas and
>thinker get about the same number of pulls.

It would be interesting to see some numbers.  Based on how often it is
mentioned here and on other forums, I would guess that Glaurung is
among the more popular free engines.  So far, my ISP has registered
1316 downloads of the Windows binary of Glaurung 1.0.2, and 417
downloads of the source code.  This version was released on
January 29, 2006.

How do these numbers compare to those of other engines?

Tord



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