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

Author: Alessandro Scotti

Date: 13:36:25 02/09/06

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On February 09, 2006 at 16:02:22, Tord Romstad wrote:

>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?

Hi Tord,
those are amazing numbers. I don't keep statistics on my site but I would be
very surprised if Kiwi was downloaded more than 50-60 times per version.
Unfortunately I can't do much for its Elo, but in order to match your figures
I'm now planning to bundle some playmate's g-rated pictures in the next
version... oh, and a cooking book as well!



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