Author: Ralf Schäfer
Date: 01:42:54 02/10/06
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On February 09, 2006 at 16:02:22, Tord Romstad wrote: >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 Hi Tord, this number is good comparable to Spike's downloads. Since February 06 there were 1158 downloads of Spike 1.1. Spike 1.0a Mainz was downloaded 3356 times since August 31 2005. I remember that Spike 0.7 was initially < 500 times downloaded, but this raised with the success of the next versions. spike_10a.zip 3356 Aug 31, 2005 spike_10.zip 2708 Aug 16, 2005 spike_09a.zip 2196 Apr 20, 2005 spike_08a.zip 1363 Nov 21, 2004 spike_07.zip 1207 Sep 07, 2004 spike_11.zip 1158 Feb 06, 2006 spike_09.zip 977 Mar 20, 2005 spike_bb_08.zip 784 Nov 21, 2004 Usually the downloads are rising with some success in tournaments like WBEC, CEGT or others, and participating in events like CCT or IPCCC is also better - so how is about Glaurung in CCT8 ;-) It would be nice to see you there! regards Ralf
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