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Subject: Re: My first chess program ;-)

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 17:05:06 05/08/02

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On May 08, 2002 at 20:03:16, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On May 08, 2002 at 19:43:11, Pham Minh Tri wrote:
>[snip]
>>The first rival of my program is TSCP. I think TSCP is one of the weakest open
>>source codes so it is very suitable for beginner's engines.
>
>Actually, while very compact, it isn't terribly weak.  When you can beat TSCP,
>you have a fairly strong engine.
>
>For at least some versions, all of these are probably weaker than TSCP:
>
>31337
>Aldebaran
>Blikskottel
>DChess
>EnginMax
>Golem01
>LarsenVB {Open Source}
>LordKing
>MFChess {Open Source, Also rather buggy}
>Mint
>Monik
>MSCP {Open Source}
>Mustang
>NeroWB {Open Source}
>Noonian
>Ozwald
>Raffaela
>SnailSCP
>Storm
>Tamerlane {Open Source}

Actually, this one isn't open source.  I was thinking of Tikov (even weaker and
also open source)

>Zephyr
>
>Here are some really weak ones:
>ChadChess {Strongest of this bunch, but still a pushover.  You will beat it as a
>human with ease}
>Pyotr {Open Source -- Java.  Probably the world's weakest Winboard program}
>LaMoSca {Open Source -- another contender for weakest, but loses on time a lot}
>Sachy {Open Source -- could be weakest}
>KACE {Open Source.  Very weak and also rather buggy...}
>
>Recommended sparring partner is Golem.  It isn't very strong and yet it is
>stable and does not do stupid things like emit illegal moves or lose on time for
>no apparent reason.



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