Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 17:55:06 05/30/02
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On May 30, 2002 at 20:39:14, pavel wrote:
>On May 30, 2002 at 20:26:00, Mike Byrne wrote:
>
>>Please list the 10 best Free Winboard Chess Engines that YOU think are the best
>>- they should have:
>>
>>Playing strength (Please Estimate ELO Rating)
>>Full implementation of Winboard commands
>>Bug free
>>EGTB
>>Opening book
>>Mutilple time settings
>>Good Documentation
>
>IMO: Ten Best (I think) "Free" winboard engines.
>
>(in no perticular order, because it is hard to say for sure or even to estimate,
>who is better than whom)
>
>Crafty
>Yace
>Anmon
>SoS
>Bringer
>Comet
>Phalanx
>Little Goliath
>Gromit
>Phraon
>
>If I had more choices, I would add, Amy, Sjeng, BeoWulf and Delfi, only because
>they have some kind of uniqueness in themself
>
>
>>
>>This is a survey - there are so many engines now - I would like try some of the
>>best - but I don't which ones - besides Crafty.
>
>The Best beside Crafty, would "without doubt" be YACE.
Gauntlet data (relatively long time control games, minimum 12 games completed):
Program Elo + - Games Score Av.Op. Draws
1 LG2000V3 : 2589 97 197 31 77.4 % 2375 6.5 %
2 Yace 0.99.50 : 2587 31 104 188 86.2 % 2269 12.8 %
3 MAD-005 : 2583 37 110 145 83.1 % 2306 10.3 %
4 Crafty-18.10 : 2580 102 138 29 75.9 % 2381 27.6 %
5 Comet-B37 : 2554 103 129 31 71.0 % 2399 25.8 %
6 TCBishop-4601 : 2543 103 165 30 73.3 % 2367 13.3 %
7 Gromit3 : 2528 99 100 36 66.7 % 2407 33.3 %
8 Nejmet-260 : 2526 109 163 28 71.4 % 2367 14.3 %
9 Phalanx-xxii : 2524 105 160 31 69.4 % 2382 9.7 %
10 AnMon-509 : 2519 33 83 195 81.0 % 2267 14.4 %
11 Amy-07 : 2507 36 106 157 82.5 % 2238 9.6 %
12 TCBishop-0045 : 2503 112 130 29 67.2 % 2378 24.1 %
13 AnMon-510 : 2496 37 99 152 81.6 % 2238 11.8 %
14 ZChess-222 : 2492 31 75 230 78.9 % 2263 12.6 %
15 GLC-213 : 2470 112 120 33 60.6 % 2395 18.2 %
16 ZChess-120 : 2453 35 70 194 74.7 % 2264 14.4 %
17 Gromit2 : 2434 125 81 32 53.1 % 2412 43.8 %
18 Pepito-121 : 2432 126 117 28 58.9 % 2370 25.0 %
19 Ant-606 : 2429 110 110 37 56.8 % 2382 16.2 %
20 FranWB-090 : 2427 36 63 202 71.5 % 2267 15.3 %
21 Quark-146a : 2420 128 137 27 59.3 % 2355 14.8 %
22 WildCat-257 : 2418 45 72 135 71.5 % 2258 18.5 %
23 ExChess-402 : 2416 123 105 33 53.0 % 2395 21.2 %
24 VCTAO44 : 2412 131 134 28 55.4 % 2375 10.7 %
25 Knightx-154 : 2408 114 114 35 50.0 % 2408 14.3 %
26 Yace-020 : 2408 38 63 192 69.5 % 2265 14.1 %
27 FRANWB-081 : 2383 38 59 208 66.8 % 2262 11.5 %
28 Amyan-1423 : 2351 40 52 211 62.6 % 2262 13.3 %
29 ExChess-311 : 2350 147 126 29 43.1 % 2398 3.4 %
30 Bringer-18 : 2343 112 119 30 40.0 % 2413 26.7 %
31 chezzz-088 : 2339 131 118 32 42.2 % 2394 9.4 %
32 Sjeng10cct : 2335 123 125 31 45.2 % 2369 12.9 %
33 Arasanx-54 : 2329 115 116 33 42.4 % 2382 18.2 %
34 InmiChess3 : 2327 136 116 29 36.2 % 2426 17.2 %
35 Ant-416 : 2322 116 112 34 41.2 % 2384 17.6 %
36 GNUChess-414 : 2313 137 113 32 39.1 % 2390 9.4 %
37 Ghost-13 : 2306 127 113 32 39.1 % 2383 15.6 %
38 Gully213p16 : 2299 140 103 35 35.7 % 2402 8.6 %
39 Dragon-311 : 2294 128 114 30 36.7 % 2389 20.0 %
40 Gaviota-022 : 2285 125 112 30 35.0 % 2392 23.3 %
41 GNU Chess v5.02 : 2283 137 112 30 35.0 % 2390 16.7 %
42 LDBlanche-20c : 2282 125 108 33 36.4 % 2379 18.2 %
43 Fortress-162 : 2271 49 40 204 50.2 % 2269 21.1 %
44 Ufim143 : 2254 128 116 28 33.9 % 2370 25.0 %
45 OliThink-305c : 2254 177 110 30 33.3 % 2375 0.0 %
46 kke-196 : 2251 150 111 28 30.4 % 2396 17.9 %
47 Betsy-526 : 2247 161 102 32 29.7 % 2397 9.4 %
48 Bestia-07 : 2244 150 101 33 30.3 % 2389 12.1 %
49 WBQueen-214 : 2231 155 110 29 31.0 % 2370 13.8 %
50 Gerbil-01 : 2231 153 93 36 27.8 % 2397 11.1 %
51 Sjeng73 : 2231 171 106 30 30.0 % 2378 6.7 %
52 Faile-14 : 2221 47 45 200 43.8 % 2265 15.5 %
53 Amyan-111 : 2220 47 41 223 41.7 % 2278 13.5 %
54 Averno-32 : 2220 178 96 34 27.9 % 2384 2.9 %
55 Cilian-413 : 2217 139 101 31 27.4 % 2386 22.6 %
56 SSEchess-202 : 2213 167 108 29 29.3 % 2366 10.3 %
57 SSEchess-2045 : 2198 149 103 30 26.7 % 2374 20.0 %
58 Grizzly-125 : 2174 202 85 36 19.4 % 2421 5.6 %
59 Morphy-322 : 2156 181 89 34 20.6 % 2391 11.8 %
60 TSCP-152 : 2152 205 100 28 19.6 % 2397 10.7 %
61 DrChess-20 : 2138 192 89 33 18.2 % 2400 12.1 %
62 TSCP-172 : 2130 203 103 27 20.4 % 2367 11.1 %
63 Chessterfield-15a: 2121 238 88 33 16.7 % 2400 3.0 %
64 Noonian-30 : 2108 207 95 30 18.3 % 2368 10.0 %
65 Beowulf-16b : 2104 174 96 29 17.2 % 2377 20.7 %
66 Esc-028 : 2103 231 91 31 16.1 % 2390 6.5 %
67 Freyr-1067 : 2090 268 81 36 13.9 % 2407 0.0 %
68 Aldebaran-070 : 2090 72 35 194 25.8 % 2273 12.4 %
69 DChess-102 : 2050 287 91 29 12.1 % 2395 3.4 %
70 Delfi 1.02 : 2039 287 91 29 12.1 % 2384 3.4 %
71 31337-30 : 2037 93 33 197 19.5 % 2283 7.6 %
72 LarsenVB-407 : 2021 333 95 27 11.1 % 2382 0.0 %
73 LordKing-29D : 1987 273 83 32 7.8 % 2416 9.4 %
74 Mint v2.3 : 1969 285 82 33 9.1 % 2369 6.1 %
75 Storm-006 : 1960 326 91 28 8.9 % 2363 3.6 %
76 LordKing-29 : 1944 220 81 33 7.6 % 2379 15.2 %
77 MSCP-011 : 1891 384 86 29 5.2 % 2397 3.4 %
78 LarsenVB-313 : 1855 390 71 33 4.5 % 2384 3.0 %
79 Mustang-172 : 1805 0 0 29 0.0 % 2405 0.0 %
80 Blikskottel-05 : 1803 348 0 35 2.9 % 2403 5.7 %
81 ChadChess-015 : 1799 0 0 31 0.0 % 2399 0.0 %
82 Ozwald-043 : 1787 509 15 30 3.3 % 2372 0.0 %
83 Golem01 : 1784 0 0 31 0.0 % 2384 0.0 %
84 Raffaela-005 : 1781 0 0 27 0.0 % 2381 0.0 %
85 EnginMax-260 : 1780 355 0 30 1.7 % 2380 3.3 %
86 NeroWB-5 : 1775 0 0 30 0.0 % 2375 0.0 %
87 Tamerlane-01 : 1774 0 0 30 0.0 % 2374 0.0 %
88 Noonian-29 : 1756 359 0 29 1.7 % 2356 3.4 %
>>Also, if you know of Commercial (Winboard) chess engines please list those with
>>price and where they can be purchased.
>
>I dont know if "Zarkov" as a winboard engine can be purchased.
>But you can buy Gandalf, and it is also possible to use Chessmaster8000 under
>winboard as a winboard engine, in a weird-complicated way.
>
>>
>>Thankyou,
>>
>>Mike Byrne
>>
>>PS I had some problem with Crafty Vs Chess Tiger - I think it was user error on
>>my part - the games have resumed - an updae will be posted later tonight.
>>
>>Also - who else uses Chess Partner 5.1 Interface - very slick - I like it.
>
>
>I use it, and I like it.
>Some complains with this program is that, its book building is seriously slow,
>and database is very simple. I like it because I am bored of Chessbase GUI.
>
>
>cheers,
>pavs ;)
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