Author: Russell Reagan
Date: 01:35:12 04/24/04
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On April 23, 2004 at 10:22:19, Eric Oldre wrote: >Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone knew of a list of >engines written in C#, vb.net, or java. > >I know that SharpChess and Fafis were written on .NET. I was wondering if there >were any others out there. > >The reason I'm asking is that my engine (murderhole) is written in VB.net, and >i'm trying to compare it to other engines with similar disadvantages in raw >execution speed. > >I just keep raising the bar for myself. Originally i just wanted to write >something that was a challenging opponent for myself. Then I wanted to not take >last place in Oliver Deville's Chesswar tournament. Now, I'd like to rival >whatever other engines are out there in .net or java. Hopefully I'll be able to >reach that goal and set the bar higher once more. > >The strongest engine i'm aware of in .net is fafis. Getting to equal strength >will be a challenge for me. But knowing that it is written on .NET eliminates >some of the mental excuses i make for myself when competing against engines >written in C or other languages that compile to pure native code. > > >Thanks Everyone, >Eric Oldre I have been experimenting with C# recently, and so far I really like it. I have also been interested to learn how well a chess program written in C# would perform compared to the natively compiled C/C++ chess program. So far I have not been able to find any chess programs written in C# that were able to satisfy my level of desired performance. The ones I have found loop over the whole board or other inefficient things like that. So I've come to the realization that if I want to know if a C# chess program can be almost as fast as natively compiled C/C++ chess programs, I'm going to have to write one myself. So that is what I'm doing currently. It will probably take a while, since I'm just doing it in my spare time on top of other hobby projects, and because I'm still learning C#, but whenever I finish it I'll probably put up a webpage with a performance comparison between the C++ and C# chess engines with the source code.
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