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Subject: Re: Spike 1.0a mainz

Author: Graham Banks

Date: 01:24:35 10/05/05

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On October 04, 2005 at 04:52:55, Volker Böhm wrote:

>Hi Enam,
>
>Spike has been tested with Shredder-GUI, Fritz-GUI, Arena and Winboard-GUI. It
>supports the UCI-Protocol (you need it for Shredder and Fritz) and the
>Winboard-Protocol (you need it for Winboard-GUI). Arena does support both
>Protocolls thus you can select Winboard and UCI.
>
>Spike has an agressive playing style. It gets good raitings in engine vs. engine
>matches.  Look at the CEGT raiting list to get a good information about it´s
>relative strength to other engines.
>
>And yes, Spike has some weaknesses - there is room for improvements. But I don´t
>think that Spike has a general weakness in endgames, perhaps in some endgame
>positions.
>
>Greetings Volker


I'd just like to say that this engine has the potential to be number one.
Keep up the good work Volker and I look forward to the next version!   :-)
Keep your eye on this:
http://www.volker-pittlik.name/wbforum/viewtopic.php?t=3521

Regards, Graham.



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