Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 21:59:29 11/03/05
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On November 04, 2005 at 00:47:36, Dann Corbit wrote: >On November 04, 2005 at 00:32:04, Horst Biewald wrote: > >>Good day Gentleman, my question concerns the loading of a particular engine, >>what exactly comes with it when you load an engine into a particular GUI? > >There are many different types of chess engines. The general categories are by >the following types: > >1. Winboard/Xboard (Most common, most are free -- a few professional versions) Go here: http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/ And choose "Engine Info" to find out more. There is a drop-down to the left that says "Info pages:" for each of the engines. >2. UCI (Second most common, most are free -- many professional versions) Go here: http://www.uciengines.de/UCI-Engines/uci-engines.html for a UCI engine list. >3. ChessBase (Many professional engines use this format) Here are some ChessBase engines: http://www.chessbase.com/shop/index.asp?cat=Chess+Programs&user=&coin= >4. MCI (an older professional version -- not used much amymore) Should be MCS not MCI. https://www.schachversand.de/detail/software/165.html Also ChessGenius >5. Proprietary (the old Rebel, Hiarcs, Mchess, and a few others use their own) > >>Do they all come with their own set of instructions and their own opening book, >>or do they all use the same book but play a different middle and endgame? > >They are different. > >>Just curious on what makes them all so unique and possess different strengths. > >What makes them unique is that different people write them. Some write very >good algorithms with very few bugs. These are the strongest engines.
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