Author: Heiner Marxen
Date: 12:31:28 09/09/99
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On September 07, 1999 at 22:10:42, Dann Corbit wrote: >Popeye is a mate solver. It uses its own funky "popeye" language but it can do >lots of tricky stuff that other solvers cannot do having to do with fairy >chess. > It comes with source. > >You can also get Jens Schweikhardt's mate solver at my ftp site. It is much >easier to use. The source is available. > >There is a program called QMATE on the net that solves mates. I have not >played with it much. It also comes with source. I've tried it a bit. It has some nice features (set play, threats), but it is not exactly very fast. >There is problematic by Don French (executable only). It uses its own format. > >There is Problemiste by Matthiew Leschemelle which can read EPD, but only if it >is white to move! Executable only. > >The best problem solver (hands down and by a landslide) is chest by Heiner >Marxen. It is not publicly available. Thanks! According to my plans I'll release it (with sources) before the end of this year. Unfortunately I'm very busy working all the time... It will incorporate an EPD mode. I'll announce it here, of course. >None of the EPD solvers handle EPD records correctly, though Jens and Heiner's >tools don't require much work to get them entered, and Matthiew's will read >records for white to move.
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