Author: Masciulli Gianluigi
Date: 01:16:02 02/04/00
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On February 01, 2000 at 16:28:45, Masciulli Gianluigi wrote:
>Actually we have 4 italian chess engines
^^^^^^^^^
I was wrong about it:-)
now I know that are 5 (at least) so I must add this one to the list:
5) Fortress (Windows, Linux)
by Alessandro Damiani
Freeware (only executables are available)
Blitz: about 2200 on todays hardware
http://freeweb.econophone.ch/fortress
Programmed in C. More information in the readme file.
ciao
gianluigi
>
>I'm doing i kind of tournament just to see the level of CC here in italy
>I thik is the first one beetween italian progs :-)
>
>
>the engines are:
>1) Raffaela (Windows version of Drago)
>by Stefano Gemma (about 1900 on ICC, nickname "gemma")
>free... for now (only the executable, sources not available)
>About 1630 on ICC
>It is the first Italian Program on Internet (AFAIK).
>http://www.linformatica.com (site temporarly closed)
>Stefano has programmed Raffaela in assembly and its n/s is impressive!
>
>
>2) LarsenVb
>by Luca Dormio
>free (both executable and sources)
>About 1800 on FICS
>Programmed in VISUAL BASIC (!!!) Inspired at the C-program FAILE.
>http://space.tin.it/clubnet/ludormio
>the source will be available at the site soon.
>
>
>3) PcChess (but may be this is not the definitive name)
>by Carmelo Calzerano
>Not finished: i think will be available free when finished
>programmed in C
>this engine is not finished yet but from the games i saw seems of the same class
>of Drago and LarsenVB
>
>
>4) Golem
>by me
>Not finished: will be available when finished (I'll make available the source
>too)
>Programmed in C
>until now my program is good only for betting in How many moves sombody will
>mate him :(
>
>
>Another italian in computer chess is Sandro Necchi. He is not a programmer but a
>Computer Opening Expert who write the Opening book for the Mchess program.
>
>I know too about 5/6 italian programmers who started writing a chess engine, but
>the 4 above programs are the only ones completed enough to play a game.
>
>following you can find the "official" historic games I played between these
>engines.
>
>[Event "ITALIAN FIRST"]
>[Site "MYHOME"]
>[Date "1999.10.16"]
>[Round "1"]
>[White "LarsenVB"]
>[Black "Drago 0.21"]
>[Result "1-0"]
>[TimeControl "40/7200"]
>{drago work to a fixed (7) depth a used only half of his time}
>1. d4 d5 2. e3 e5 3. dxe5 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. Nc3
>Bg4 8. O-O a5 9. Bd2 a4 10. h3 Bc8 11. b3 axb3 12. axb3 Bf5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8
>14. g4 Bc8 15. Qa1 Ba6 16. Qa4 f5 17. Ra1 fxg4 18. hxg4 Ne7 19. Qxa6 Qxa6
>20. Rxa6 O-O 21. Nd4 Bb4 22. Nxc6 Nxc6 23. Rxc6 g5 24. Rxc7 Rb8 25. Nxd5
>Bxd2 26. Nf6+ Kf8 27. e6 Rb7 28. Rxb7 Bxe3 29. Rf7#
>{White Mates} 1-0
>
>
>
>[Event "ITALIAN FIRST"]
>[Site "MYHOME"]
>[Date "1999.11.13"]
>[Round "2"]
>[White "Drago lev.8"]
>[Black "LarsenVB"]
>[Result "1/2-1/2"]
>[TimeControl "40/7800"]
>
>{drago now work to lev. (8) and used his time trice :-(}
>
>1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Bb5 c5 4. a4 a6 5. Bc4 cxd4 6. Bf4 e5 7. Bd2 Nf6 8.
>Bg5 Qb6 9. Nd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Qf3 Qxf3 12. Ngxf3 Nc6 13. Rb6 h6 14.
>Bxf6 Bxf6 15. O-O O-O 16. Ra1 g5 17. h3 d6 18. Nf1 Bd8 19. Rb2 Ba5 20. Rd1
>Bb4 21. Ng3 Bd7 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. exf5 Rfc8 24. Bd5 a5 25. f6 b6 26. Kh2 Rc7
>27. Kg3 Rac8 28. Kg4 Nb8 29. c4 dxc3 30. Rc2 Nd7 31. Kf5 Nc5 32. Rb1 Nxa4
>33. h4 gxh4 34. Rh1 b5 35. Rxh4 Nb6 36. Rg4+ Kh8 37. Bb3 Rg8 38. Rxg8+ Kxg8
>39. g4 a4 40. Ba2 Ba3 41. g5 hxg5 42. Bb1 b4 43. Re2 b3 44. Bc2 Nd5 45. Be4
>c2 46. Re1 Nc3 47. Rg1 Nxe4 48. Kxe4 b2 49. Rxg5+ Kh8 50. Rh5+ Kg8 51. Rg5+
>Kh8 52. Rh5+ Kg8 53. Rg5+ Kh8
>
>
>[Event "Partite Storiche ;-)"]
>[Site "LUIGI"]
>[Date "2000.01.13"]
>[Round "3"]
>[White "drago Lev.8"]
>[Black "pcchessII Lev.6"]
>[Result "1/2-1/2"]
>[TimeControl "600"]
>
>{the time dont matter 'cause the 2 program work at a fixed deep}
>1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e5 3. dxe5 Nxe5 4. Nc3 g5 5. Be3 c5 6. Qd5 Qe7 7. Nf3 f6 8.
>Nxe5 fxe5 9. Qd2 g4 10. Bc4 Nf6 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Rb8 13. Be2 d6 14. b4
>b6 15. Bb5+ Kd8 16. O-O cxb4 17. Qd2 Qf7 18. Bg5+ Kc7 19. Qxb4 Bd7 20. Bxd7
>Qxd7 21. Qc4+ Kb7 22. Qd5+ Kc7 23. Qc4+ Kb7 24. Qd5+ Kc7 25. Qc4+ Kb7 26.
>Qd5+ Kc7 27. Qc4+ Kb7 28. Qd5+ Kc7 29. Qc4+ Kb7 30. Qd5+ Kc7
>{draw 3rep.: drago used almost the same time }
>
>
>ANY COMMENT IS WELCOME
>
>gianluigi
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