Announcing a new chess engine...

[chessguy]

Greetings, ya'all.

So, it's been about 4-5 years since I've been active in this community, best I can tell. Back in the fall of '02 and spring of '03, I wrote a crappy little engine called Trueno, and had a LOT of fun doing so. I then got into running some authors-only chess tournaments on ICC, which was also tons of fun. Since then, chess programming has kind of taken a back seat as I've been busy doing little things like getting a Comp Sci degree, getting married, and buying a house. But I've always had it in the back of my mind, and been pondering various different approaches.

Anyway, I've decided to get back in the saddle. So, with about a week's worth of work, I've put together a simple little c# engine that just barely plays legal chess (sometimes). I'm very excited, though it's not much to actually get excited about yet.

That said, the project doesn't have a name yet. Anybody know where there's a reasonably-reliable list of engines somewhere? I want to make sure I don't pick a name that's too close to anything that's out there.

Glad to see this community is still going strong. Looking forward to diving back in with you all!

[Christopher Conkie]

Greetings, ya'all.

So, it's been about 4-5 years since I've been active in this community, best I can tell. Back in the fall of '02 and spring of '03, I wrote a crappy little engine called Trueno, and had a LOT of fun doing so. I then got into running some authors-only chess tournaments on ICC, which was also tons of fun. Since then, chess programming has kind of taken a back seat as I've been busy doing little things like getting a Comp Sci degree, getting married, and buying a house. But I've always had it in the back of my mind, and been pondering various different approaches.

Anyway, I've decided to get back in the saddle. So, with about a week's worth of work, I've put together a simple little c# engine that just barely plays legal chess (sometimes). I'm very excited, though it's not much to actually get excited about yet.

That said, the project doesn't have a name yet. Anybody know where there's a reasonably-reliable list of engines somewhere? I want to make sure I don't pick a name that's too close to anything that's out there.

Glad to see this community is still going strong. Looking forward to diving back in with you all!

There are a few lists that are maintained.

http://www.exactachess.com/modules.php? ... gine_Links

http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/enginesindex.htm

http://www.rwbc-chess.de/wb_chron.htm

http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=c ... ngine_list



Christopher

[Olivier Deville]

Welcome back Andrew !

I hope your new engine will be ready for my next Promo tourney, that will start in a month or so. Trueno is already in anyway.

You'll love the Promo, there is even a live broadcast with chat

Olivier

[chessguy]

Hmm. Sounds interesting! I look forward to hearing more details about it.

[Ron Murawski]

...the project doesn't have a name yet. Anybody know where there's a reasonably-reliable list of engines somewhere? I want to make sure I don't pick a name that's too close to anything that's out there.

Besides the main engine lists you will need to worry about conflicts with other unreleased engine names. Look at the Private Engine List:
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=c ... ngine_list

You might want to take a look at the Clone List too.
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=c ... ngine_list
These are names you definitely want to avoid!

I recommend that you Google your chosen name very carefully.

Ron