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Guenther wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 24, 2020 1:25 pm

I tested one download link and it works and leads to this (Nero 5.3 src):
https://web.archive.org/web/20060624001 ... rowb53.pas

Thank you Günther. I didn't know that one could use Wayback like that.

Regards.

Roland

Hello!

I see in this discussion that the source code of the Nero XBoard engine has been available. Would someone know where I could download it ? It's for my collection of Pascal programs.

Regards.

Roland

tmokonen wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 24, 2020 1:01 am

Sorry, I forgot to let you know that the updated link works fine.

Thank you for the confirmation. I could have verified myself by logging out of my Google account, but I didn't get the idea until after.

Roland Chastain wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 23, 2020 12:15 pm

I try to fix it.

Done. Files updated.

Oops! There is a bug. I try to fix it. Sorry for the noise.

That looks like an unrelated bug to me. Maybe. I would need to check again the code. If I remember correctly, the same procedure that searches for the best move is also used to evaluate moves legality. Inside the procedure the capture of the king is allowed. An illegal move is just considered as a ...

Hello! I retouched Martin Macok's XBoard engine for compatibility with CuteChess. Maybe it will interest someone. It's a nice little program, neither too strong nor too weak, according to my personal criteria of course. :) 15 Iota 0.1 586 88 91 56 35% 753 23% 16 TuxedoCat 0.0.2 569 129 153 32 16% 93...

A new version of Alouette is available.

• Compatibility with c-chess-cli
• Fixed castling generation
• Improved Perf function

I would like to be sure that there are no more bugs, before trying to make the engine a bit stronger.

Roland , What did you do to Minimax basic ? I have played against Thomas Mcburney's compile & it is 1700 or 1800 elo at best. Your windows compile hits a depth of 20 in 1 second under Shredder gui and must be btw 2800 & 3000 elo , Great engine thanks , Karger Thank you for testing Minimax II. I sus...

geko wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 21, 2020 6:56 pm

I use linux too, the source is here at branch develop just type make in src folder, https://github.com/gekomad/Cinnamon/tree/develop

Thank you.