Chess program names?

[ZirconiumX]

I am currently rewriting Firenzina's search, eval, and almost everything, pretty much, to the point where I no longer consider it a derivative of Fire (if it is, then DiscoCheck is a blatant clone of Umko).

So - we need a new name, and me and Dmitri can't think of any good ones. (Crossbow is our current best, which isn't great)

Anyone have any ideas???

Matthew:out

[tpetzke]

Why rewrite almost everything. Start from scratch.

If you really rewrite almost everything starting from scratch is less effort. If it is not than you are keeping to much.

Thomas...

[ZirconiumX]

The Fire move generator is pretty fast, as is its MakeMove - I'll keep that as-is for now. The rest goes.

How long did it take you to write the move generator for mACE, Thomas?

Matthew:out

[Evert]

The time it takes to write a move generator (from scratch) is negligible compared to the time it takes to write an efficient search and good evaluation function.

The last time I did it (for Leonidas) it cost me no more than a day.

[ZirconiumX]

Durandal has been coded for almost a week now, and still does not have a move generator.

I am a lazy programmer.

The Fire movegen is correct and fast - no point reinventing the wheel.

Matthew:out

[Mithu]

... So - we need a new name, and me and Dmitri can't think of any good ones. (Crossbow is our current best, which isn't great)
Anyone have any ideas???

Shrapnel
Dredd
Duster
Mogh
Phoenix
Sudini
Drape

Let me know if you need some more!

[Gusev]

I am currently rewriting Firenzina's search, eval, and almost everything, pretty much, to the point where I no longer consider it a derivative of Fire (if it is, then DiscoCheck is a blatant clone of Umko).

So - we need a new name, and me and Dmitri can't think of any good ones. (Crossbow is our current best, which isn't great)

Anyone have any ideas???

Matthew:out

Matthew,

Please test and release Firenzina 2.3 for Linux first. This will give you a Linux baseline.

Then rewrite the eval for reasons that we have discussed. For this project, I hope that people will help us come up with a better name than Crossbow. The change would represent "graduation" from a clone to a derivative.

Dmitri

[Gusev]

... So - we need a new name, and me and Dmitri can't think of any good ones. (Crossbow is our current best, which isn't great)
Anyone have any ideas???

Shrapnel
Dredd
Duster
Mogh
Phoenix
Sudini
Drape

Let me know if you need some more!

Phoenix is overused, Sudini is an obvious modification of Houdini, and Drape is too close to GrapeFruit. Thanks for your contributions!

[Graham Banks]

Some Fire related names:

Raze
Inferno
White Heat

[chetday]

More fire-related name possibilites:

Scorch
Singe
Sear
Grill
Carbonize
Combust
Cauterize
Incinerate