Not clear if it's that simple, but it sure is beautiful.Henk wrote:Why Fizbo ? Is it also simple and beautiful ? And if so what is simple and beautiful ?carldaman wrote:I'd add Fizbo to that list -- the best NEW engine of 2014!Dicaste wrote:Artista (<3), Texel, Rhetoric, Rodent. Simple. Beautiful.
CL
Best engine 2014
Moderators: hgm, Rebel, chrisw
-
- Posts: 2283
- Joined: Sat Jun 02, 2012 2:13 am
Re: Best engine 2014
-
- Posts: 496
- Joined: Wed Mar 08, 2006 9:45 pm
- Location: Portland, OR
Re: Best engine 2014
Best is obviously Micromax because it took the fewest characters of source code to write!
Or maybe Microchess because it has the fewest bytes of machine code?
(How can we answer you if you don't give us a metric? Best search in the world is no good without an evaluation function!)
Or maybe Microchess because it has the fewest bytes of machine code?
(How can we answer you if you don't give us a metric? Best search in the world is no good without an evaluation function!)
-
- Posts: 7216
- Joined: Mon May 27, 2013 10:31 am
Re: Best engine 2014
If you would buy a painting you don't have a metric too. Maybe this may help: if you were allowed to use only one engine which one would you download and why ? Remember, this time playing strength is no good criterion.IanO wrote:Best is obviously Micromax because it took the fewest characters of source code to write!
Or maybe Microchess because it has the fewest bytes of machine code?
(How can we answer you if you don't give us a metric? Best search in the world is no good without an evaluation function!)
-
- Posts: 2929
- Joined: Sat Jan 22, 2011 12:42 am
- Location: NL
Re: Best engine 2014
I second this nomination, for exactly this reason.hgm wrote:Sjaak II, of course. Because it plays Chess and Shogi and Xiangqi!
-
- Posts: 27790
- Joined: Fri Mar 10, 2006 10:06 am
- Location: Amsterdam
- Full name: H G Muller
Re: Best engine 2014
This is why I nominated Sjaak II. If you are allowed to use only one engine, it would be better to take one that can do many things, and can be configured to do even more.Henk wrote:If you would buy a painting you don't have a metric too. Maybe this may help: if you were allowed to use only one engine which one would you download and why ? Remember, this time playing strength is no good criterion.