Bill Forster, author of the Tarrasch GUI, has released a UCI version of Sargon, the well known program from the Spracklens.
I had a copy of Sargon in the early 80's running on my Commodore VIC-20, using a black and white television for a monitor! It was my first chess software that wasn't in a dedicated chess computer.
So here ya go:
Main Tarrasch GUI Website ---->> http://www.triplehappy.com/
Link to Releveant Blog Post ---->> https://triplehappy.wordpress.com/
Sargon 1978 UCI Available
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I should add that I've tested the program, it runs fine and searches about 8 ply on my modest laptop at fast time controls. It will beat you if you don't pay attention. It beats me even when I do.
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Thank you for this find. Yet another oldie I can add to my collection. Bill Forster has done a wonderful job converting this!
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Great Gift. Sargon has a very important place in the chess computer world.
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Thank you very much!
Sargon is a well known chess program and oldie. It would be nice to see more oldies in uci
Sargon is a well known chess program and oldie. It would be nice to see more oldies in uci
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I see neither on the whole page nor under Download a Sargon Engine
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Thx alot.
It is a big gift to travel in the past.
I hope we will see more of this historic stuff because it is so much fun to play with this.
It is a big gift to travel in the past.
I hope we will see more of this historic stuff because it is so much fun to play with this.
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Is this really the same Sargon that ran on the Commodore VIC-20? I had the cartridge for that as well but it was Sargon 2.rcmaddox wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2020 4:58 am Bill Forster, author of the Tarrasch GUI, has released a UCI version of Sargon, the well known program from the Spracklens.
I had a copy of Sargon in the early 80's running on my Commodore VIC-20, using a black and white television for a monitor! It was my first chess software that wasn't in a dedicated chess computer.
So here ya go:
Main Tarrasch GUI Website ---->> http://www.triplehappy.com/
Link to Releveant Blog Post ---->> https://triplehappy.wordpress.com/
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From the 'Readme.md' file:JohnW wrote: ↑Fri May 29, 2020 2:50 pmIs this really the same Sargon that ran on the Commodore VIC-20? I had the cartridge for that as well but it was Sargon 2.rcmaddox wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2020 4:58 am Bill Forster, author of the Tarrasch GUI, has released a UCI version of Sargon, the well known program from the Spracklens.
I had a copy of Sargon in the early 80's running on my Commodore VIC-20, using a black and white television for a monitor! It was my first chess software that wasn't in a dedicated chess computer.
So here ya go:
Main Tarrasch GUI Website ---->> http://www.triplehappy.com/
Link to Releveant Blog Post ---->> https://triplehappy.wordpress.com/
"The book "Sargon, a computer chess program", by Dan and Kathe Spracklen published by Hayden in 1978 presents the source code to the classic early chess program Sargon in Z80 assembly language. This is a project to bring the code presented in the book back to life in the modern era."
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