Naming an engine ?

[MahmoudUthman]

Is there a process to be followed when naming an engine ?
And is there any data base for engines names ,or how are duplicates avoided ?

[tmokonen]

The RWBC chronology page is a pretty comprehensive list of known Winboard/UCI engines:

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

Another good resource is the Computer Chess Wiki:

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

There are a few instances where two different engines have the same name. There's no real process to naming an engine; just choose a name that you like, and that no one has chosen before.

[phhnguyen]

Is there a process to be followed when naming an engine ?
And is there any data base for engines names ,or how are duplicates avoided ?

IMO, when naming try to avoid:
- using unicode strings since they may give a lot of troubles to other people who will use your engine. I guess many GUI programs (such as Winboard) don't support fully unicode names
- name too long
- name has spaces
- tech name. e.g., even very famous but TSCP is not a nice name, IMHO

[Dann Corbit]

Pretty please, down on my knees, I am begging you NOT to name it after a famous chess player.
E.g.:
No: Kasparov, Fischer, Tal, Anand, etc.

The chess spell checkers go nuts and change the names to the full names and you see Morphy alive and well in 2017.

[MahmoudUthman]

Thank you all.

Pretty please, down on my knees, I am begging you NOT to name it after a famous chess player.
E.g.:
No: Kasparov, Fischer, Tal, Anand, etc.

The chess spell checkers go nuts and change the names to the full names and you see Morphy alive and well in 2017.

I've chosen to name it "Singularity".