Which are the chess engines written from scratch ?

[Terry McCracken]

The first engine written in 1956!

[rreagan]

I thought my engine was written from scratch, but it uses for loops, so I'm pretty sure that disqualifies me from any future ICGA competition.

[Sedat Canbaz]

Dear Friends,

I wonder about Zappa an Spark, what about these engines are they started/written from scratch ?


Thanks

[Sedat Canbaz]

The first engine written in 1956!

Dear Terry

Very interesting... what is the name of this engine ?

Best,
Sedat

[Tom Likens]

Those games which are lost on time are mainly belong to Djinn v1.008 (39 games), without those lost games on time, probably Djinn would be in Top 20

Hello Sedat,

I missed this earlier. What time control were you running? I'd like to fix this. Also if you have the PGN files that could be useful too.

regards,
--tom

[Sedat Canbaz]

Those games which are lost on time are mainly belong to Djinn v1.008 (39 games), without those lost games on time, probably Djinn would be in Top 20

Hello Sedat,

I missed this earlier. What time control were you running? I'd like to fix this. Also if you have the PGN files that could be useful too.

regards,
--tom

Hello Tom,

3 minute/game, for more details:
http://www.sedatcanbaz.com/chess/?page_id=634

Latest days I am too busy.... no free time to upload the games , but soon all games will be available for downloading...

Btw, I noticed you released a newer Djinn version, but not sure to test it or not
I am afraid that again Djinn will loose on time


Best,
Sedat

[Tom Likens]

Those games which are lost on time are mainly belong to Djinn v1.008 (39 games), without those lost games on time, probably Djinn would be in Top 20

Hello Sedat,

I missed this earlier. What time control were you running? I'd like to fix this. Also if you have the PGN files that could be useful too.

regards,
--tom

Hello Tom,

3 minute/game, for more details:
http://www.sedatcanbaz.com/chess/?page_id=634

Latest days I am too busy.... no free time to upload the games , but soon all games will be available for downloading...

Btw, I noticed you released a newer Djinn version, but not sure to test it or not
I am afraid that again Djinn will loose on time


Best,
Sedat

No, don't include it. It has the same time management code.

regards,
--tom

[Sedat Canbaz]

Those games which are lost on time are mainly belong to Djinn v1.008 (39 games), without those lost games on time, probably Djinn would be in Top 20

Hello Sedat,

I missed this earlier. What time control were you running? I'd like to fix this. Also if you have the PGN files that could be useful too.

regards,
--tom

Hello Tom,

3 minute/game, for more details:
http://www.sedatcanbaz.com/chess/?page_id=634

Latest days I am too busy.... no free time to upload the games , but soon all games will be available for downloading...

Btw, I noticed you released a newer Djinn version, but not sure to test it or not
I am afraid that again Djinn will loose on time


Best,
Sedat

No, don't include it. It has the same time management code.

regards,
--tom

Hello Tom,

I am planing to switch to 3min+1sec

What about this time control ?

Best,
Sedat

[Tom Likens]

Hello Tom,

I am planing to switch to 3min+1sec

What about this time control ?

Best,
Sedat

Hello Sedat,

It should work at that time control, but if it doesn't feel free to pull it out. I'm going to dig into this as soon as I get a free moment (work is a bit crazy right now). Time losses *really* bug me, no pun intended. I'll likely release a bugfixed version when I really think the problem is squashed.

regards,
--tom

[Sedat Canbaz]

Hello Tom,

I am planing to switch to 3min+1sec

What about this time control ?

Best,
Sedat

Hello Sedat,

It should work at that time control, but if it doesn't feel free to pull it out. I'm going to dig into this as soon as I get a free moment (work is a bit crazy right now). Time losses *really* bug me, no pun intended. I'll likely release a bugfixed version when I really think the problem is squashed.

regards,
--tom

Hello Tom,

Ok .... so its better to wait for a new version, as I mentioned before, without the time losses by Djinn, your engine would be ranked min 50-100 Elo stronger...

No patience to see a new release and then to test your engine

Best,
Sedat