My no play list update 26

[Tony Thomas]

The latest engine to be added to the list is Lighting (The) 2.04..

Update 26, Tony's no play list

AKIBA 0.0 (version number not known) (moves too slow and loses on time)
Alice 0.35?? (frequent time losses, could be a cygwin problem)
Animats Chess 1.1.1.1 (not suitable for tournaments)
Apilchess 1.05 rev.1b (eternal pondering)
Arics 0.95 (does not move)
Bachess 1.3 (always runs out of time)
Babychess 11.1 (frequent crashes, illegal moves etc) Later versions not available..
Blitzer 2.0 (unexplainable time losses)
Brama 051204 (time losses)
Crux 5.0m (crashes about 10% of the time, decently strong engine)
Dendron 0.42 (frequent illegal moves)
El-Turco 0.93 (crashes)
Fianchetto (doesnt move in some games)
iChess(I just cant get it to work)
Jaksah 1.01 (time losses)
Joanna 2002 1.0
Joana DC by Juan Pablo Menoza (crashes, and subsequent time losses)
Kace 0.8.1 (time losses)
Knightmare BP (does not follow 3/0 or 1/1 time controls)
Lamosca 0.10 (time losses)
Lightning (The) 2.04 (time losses)
MFchess 1.1 (time losses)
Mooboo 0.4e (illegal moves, time losses)
Muriel aka KDL chess 0.71 (time losses, could be hardware specific as others arent having problems)
NSVchess 0.14 (illegal move during compatibility test)
Pulchess 0.2i (doesnt follow any time controls)
Sharpchess2 2.52 (time losses)
Simontacchi 1.8 decepticon (time losses)
Taktix 2.23 x (time losses, fine in you are using tournament time controls)
Talvemanni 0.0.1 (does not follow any of the time controls xm+1sec, game in x or 40 moves in Xminutes)
Testina 2.2
Trynyty 1.0 (bugs that I am scared to explain)
Youk 1.05 (during compatibility test it resigned against me in a fairly equal position)
Zchess 2 from Eamonn Ramsay (loses on time, 100% of the time)
Zephyr 0.61 (time losses)

[swami]

Thanks, I should update my webpage to include this latest. Why not use coloured texts?

[Tony Thomas]

Thanks, I should update my webpage to include this latest. Why not use coloured texts?

Waste of time, colors are for girls ..You could use Colored text, dont tell me I didnt warn you, these problems might only occur at our time controls. Also, give people a warning that for the engines that use Cygwin 1, it could be a dll incompatibility problem.

[beachknight]

S: Lightning 2.04

Hi Tony,

I have the version 2.02 and
latest version is supposed to be
2.1x as I read in a previous post.

We both want the latest Lightning, dont we?

Best,

[Tony Thomas]

S: Lightning 2.04

Hi Tony,

I have the version 2.02 and
latest version is supposed to be
2.1x as I read in a previous post.

We both want the latest Lightning, dont we?

Best,

Harun, Jim Ablett said that there wasnt a Lightning 2.13, I also have the 2.02, I will try to see if that one plays any better. Ofcourse we want the latest of everything..

[Jim Ablett]

Kace 0.81 by Aaron Baird

http://www.zshare.net/download/13834594aa5c4df6/

Kace 0.81 JA Bugfix
-----------------------

1. Better time-control.
2. Fixed illegal move bug.
3. Added resign function.

Still a very weak engine, but at least it shouldn't lose
so many games now on time forfeit or illegal moves.

Jim.

[Tony Thomas]

Thanks Jimbo, I will test the new one out..

[Olivier Deville]

Hello Jim

Thanks also from my side, you know I love every engine, even the weak and buggy ones

Olivier