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Kirk
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Desert Island Chess Engines

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Just for fun, if you could only take five chess engines with you to a desert island which ones would they be?

Mine: Hiarcs, ProDeo, Spark, Anaconda, and Yace

Very tough to only choose five, but that is your challenge
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Kirk wrote:Just for fun, if you could only take five chess engines with you to a desert island which ones would they be?

Mine: Hiarcs, ProDeo, Spark, Anaconda, and Yace

Very tough to only choose five, but that is your challenge
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Kirk wrote:Just for fun, if you could only take five chess engines with you to a desert island which ones would they be?

Mine: Hiarcs, ProDeo, Spark, Anaconda, and Yace

Very tough to only choose five, but that is your challenge
Yace, Romichess, Olithink, Hermann, Daydreamer.

Miguel
PS: and I will rewrite Gaviota, to cheat and have 6.
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Kirk wrote:Just for fun, if you could only take five chess engines with you to a desert island which ones would they be?
Unless this desert island has electricity, you better take a lot of batteries. :roll:
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Houdini, Robbolito, Rybka, Stockfish, Shredder.

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Junior 7 or 8ZX all the way (that one which made the bishop sack in the face of Kasparov, even today it is not known if the sack was too speculative).

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David Dahlem wrote:
Kirk wrote:Just for fun, if you could only take five chess engines with you to a desert island which ones would they be?
Unless this desert island has electricity, you better take a lot of batteries. :roll:
Ah Lad, use your imagination :lol:

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Kirk wrote:Just for fun, if you could only take five chess engines with you to a desert island which ones would they be?

Mine: Hiarcs, ProDeo, Spark, Anaconda, and Yace

Very tough to only choose five, but that is your challenge
Naum, Spark, Thinker, CSTal, and Daydreamer.

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michiguel wrote:
Kirk wrote:Just for fun, if you could only take five chess engines with you to a desert island which ones would they be?

Mine: Hiarcs, ProDeo, Spark, Anaconda, and Yace

Very tough to only choose five, but that is your challenge
Yace, Romichess, Olithink, Hermann, Daydreamer.

Miguel
PS: and I will rewrite Gaviota, to cheat and have 6.
For hardcore engine collectors just choosing just five is painful!

I see a couple of people have chosen Daydreamer which I have not looked at. What makes it unique?
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Crafty, Hiarcs, Comet, Gandalf, Phalanx.

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