zurichess - new chess engine

[Adam Hair]

Dave Cheney wrote some scripts for cross compiling Go binaries:
http://dave.cheney.net/2013/07/09/an-in ... ith-go-1-1

I would give it a try, but many testers prefer an official compile from the engine author.

People using Windows will still have to install Go on their computers, but that should not be more difficult than installing Python, Ruby, or the .Net Framework packages: https://golang.org/doc/install

Mr. Ruxy can probably give Windows users some tips on how to run a Go engine in Windows.

[cdani]

Hi!
I made a windows 64 compile. I was able to make it play a game on Arena.

http://www.andscacs.com/zurichess/zurichess.rar

[cdani]

I added a 32 bits compile to the same file.

[spambanane]

one suggestions: make you project go gettable, which is common practice in go. see https://golang.org/doc/code.html, you will find anything you need to know in this document. you still can keep you release script.

things i noticed: you need to reorganize you code tree (no src directory inside the project). use absolute import paths, not relative, so change

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import "zurichess/engine" 

to

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import "bitbucket.org/brtzsnr/zurichess/engine"

keep up the good work, nice to see more engines written in go.

[brtzsnr]

I uploaded linux and windows binaries here: https://bitbucket.org/brtzsnr/zurichess/downloads

[Sylwy]

I added a 32 bits compile to the same file.

Hi !

I have seen yesterday Mr. Alexandru to be the newest member here and I was sure that a new chess engine will be released soon ! THANK YOU !

Salut Alexandru !
Daca esti interesat aici poti vedea cateva engine romanesti:

http://www.chessmosaic.com/Romania1.html

Mai sunt cateva (slabe) plus engine interesante ale unor romani de pe mapamond (Barbarossa scrisa in Haskell de Niculae Ionita/Austria; Plisk-Vlad Stamate/SUA; plus ceva engine native -GUI & engine- FriendlyChess/Viorel Darie/Iasi; SparkChess-Armand Niculescu/Sibiu.......).
Prima si cea mai tare (pana acum ) a fost Freyr a lui Andrei Fortuna /Iasi !
Felicitari !
Saptamana viitoare o testez (vezi sectiunea specializata din forum) !

O zi buna !

THANK YOU, Daniel - for binaries !

SilvianR

[Sylwy]

Like observations:

-the engine supports GUI books;
-no PV;
-doesn't support some TCs ( for example Xsec./move);
-seems strong enough.

All in all a nice 3-rd workable chess engine written in Go (Donna; GopherCheck; Zurichess) !

SilvianR

[brtzsnr]

Like observations:

-the engine supports GUI books;
-no PV;
-doesn't support some TCs ( for example Xsec./move);
-seems strong enough.

All in all a nice 3-rd workable chess engine written in Go (Donna; GopherCheck; Zurichess) !

SilvianR

For pv you need to execute:
setoption name UCI_AnalyzeMode value true

For TCs what is the UCI line that did not work?

Also don't use that logo because it belongs to a Swiss insurance company. The name is Zuri Chess (from Zuri Deutsch, local German dialect).

Thanks for testing and I'm glad there are more Romanian chess engines out there.

[cdani]

For pv you need to execute:
setoption name UCI_AnalyzeMode value true

Hi!
The default expected by most people is that pv is active.

[Sylwy]

Hey Alexandru !

Here's my (copyrighted) logo for your nice chess engine ! You can use it only the next 1.000 years ! Then, will must read the news in cosmology !



Cheers,
SilvianR