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If there were one engine I could bring back and covert
Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2019 10:41 am
by AdminX
If there were one engine I could bring back and covert to WB/UCI protocols, it would be Marty Hirsch's Mchess.
Re: If there were one engine I could bring back and covert
Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2019 10:50 am
by BrendanJNorman
AdminX wrote: ↑Tue Dec 17, 2019 10:41 am
If there were one engine I could bring back and covert to WB/UCI protocols, it would be Marty Hirsch's Mchess.
MChess is great. But I think I'd like to try Socrates or maybe even better, Chess System Tal as a UCI/WB engine.
Either of those would be fantastic...but so would MChess of course.
(Did my posts of today get you thinking about Golden Oldies?
)
Re: If there were one engine I could bring back and covert
Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2019 11:05 am
by AdminX
BrendanJNorman wrote: ↑Tue Dec 17, 2019 10:50 am
AdminX wrote: ↑Tue Dec 17, 2019 10:41 am
If there were one engine I could bring back and covert to WB/UCI protocols, it would be Marty Hirsch's Mchess.
MChess is great. But I think I'd like to try Socrates or maybe even better, Chess System Tal as a UCI/WB engine.
Either of those would be fantastic...but so would MChess of course.
(Did my posts of today get you thinking about Golden Oldies?
)
I definitely have to agree with you about Chess System Tal, it is right up there with Mchess for me.
Re: If there were one engine I could bring back and covert
Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2019 11:11 am
by AdminX
BrendanJNorman wrote: ↑Tue Dec 17, 2019 10:50 am
AdminX wrote: ↑Tue Dec 17, 2019 10:41 am
If there were one engine I could bring back and covert to WB/UCI protocols, it would be Marty Hirsch's Mchess.
Did my posts of today get you thinking about Golden Oldies?
)
That and beta testing BanksiaGUI.
Re: If there were one engine I could bring back and covert
Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2019 11:48 am
by PK
Psion Chess by Richard Lang (
https://www.retrogames.cz/play_430-DOS.php) I played a lot of games against it as a boy, and over the course of one summer holiday proceeded from losing at level one to winning at next-to-last level. I remember the engine as very stable, level-headed opponent. Also, it did have some form of (limited) learning.
Re: If there were one engine I could bring back and covert
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2019 1:14 am
by Kohflote
30+ years ago I used Ruffian and was my favorite . I think it is UCI but some years ago I tried it on Arena gui and was very slow going to ply-depth 20.
Thank you and regards,
Koh, Kah Huat
Re: If there were one engine I could bring back and covert
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2019 3:18 am
by Guenther
Kohflote wrote: ↑Wed Dec 18, 2019 1:14 am
30+ years ago I used Ruffian and was my favorite . I think it is UCI but some years ago I tried it on Arena gui and was very slow going to ply-depth 20.
Thank you and regards,
Koh, Kah Huat
Ruffian is not even 20 years old though ;-)
Re: If there were one engine I could bring back and covert
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2019 4:38 am
by Kohflote
My bad; poor memory.
Re: If there were one engine I could bring back and covert
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2019 1:16 pm
by Steve Maughan
+1 for MChess.
A couple of years ago I briefly corresponded with Marty. At that time he didn't rule out a new version of MChess. It had "maybe-one-day" status.
Steve
Re: If there were one engine I could bring back and covert
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2019 1:57 pm
by Werewolf
AdminX wrote: ↑Tue Dec 17, 2019 10:41 am
If there were one engine I could bring back and covert to WB/UCI protocols, it would be Marty Hirsch's Mchess.
You know you can run it easily on a modern PC? It's not as good as a UCI conversion but it and loads of other oldies are running well