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Sargon 1978 UCI Available
Posted: Wed May 27, 2020 4:58 am
by rcmaddox
Bill Forster, author of the Tarrasch GUI, has released a UCI version of Sargon, the well known program from the Spracklens.
I had a copy of Sargon in the early 80's running on my Commodore VIC-20, using a black and white television for a monitor! It was my first chess software that wasn't in a dedicated chess computer.
So here ya go:
Main Tarrasch GUI Website ---->>
http://www.triplehappy.com/
Link to Releveant Blog Post ---->>
https://triplehappy.wordpress.com/
Re: Sargon 1978 UCI Available
Posted: Wed May 27, 2020 5:09 am
by rcmaddox
I should add that I've tested the program, it runs fine and searches about 8 ply on my modest laptop at fast time controls. It will beat you if you don't pay attention. It beats me even when I do.
Re: Sargon 1978 UCI Available
Posted: Wed May 27, 2020 4:39 pm
by AdminX
Thank you for this find. Yet another oldie I can add to my collection. Bill Forster has done a wonderful job converting this!
Re: Sargon 1978 UCI Available
Posted: Wed May 27, 2020 4:48 pm
by mehmet123
Great Gift. Sargon has a very important place in the chess computer world.
Re: Sargon 1978 UCI Available
Posted: Wed May 27, 2020 7:10 pm
by Sergio Martinez
Thank you very much!
Sargon is a well known chess program and oldie. It would be nice to see more oldies in uci
Re: Sargon 1978 UCI Available
Posted: Wed May 27, 2020 7:46 pm
by Paloma
I see neither on the whole page nor under Download a Sargon Engine
Re: Sargon 1978 UCI Available
Posted: Wed May 27, 2020 7:56 pm
by AdminX
Paloma wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2020 7:46 pm
I see neither on the whole page nor under Download a Sargon Engine
https://github.com/billforsternz/retro-sargon/releases
Re: Sargon 1978 UCI Available
Posted: Thu May 28, 2020 6:41 pm
by Thomas Lagershausen
Thx alot.
It is a big gift to travel in the past.
I hope we will see more of this historic stuff because it is so much fun to play with this.
Re: Sargon 1978 UCI Available
Posted: Fri May 29, 2020 2:50 pm
by JohnW
rcmaddox wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2020 4:58 am
Bill Forster, author of the Tarrasch GUI, has released a UCI version of Sargon, the well known program from the Spracklens.
I had a copy of Sargon in the early 80's running on my Commodore VIC-20, using a black and white television for a monitor! It was my first chess software that wasn't in a dedicated chess computer.
So here ya go:
Main Tarrasch GUI Website ---->>
http://www.triplehappy.com/
Link to Releveant Blog Post ---->>
https://triplehappy.wordpress.com/
Is this really the same Sargon that ran on the Commodore VIC-20? I had the cartridge for that as well but it was Sargon 2.
Re: Sargon 1978 UCI Available
Posted: Fri May 29, 2020 2:54 pm
by AdminX
JohnW wrote: ↑Fri May 29, 2020 2:50 pm
rcmaddox wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2020 4:58 am
Bill Forster, author of the Tarrasch GUI, has released a UCI version of Sargon, the well known program from the Spracklens.
I had a copy of Sargon in the early 80's running on my Commodore VIC-20, using a black and white television for a monitor! It was my first chess software that wasn't in a dedicated chess computer.
So here ya go:
Main Tarrasch GUI Website ---->>
http://www.triplehappy.com/
Link to Releveant Blog Post ---->>
https://triplehappy.wordpress.com/
Is this really the same Sargon that ran on the Commodore VIC-20? I had the cartridge for that as well but it was Sargon 2.
From the 'Readme.md' file:
"The book "Sargon, a computer chess program", by Dan and Kathe Spracklen published by Hayden in 1978 presents the source code to the classic early chess program Sargon in Z80 assembly language. This is a project to bring the code presented in the book back to life in the modern era."