New engine releases 2019

[Graham Banks]

A couple of GitHub engines that haven't been mentioned here yet, both tagged as official releases with executables.

Jacksprat 1.0
https://github.com/differentprogramming ... t/releases

CrazyAra 0.6.0
https://github.com/QueensGambit/CrazyAr ... e/releases

CrazyAra looks interesting.

[tmokonen]

I should have read more closely - CrazyAra, as indicated by the name, plays Crazyhouse. I don't see anything for orthodox chess. Sorry if I wasted anyone's time by not mentioning this. Still, it does look like an interesting project.

I was testing out Jacksprat against AdaChess 3.6 and Tony's Chess 0.03, and it is around the same level of those engines.

[Guenther]

I should have read more closely - CrazyAra, as indicated by the name, plays Crazyhouse. I don't see anything for orthodox chess. Sorry if I wasted anyone's time by not mentioning this. Still, it does look like an interesting project.

I was testing out Jacksprat against AdaChess 3.6 and Tony's Chess 0.03, and it is around the same level of those engines.

http://www.chess2u.com/t10820-jacksprat

Well, now I have to look at it again.

[Guenther]

I should have read more closely - CrazyAra, as indicated by the name, plays Crazyhouse. I don't see anything for orthodox chess. Sorry if I wasted anyone's time by not mentioning this. Still, it does look like an interesting project.

Updated my crazyhouse section in the XB/UCI chronology (nearly forgot about it) ;-)

[Gabor Szots]

I should have read more closely - CrazyAra, as indicated by the name, plays Crazyhouse. I don't see anything for orthodox chess. Sorry if I wasted anyone's time by not mentioning this. Still, it does look like an interesting project.

I was testing out Jacksprat against AdaChess 3.6 and Tony's Chess 0.03, and it is around the same level of those engines.

Jacksprat calls itself Small Chess.

[tmokonen]

http://www.chess2u.com/t10820-jacksprat

Well, now I have to look at it again.

Hmm, yes, some of the piece square tables are the same, as well as some similarity in I/O handling.

[tmokonen]

Somehow missed the release of AcquaD 3.9.1 a couple of weeks ago:

http://www.elektrosoft.it/scacchi/acquad/acquad.asp

[AxolotlFever]

axolotl 1.9 is out, https://github.com/louism33/Axolotl/releases
possibly 100 elo stronger, in self test

[Graham Banks]

axolotl 1.9 is out, https://github.com/louism33/Axolotl/releases
possibly 100 elo stronger, in self test

Hi Louis,

where are the executables?

[Gabor Szots]

where are the executables?

Axolotl is a java engine. The jar file is included in the package.