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Jimbo I
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Question about obtaining Chispa

Post by Jimbo I » Mon Mar 04, 2013 7:10 pm

Hi all,

I was trying to download a copy of Chispa 4.03 (or 4.0.3, as these two numbers are used interchangeably) from the programmer's blog, but I can't seem to do it. I guess the link is broken, or my system just refuses the link. The Win 32 file is named chispa-403.zip.

http://chispachess.blogspot.com/


I WAS able to find a Wayback archive link on the Computer Chess Wiki from August 25, 2005, but the downloads are two files of two different compiles. One file is named chispa-403-msvc-p4.zip, and is described as "MS Visual C++ 2003 Compiler - P4/Athlon/SSE2 Optimized", and the other file is named chispa-403-msvc-blend.zip, and is described as "MS Visual C++ 2003 Compiler - Blend". Each of the two files is about 175KB in size.

http://web.archive.org/web/200508250509 ... nloads.htm


So my question to any of you in the know is, is the chispa-403.zip download (that I can't get) the same files as the two archived downloads? And if they're different, does anyone know where I can get the chispa-403.zip file? It probably doesn't matter much, but I'd like to have the latest compile.

Any help appreciated!

jpqy
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Re: Question about obtaining Chispa

Post by jpqy » Mon Mar 04, 2013 7:12 pm


Jimbo I
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Re: Question about obtaining Chispa

Post by Jimbo I » Mon Mar 04, 2013 7:18 pm

I appreciate the help, but those are the files I already have, not the one I'd like to get. :)

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Re: Question about obtaining Chispa

Post by Modern Times » Mon Mar 04, 2013 7:58 pm

I have the chispa-403-msvc-p4.zip file, plus a "blend" exe that I run for chess960 and which I think is chess960 specific.

The link in your first post is indeed dead.

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