New free engine - Orion

[Graham Banks]

From the author:

I'm pleased to release a first public version of my little UCI engine : Orion 0.1 !

Information, executable and logo can be found here : http://orionchess.pagesperso-orange.fr

Note that only a 64 bit version for Windows is provided (without the popcnt instruction support so it should work everywhere).

According my own tests, Orion should be somewhere around 2000 elo.

Don't hesitate to test it and give me feedback !

Thanks,

David.

[SzG]

From the author:

I'm pleased to release a first public version of my little UCI engine : Orion 0.1 !

Information, executable and logo can be found here : http://orionchess.pagesperso-orange.fr

Note that only a 64 bit version for Windows is provided (without the popcnt instruction support so it should work everywhere).

According my own tests, Orion should be somewhere around 2000 elo.

Don't hesitate to test it and give me feedback !

Thanks,

David.

Thanks, Graham, for reporting this. Will be a nice addition to the cluster of minnows.

[Norbert Raimund Leisner]

cf. the chess logo with

Horsehead Nebula -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horsehead_Nebula
Nébuleuse de la Tête de Cheval -
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A9bul ... _de_Cheval
Pferdekopfnebel
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pferdekopfnebel

Norbert

[SzG]

cf. the chess logo with

Horsehead Nebula -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horsehead_Nebula
Nébuleuse de la Tête de Cheval -
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A9bul ... _de_Cheval
Pferdekopfnebel
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pferdekopfnebel

Norbert

What has the Horsehead nebula to do with Orion? The Orion constellation contains the Orion nebula.

[Jorge Garcia]

Congratulations Graham

[Eelco de Groot]

cf. the chess logo with

Horsehead Nebula -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horsehead_Nebula
Nébuleuse de la Tête de Cheval -
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A9bul ... _de_Cheval
Pferdekopfnebel
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pferdekopfnebel

Norbert

What has the Horsehead nebula to do with Orion? The Orion constellation contains the Orion nebula.

The Horsehead Nebula (also known as Barnard 33 in emission nebula IC 434) is a dark nebula in the constellation Orion.[1] The nebula is located just to the south of the star Alnitak, which is farthest east on Orion's Belt, and is part of the much larger Orion Molecular Cloud Complex.

[Graham Banks]

Congratulations Graham

Hi Jorge,

the author is David Carteau from France.
I don't have any programming skills.

Cheers,
Graham.

[Dr.Wael Deeb]

Congratulations Graham

Hi Jorge,

the author is David Carteau from France.
I don't have any programming skills.

Cheers,
Graham.

Graham has been programming undercover

[SzG]

cf. the chess logo with

Horsehead Nebula -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horsehead_Nebula
Nébuleuse de la Tête de Cheval -
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A9bul ... _de_Cheval
Pferdekopfnebel
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pferdekopfnebel

Norbert

What has the Horsehead nebula to do with Orion? The Orion constellation contains the Orion nebula.

The Horsehead Nebula (also known as Barnard 33 in emission nebula IC 434) is a dark nebula in the constellation Orion.[1] The nebula is located just to the south of the star Alnitak, which is farthest east on Orion's Belt, and is part of the much larger Orion Molecular Cloud Complex.

My bad. Both nebulae are in the Orion constellation.

[Leto]

Testing Orion 0.1 for CEGT 40/4.

Orion 0.1 vs Danasah226 (2154): 63-137 +43 =40 -117 31.50%
Orion 0.1 vs Tornado 1.0 Mainz (2086): 89.5-110.5 +61 =57 -82 44.75%

Currently playing against Zeus 1.28 (2103), 50% after 26 of 200 games.