[Mac] 35 New Compiles + Updates + Ratings List

[JuLieN]

- I recompiled all the recent engines, as I was told they weren’t working with other OSX versions than Mountain Lion (OSX 10.8). Now they should work (for most of them) under Leopard (OSX 10.5). Some will require Lion though (OSX 10.7). Most engines were re-compiled with Clang instead of GCC. All were tested both in the terminal and in GUIs (HIARCS Chess Explorer for UCI engines and SCID Vs Mac for wb engines.) All the engines from the start of the updates page are concerned. Engines are compiled for the core2duo (and up) cpu. So if you had problems running them, please download them again.
- There is now a ratings list for the engines available on Mac.
- I added links to their webpages, for the engines that have one.
New compiles:
• APIL Chess (Hydra Alpha) 1.06
• Arasan 6.3 (2001!)
• Crab 1b
• DiscoCheck 4.3
• Dancing Dragon 1.5055
• DoubleCheck 3.4
• FaileNR 1.4.6 JA (Plays NightRider variant)
• Fimbulwinter 5.05 JA
• Fire xTreme 2.2
• Firenzina 2.3.1
• Fisher Chess 1.0
• GNUChess 1.0 (!!!) With JA’s WB code
• GNUChess 4.0pl75 ( from 1995! use gnuchessx in XBoard)
• Gull 1.2 (Ported by Ian Osgood. Thanks Ian!)
• Ifrit 1.8 JA
• iiChess r1.9 JA (Doesn’t display a PV, only plays the move)
• Ivanhoe 999946f
• Kenny 0.1.1.0 JA
• Lime v66
• Monik 2.2.3 JA
• Parrot
• Philomon (poor protocol implementation)
• Pierre 1.7 JA
• Purple Haze 2.1.0 JA
• Rainbow Serpent 2.3.1
• Rocinante 2.0
• Simplex 0.9.8 JA
• Soldat 3-0172 JA (doesn’t work in a GUI)
• Stockfish 4
• Suff 0.3a
• Texel 1.02
• The Lightning 2.0.2
• TogaToy 1.0
• Tucano 3
• Umko 0.3.0.1
New Tool:
• Ordo v0.7.1.1 (Miguel Ballicora’s rating tool)
New External Links:
• Deep Junior 13.3

LINKS:
- Updates page.
- All engines list.
- Ratings List.

[Kaj Soderberg]

Great stuff, Julien.

I tested the engines we spoke of earlier, and they all work with the new compile. Glad to see some interesting new ones as well.
What also strikes me is that there are a few Ippo-type engines around (no judgement intended) working in MP mode, whereas on forums it was often said that they would never work on Mac OS them knowing a Windows specific MP implementation. So, now your compiles also work as kind of a mythbuster too

Cheers,
Kaj

[JuLieN]

Great stuff, Julien.

I tested the engines we spoke of earlier, and they all work with the new compile. Glad to see some interesting new ones as well.
What also strikes me is that there are a few Ippo-type engines around (no judgement intended) working in MP mode, whereas on forums it was often said that they would never work on Mac OS them knowing a Windows specific MP implementation. So, now your compiles also work as kind of a mythbuster too

Cheers,
Kaj

Thanks.

Funny... I don't remember any particular difficulty with the Ippos & co. I actually like those engines. They are remarkably strong and, what's important, they are very stable. They just don't crash. This si a big plus. Nothing more frustrating than an engine that has good debuts in a tournament and then crashes...

EDIT: Oh, and, btw... Komodo 5.1 is the king of Mac's hill, ahead of Stockfish 4!