ChessBrainVB V2.0 released (WB 2600 ELO, Office VBA 2100ELO)

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Re: ChessBrainVB V2.0 released (WB 2600 ELO, Office VBA 2100

Post by Dann Corbit »

He published the source.
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Re: ChessBrainVB V2.0 released (WB 2600 ELO, Office VBA 2100

Post by Guenther »

mar wrote:Nice!
SF translated to VB minus bugs.
So yet another pathetic clone. You guys must be really desperate... :lol:
But don't worry, you're in a good company.

Such crap (and Alfil & co) only spoil amateur series.
PS I hope you realize you violate GPL
Thanks for mentioning Martin. I hope other people would check other releases too more often...

Guenther

Would you mind to check the new program 'Blitzkrieg'?
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Re: ChessBrainVB V2.0 released (WB 2600 ELO, Office VBA 2100

Post by Gregory Owett »

He provides work for some beta testers! : D
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Re: ChessBrainVB V2.0 released (WB 2600 ELO, Office VBA 2100

Post by mar »

Dann Corbit wrote:He published the source.
Without license and without mentioning the authors.
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Re: ChessBrainVB V2.0 released (WB 2600 ELO, Office VBA 2100

Post by mar »

Guenther wrote:Would you mind to check the new program 'Blitzkrieg'?
It's on github, right? I don't see anything wrong with it.
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Re: ChessBrainVB V2.0 released (WB 2600 ELO, Office VBA 2100

Post by IanO »

mar wrote:Nice!
SF translated to VB minus bugs.
So yet another pathetic clone. You guys must be really desperate... :lol:
But don't worry, you're in a good company.

Such crap (and Alfil & co) only spoil amateur series.
PS I hope you realize you violate GPL
Thanks for the review, I'll remove it from my list as strongest VB program. Is there any original VB program stronger than Milady at about 1800?

What were the clues that showed you it was a Stockfish clone? While we're at it, can we make sure that Donna and NoahGrace are also not ports of Stockfish to Go and C# respectively?
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Re: ChessBrainVB V2.0 released (WB 2600 ELO, Office VBA 2100

Post by Adam Hair »

mar wrote:
Dann Corbit wrote:He published the source.
Without license and without mentioning the authors.
Looks like those problems have been corrected.
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Re: ChessBrainVB V2.0 released (WB 2600 ELO, Office VBA 2100

Post by mar »

Let's call it progress and learning then.
Sorry, I don't want to get involved in clone hunting/whatever (I have better things to do), so I'll refrain from further comments on anything from now on.
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Re: ChessBrainVB V2.0 released (WB 2600 ELO, Office VBA 2100

Post by mar »

SzG wrote: I understand and accept your point of view. But then please also refrain from comments like this:

"You guys must be really desperate...
But don't worry, you're in a good company. "
Sorry for the misunderstanding, that comment was addressed to alleged authors, not testers of course. But nevermind.