Sargon UCI

Discussion of anything and everything relating to chess playing software and machines.

Moderator: Ras

Jjaw
Posts: 98
Joined: Thu Jul 29, 2021 4:48 pm
Full name: Joe Louvier

Sargon UCI

Post by Jjaw »

Here's a link to Sargon UCI chess engine (github) made from the original source code from the book "Sargon a computer chess program". 2nd link is Github site w/source code ... https://github.com/billforsternz/retro- ... c-link.exe ...
https://github.com/billforsternz/retro-sargon
Rowen
Posts: 123
Joined: Tue Nov 15, 2016 1:19 pm
Location: Cheshire, England

Re: Sargon UCI

Post by Rowen »

Jjaw wrote: Mon Feb 23, 2026 4:00 am Here's a link to Sargon UCI chess engine (github) made from the original source code from the book "Sargon a computer chess program". 2nd link is Github site w/source code ... https://github.com/billforsternz/retro- ... c-link.exe ...
https://github.com/billforsternz/retro-sargon
This is a good engine to train against. Based upon my elo and results against it, I would say someone with a FIDE of about 1500 to 1800 would get a good game against it, It is aggressive (likes to bring out its queen) yet is fairly solid and human like.