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1 | Table Of Content (2018-12-31 *2016-04-30) | |||||
2 | Spreadsheet 1 :: Table Of Content - Introduction - References + Thanks - Table descriptions of the main XB/UCI chronology - Removed/waiting list | |||||
3 | Spreadsheet 2 :: Release Calendar | |||||
4 | Spreadsheet 3 :: XB/UCI Chronology - Alpha List (main content) | |||||
5 | Spreadsheet 4 :: Crazyhouse - Alpha List | |||||
6 | Spreadsheet 5 :: Country Codes | |||||
7 | Spreadsheet 6 :: WBEC News (2002/04-2013/10 some early parts are missing) - ComputerchessWiki (release list 2013/01-2016/04) | |||||
8 | Spreadsheet 7 :: Winboard-Newsticker History (1999/09-2001/12) | |||||
9 | Introduction (last change: 2019-04-12) | |||||
10 | The new RWBC XB/UCI Chronology is based on the WB/UCI chronology pages, which I started in July 2002 and were updated last time at the end of 2010. | |||||
11 | At that time I finally lost my interest in computerchess due to all the cloning issues and useless nearly unchanged derivates of already available sources. | |||||
12 | However after a long hiatus I decided to create an updated chronology again. | |||||
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14 | After some pondering about how to shrink the dark aspects caused by the desire of some people to release chess programs at all costs, I decided to | |||||
15 | follow a set of semi-strict rules with hopefully clear conditions. | |||||
16 | (1) No clones, no closed source attempts of open source projects | |||||
17 | (2) No 'stupid' derivates (source code available, but unchanged, or tiny changes and origin not acknowledged) | |||||
18 | (3) Not even legal derivates, when there isn't much code changed and own ideas are added over a longer period and move selection/search is too similar to origin | |||||
19 | (4) In case of doubts (mine and others), or if it concerns probably only some versions of a program, those programs are marked (s. appendix) | |||||
20 | (5) Versions of programs, which are definitely proven to be against this standard are omitted and the associated column is also marked (s. appendix) | |||||
21 | (6) Programs of anonymous origin also won't be added except EasyPeasy, an engine coming with the free Mayura Chess GUI | |||||
22 | (7) No programs from unknown authors w/o source , who cannot be verified and have no website, but instead use anonymous download sites | |||||
23 | (8) No intentionally created 'random' or 'pseudo random' movers or programs that hardly work at all | |||||
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25 | The update frequency is planned to be around 2 times per month. In case of several important releases soon after an update I might add those | |||||
26 | directly into the released (copy) spreadsheet(s) and add the changes later to the private (master) spreadsheet(s). | |||||
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28 | If you miss a certain program or a version here, most probably one of the reasons is mentioned above. In this case a good start would be to check the | |||||
29 | clone list at the wonderful ComputerChessWiki: http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:clone_engine_list | |||||
30 | or the complete release list at the same place: http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list | |||||
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32 | Because of the huge amount of data and for other reasons there is no guarantee everything is correct! Especially the release date sometimes can be the | |||||
33 | date of discovery (mostly if only the source was available) or the date of compilation by another person. | |||||
34 | Please inform about obvious errors either via mail to rwbc[at]gmx.de or to the Talkchess CCC forum. (You need to prove your data) | |||||
35 | References/Other sources | |||||
36 | http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/ | |||||
37 | http://computer-chess.org/doku.php | |||||
38 | http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.wbec-ridderkerk.nl/ | |||||
39 | http://talkchess.com/forum/index.php | |||||
40 | http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/index.php | |||||
41 | http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php? | |||||
42 | http://web.archive.org/web/20010702132513/http://amateurschach.in-trier.de/news_top.htm | |||||
43 | http://web.archive.org/web/20011204202156/http://www.quarkchess.de/html/winboard-newsticker.htm | |||||
44 | http://home.scarlet.be/vincentlejeune/rating-ordo-20160414.txt | |||||
45 | http://www.nationsonline.org | |||||
46 | http://rwbc-chess.de/ | |||||
47 | Thanks | |||||
48 | Leo Dijksman, Ron Murawski, Thomas Mayer, Frank Quisinsky, Volker Pittlik, Olivier Deville, Steven Schwartz, Sean Mintz, Jim Ablett, Dann Corbit, Kirill Kryukov, Tony Mokonen, | |||||
49 | Daniel Jose, Vincent Lejeune, Norbert Raimund Leisner, Ruxy Sylwyka, Arnaud Loheac, all programmers of the listed chess programs, all programmers who created various tools | |||||
50 | and all people who ever did something useful for the computerchess community. | |||||
51 | Release Calendar Descriptions (2018-11-14) | |||||
52 | Progs = Sum of different programs updated per month | |||||
53 | Versions = Sum of all updates per month | |||||
54 | preceding # in version = dev version (dev versions of programs which are permanently updated will be only listed once per month) | |||||
55 | ||||||
56 | Chronology sheet descriptions (last change: 2019-12-01) | |||||
57 | Column | Full Description | Value(s)/Format | Conditions | Remark | |
58 | # | Number current sorting | 3 digits (leading zeros) | |||
59 | Name | Engine Name (current) | txt | #A4C2F4 background and italics, if version released recently; [AND(AGE-LW <= 0,5);(Age-FR > 1)] # F6CC70 background and underscore, if quite new at all; [Age-FR <= 1] # B7B7B7 background and underscore, if development stopped; [Age-LW >= 6] | () unused affix/suffix | |
60 | N. Alias | txt | if # (= derivate with enough changes to be listed) the derivate base name is given in brackets e.g. (TSCP) | |||
61 | N. Pre/Var | Engine Name (Predecessor/Variation) | txt | |||
62 | ? | Status Last Release | free/$$/% (% = Trialware/Shareware) () changed status since original date | |||
63 | Vers. FR | Version First Release | txt | |||
64 | Y-M-D FR | Year/Month/Day First Release | YYYY-MM-DD | |||
65 | Vers. LR | Version Last Release | txt | updated only if a WIN version available too | ||
66 | P/V LR | Version Predecessor/Variation Last Release | ||||
67 | YM-LW | Year-Month Last Work | YYYY-MM | last work done on it by the AUTHOR himself | ||
68 | YM-LR | Year-Month Last Release | YYYY-MM | |||
69 | Age-LW | Age Last Work | 0,00 (years) | [(TODAY() - YM-LW)/365,25] (for simplicity average years days count set to 365,25) | ||
70 | Age-FR | Age First Release (detected/protocol added) | 0,00 (years) | [(TODAY() - YMD-FR)/365,25] (for simplicity average years days count set to 365,25) | ||
71 | RC | Rating Classification | classified according to GURL-2 and/or CCRL (GURL = Grand Unified Rating List) adjusted Fruit 2.1 to 2700 using a classification letter s. table below! | https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YuWx6Teh3cN_dB7SkSK7m6_PUjMLX-faQgMQ4eqT71c http://www.computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/404/rating_list_all.html http://www.computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/4040/rating_list_all.html | normally the newest or best versions' rating * (= provisionally classification) always for single cpu | |
72 | RC ZH | Rating Classification ZH | classified according to zhassociation (Rapid + Blitz List) adjusted Sjeng 11.2 to 2150 using a classification letter s. table below! | https://sites.google.com/site/zhassociation/computers/rating-list | ||
73 | Src | Source | yes/%/- % = some version(s) | |||
74 | Type | Hardware Type | CPU/GPU | |||
75 | MP | Multi Processors/Threads/Cores/CPUs | number of max cores/x/#/- (yes = unknown no. of max cores, x = SMP but fixed CPU$N, or special versions with fixed CPU$N, or not working correctly with PB off, # = in earlier versions, later removed! * = at least number of cores) | only if supported in Linux + Windows | ||
76 | EGT | Endgame (table)bases support (reflects only the latest version!) | GAV = Gaviota NAL = Nalimov SCO = Scorpio SYZ = Syzygy OWN = Own format OWN* = (only a few) | sorted alphabetically if > 1 | ||
77 | Prot | Protocol | txt | () = supported in the past | ||
78 | CMD (arg) Config | First line = cmd args in brackets Second line = name of config file | txt | |||
79 | Versions (arg) | version numbers for cmd args | -N (until version X), N- (from version X), N-N | |||
80 | Author L.N. | txt | (&) fka => name change * anonymous exceptions | |||
81 | Author F.N. | Author First Name | txt | line break mode | ||
82 | Add. Work ZH | Author additional work | txt | Last name + first name | line break mode | |
83 | Web/Download | Website/Links | url | line break mode | ||
84 | CC3 | 3 Letter Country Code | txt | ISO 3166 | ||
85 | F1 | Flag Author A | png | UNO flag if > 2 | ||
86 | F2 | Flag Author B | png | |||
87 | ||||||
88 | Rating: | Class | ||||
89 | > 3100 | A1 | ||||
90 | 2900-3100 | A2 | ||||
91 | 2700-2900 | A3 | ||||
92 | 2500-2700 | B1 | ||||
93 | 2300-2500 | B2 | ||||
94 | 2100-2300 | B3 | ||||
95 | 1900-2100 | C1 | ||||
96 | 1700-1900 | C2 | ||||
97 | 1500-1700 | C3 | ||||
98 | 1300-1500 | D | ||||
99 | 1100-1300 | E | ||||
100 | < 1100 | F | ||||
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