RWBC XB/UCI Chronology 2018-07-06 (Copy)

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1	Table Of Content (2016-06-02)
2	Spreadsheet 1 :: Table Of Content - Introduction - References + Thanks - Table descriptions of the main XB/UCI chronology - Removed/waiting list
3	Spreadsheet 2 :: XB/UCI Chronology - Alpha List
4	Spreadsheet 3 :: Crazyhouse - Alpha List
5	Spreadsheet 4 :: Country Codes
6	Spreadsheet 5 :: WBEC News (2002/04-2013/10 some early parts are missing) - ComputerchessWiki (release list 2013/01-2016/04)
7	Spreadsheet 6 :: Winboard-Newsticker History (1999/09-2001/12)
8	Introduction (2018-01-17)
9	The new RWBC XB/UCI Chronology is based on the WB/UCI chronology pages started in July 2002 and last updated at the end of 2010.
10	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.
11	However after a long hiatus I decided to create an updated list again. The exact motivation why is still unclear to me. I guess it is because computerchess
12	against all odds is not dead yet. Despite all above mentioned symptoms there are still people who start developing new chess programs from scratch and
13	sometimes even with fresh new ideas.
14
15	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
16	follow a set of semi-strict rules with hopefully clear conditions.
17	(1) There are no proven clones here
18	(2) You will also not find illegal derivates in this place
19	(3) Not even legal derivates, when there isn't much code changed and own ideas are attributed, or the origin is hidden
20	(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)
21	(5) Versions of programs which are definitely proven to be against this standard are omitted and the belonging column is also marked (s. appendix)
22	(6) Programs of anonymous origin are also not going to be added with the exception of 'Vice', because of the authors' extensive youtube chess engine
23	programming lessons and EasyPeasy, an engine coming with the free Mayura Chess GUI
24	(7) No programs from unknown authors w/o source , who cannot be verified and have no website, but instead use anonymous download sites
25	(8) No intentionally created 'random' or 'pseudo random' movers or programs that hardly work at all
26
27	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
28	directly into the released (copy) spreadsheet(s) and add the changes later to the private (master) spreadsheet(s).
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30	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
31	clone list at the wonderful ComputerChessWiki: http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:clone_engine_list
32	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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34	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
35	date of discovery (mostly if only the source was available) or the date of compilation by another person.
36	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)
37	References/Other sources
38	http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/
39	http://computer-chess.org/doku.php
40	http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.wbec-ridderkerk.nl/
41	http://talkchess.com/forum/index.php
42	http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/index.php
43	http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?
44	http://web.archive.org/web/20010702132513/http://amateurschach.in-trier.de/news_top.htm
45	http://web.archive.org/web/20011204202156/http://www.quarkchess.de/html/winboard-newsticker.htm
46	http://home.scarlet.be/vincentlejeune/rating-ordo-20160414.txt
47	http://www.nationsonline.org
48	http://rwbc-chess.de/
49	Thanks
50	Leo Dijksman, Ron Murawski, Thomas Mayer, Frank Quisinsky, Volker Pittlik, Olivier Deville, Steven Schwartz, Sean Mintz, Jim Ablett, Dann Corbitt, Kirill Kryukov, Tony Mokonen,
51	Daniel Jose, Vincent Lejeune, Norbert Raimund Leisner, Ruxy Sylwyka, Arnaud Lohéac, all programmers of the listed chess programs, all programmers who created various tools
52	and all people who ever did something useful for the computerchess community.
53	Table descriptions (2017-10-08)
54	Column	Full Description	Value(s)/Format	Conditions	Remark	Font/Size
55	#	Number current sorting	3 digits (leading zeros)			8
56	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	9 Bold
57	N. Alias		txt	if ** (= derivate with enough changes to be listed) the derivate base name is given in brackets e.g. (TSCP)		7 Bold
58	N. Pre/Var	Engine Name (Predecessor/Variation)	txt			7 Bold
59	?	Status Last Release	free/$$/% (% = Trialware/Shareware) () changed status since original date			8
60	Vers. FR	Version First Release	txt			8
61	Y-M-D FR	Year/Month/Day First Release	YYYY-MM-DD			8
62	Vers. LR	Version Last Release	txt		updated only if a WIN version available too	8
63	P/V LR	Version Predecessor/Variation Last Release
64	YM-LW	Year-Month Last Work	YYYY-MM		last work done on it by the AUTHOR himself
65	YM-LR	Year-Month Last Release	YYYY-MM			8
66	Age-LW	Age Last Work	0,00 (years)	[(TODAY() - YM-LW)/365,25] (for simplicity average years days count set to 365,25)		8
67	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)		8
68	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	normally the newest or best versions' rating * (= provisionally classification)	8 Bold
69	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
70	Src	Source	yes/%/- % = some version(s)			8
71	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	8
72	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	8
73	Prot	Protocol	txt		() = supported in the past	8
74	Author L.N.		txt		(&) fka => name change * anonymous exceptions	9 Bold
75	Author F.N.	Author First Name	txt			9
76	Add. Work ZH	Author additional work	txt	Last name + first name		8
77	Web/Download	Website/Links	url		!attention! added line break mode because of long links (*) = inofficial link	7
78	CC3	3 Letter Country Code	txt		ISO 3166	8
79	F1	Flag Author A	png	UNO flag if > 2		18*30
80	F2	Flag Author B	png			18*30
81
82	Rating:	Class
83	> 3100	A1
84	2900-3100	A2
85	2700-2900	A3
86	2500-2700	B1
87	2300-2500	B2
88	2100-2300	B3
89	1900-2100	C1
90	1700-1900	C2
91	1500-1700	C3
92	1300-1500	D
93	1100-1300	E
94	< 1100	F
95
96	Appendix:	Description
97	Name*	Doubts/Accusations about legality for at least one version
98	Name**	(Ex-)Derivate (or 'borrowed code') with enough changes to be listed
99	Vers. F*	Earlier versions definitely contain cloned code
100	Vers. L*	Later versions definitely contain cloned code