The latest chess engine: RobboLito 0.085 g3

The latest robbolito chess engine is version g3. The last time I tested version e4 vs Rybka 3 in Fritz GUI saw the former humiliated the latter in crushing style at 30 minutes time control. According to the developer, major changes in the new version are:

1. bishop/knight evaluation fix
2. ponder bug fixed
2. time management changes
3. BTF removed
4. code cleanup
5. code translation

Eager to test it again with Rybka 3.
 
Download the latest RobboLito chess engine here (Source: ChesslogikDOTcom)
 
1. RobboLito 0.085g3 w32
(optimized windows 32-bit executable and source code)

2. RobboLito_0.085g3_w32_no_SSE2
(optimized windows 32-bit executable - for older CPUs that don't support Intel SSE2 instruction set)

3. RobboLito 0.085g3_x64
(fast windows 64-bit PGO executable compiled by peterpan)

4. RobboLito 0.085g3l_x86
(optimized linux 64-bit executable and source code ported to linux by unisky)

Old chess programs: Chessmaster 2100, Fritz 3, Chess Genius etc

It's quite interesting to go back to the early development of chess playing programs. I remember, back in 1992 when I bought my first 286 PC and then got my Chessmaster 2100. I played the program regularly, and well, beat its strongest championship setting, it did print certificate for my winning too. Nowdays it's a dream to even draw with the latest Chessmaster if your are not a master. Just for curiousity I searched if the old program are still out there and the result is...YES somebody got the link for it, check it out below:

LINK FOR OLD CHESS PLAYING SOFTWARES


Amazingly the program runs on my Windows Vista using DosBox, still like it much although the graphic is not that fantastic!! No installation is needed, just create a folder, copy the files and run it from there. DosBox link is here: [DosBox Link]

Note that if you are not familiar with the old DOS commands, it would take a while for you to figure out how the DosBox works for you.

Fritz 12 vs Robbolito e2 (latest version)

The latest version of Robbolito chess engine is e2. Its simply too strong for Fritz 12. The result so far is:

Engine Match 20 Nov 09, Blitz 5m/ 6 games

RobboLito 0.085e2 w32 vs Fritz 12 : 5-1

Note:
No opening book and tablebases for both engines.
OTM is on and OTF=22 for Robbolito

Rybka 3 versus new engines: RobboLito and Stockfish

Date: 7 Nov 09
Time Control: Blitz 5m
GUI: Fritz 12

Rybka 3 still the best. Result so far is:

Rybka 3 Human 1-cpu 32-bit - RobboLito 0.085d9 w32 3.5 - 2.5 +2/=3/-1 58.33%
Rybka 3 Human 1-cpu 32-bit - Stockfish 1.5.1 JA 4.0 - 2.0 +3/=2/-1 66.67%


Download Stockfish here: Chess.com

New chess engines: Robbolito and Ippolit

True, the limit to the creation of chess/engine is human imagination. Check yourself the two top class chess engines that are currently creating new waves, sweeping Rybka-3 and even the latest fritz 12. The best thing is these two engines are free and works well in any UCI capable chess programs...p/s: info as I read from other people's reviews

http://www.filecrop.com/Ippolit.html
http://www.cyclonechess.com/robbolito.htm

If you need a UCI capable program you can download Arena or Winboard

Fritz 12 can't even beat old Rybka

Rybka is amazing. Even the old ver.2.2 is already strong enough for the newest Fritz 12. Salute to the Rybka programmer. Simply brilliant!!! The only drawback of Rybka is it is too slow in dealing database search function in aquarium interface.

Engine Match 7 Nov 09, Blitz 4m, No opening book.

Fritz 12 - Ktulu 4.2 5.0 - 0.0 +5/=0/-0 100.00%
Fritz 12 - Rybka 2.2n2 mp 32-bit 2.0 - 4.0 +1/=2/-3 33.33%

Fritz 12 vs Rybka 3 (Human Style)

Just got my Fritz 12 from Amazon today. Tried it on my AMD Turion 64x2 TL-60, 2GB RAM HP laptop versus Rybka 3 (both without opening books). With 4 minutes blitz games, Rybka 3 shredded Fritz 12 with 3.5 -0.5 score. My personal opinion is that most of the improvement in the new Fritz are just cosmetics. There is no significant improvement in the engine strength. The tutorials are just samples and look more like advertisment for Chessbase products rather than genuine tutorials. My verdict: If your are looking for the best engine to analyse games - (still) go for Rybka 3.