Chess engine Bringer 1.9 released

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Chess engine Bringer 1.9 released

Postby Gerrit Reubold » 27 Dec 2001, 00:20

Geschrieben von: / Posted by: Gerrit Reubold at 27 December 2001 00:20:07:

Hi all,
the new version of my chess program is now available for free download from my homepage www.reubold.onlinehome.de
As always, the engine is modified, I hope (and believe) it is stronger than Bringer 1.8, but it is up to you to test this :-)
The GUI didn't change much, with one exception: Book handling. The opening books are now splitted into three separate files, which are freely interchangeable. 1. the raw data (automatically generated from PGN files) 2. the repertoire (the ! and ? signs, the work of the book author), and 3. the scores from the book learning.
These are the advantages: Bringer doesn't store the !!-etc comments in the opening book anymore, so you can simply rebuild the plain opening book from newer PGNs and keep your !!-etc comments in a separate file (I call this file the repertoire file). You can have many of these repertoire files and combine them with opening book files as you like. f.ex. you could have a "Sicilian Defence" repertoire file, a "Queens Gambit" repertoire file, a complete repertoire file, a secret tournament repertoire etc. Note that these repertoire files are usually very small, contrary to the opening books, thus they are easily shared with your friends over the internet. The booklearning results are kept in separate files, too, so you can switch these files, send them to your friends, turn them off etc. as needed.
The download includes an example repertoire: cct3.btu This repertoire was successfully used in the CCT-3 tournament, it was created by Peter Berger.
Other topics:
New option: Mainvariation always international
(Since version 1.9, Bringer displays the main variation not like this "d2-d4 g8-f6" anymore, but like this: "d4 Nf6", which is more readable. In the german GUI, this would be "d4 Sf6", but if you like the international symbols (N instead of S), even in the german GUI, select this option.)
Autosave:
When you exit Bringer, the current position is now saved and automatically loaded when you start it again.
One other thing, for fans of Bringer, collectors, and friends of weak engines. You can download one of the very first versions of Bringer, it is from March 1996, after 10 weeks of work (Pete called it "Baby-Bringer" :)). The GUI is only in german, but I think you can operate it even when you don't speak German.
Greetings,
Gerrit
Gerrit Reubold
 

Re: Chess engine Bringer 1.9 released

Postby maria clara benedicto » 27 Dec 2001, 09:38

Geschrieben von: / Posted by: maria clara benedicto at 27 December 2001 09:38:55:
Als Antwort auf: / As an answer to: Chess engine Bringer 1.9 released geschrieben von: / posted by: Gerrit Reubold at 27 December 2001 00:20:07:
dear mr. reubold,
hello sir,
i download your new 1.9 bringer.
thank you.
Happ New Year!!!!!
maria
Hi all,
the new version of my chess program is now available for free download from my homepage www.reubold.onlinehome.de
As always, the engine is modified, I hope (and believe) it is stronger than Bringer 1.8, but it is up to you to test this :-)
The GUI didn't change much, with one exception: Book handling. The opening books are now splitted into three separate files, which are freely interchangeable. 1. the raw data (automatically generated from PGN files) 2. the repertoire (the ! and ? signs, the work of the book author), and 3. the scores from the book learning.
These are the advantages: Bringer doesn't store the !!-etc comments in the opening book anymore, so you can simply rebuild the plain opening book from newer PGNs and keep your !!-etc comments in a separate file (I call this file the repertoire file). You can have many of these repertoire files and combine them with opening book files as you like. f.ex. you could have a "Sicilian Defence" repertoire file, a "Queens Gambit" repertoire file, a complete repertoire file, a secret tournament repertoire etc. Note that these repertoire files are usually very small, contrary to the opening books, thus they are easily shared with your friends over the internet. The booklearning results are kept in separate files, too, so you can switch these files, send them to your friends, turn them off etc. as needed.
The download includes an example repertoire: cct3.btu This repertoire was successfully used in the CCT-3 tournament, it was created by Peter Berger.
Other topics:
New option: Mainvariation always international
(Since version 1.9, Bringer displays the main variation not like this "d2-d4 g8-f6" anymore, but like this: "d4 Nf6", which is more readable. In the german GUI, this would be "d4 Sf6", but if you like the international symbols (N instead of S), even in the german GUI, select this option.)
Autosave:
When you exit Bringer, the current position is now saved and automatically loaded when you start it again.
One other thing, for fans of Bringer, collectors, and friends of weak engines. You can download one of the very first versions of Bringer, it is from March 1996, after 10 weeks of work (Pete called it "Baby-Bringer" :)). The GUI is only in german, but I think you can operate it even when you don't speak German.
Greetings,
Gerrit
maria clara benedicto
 


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