Testing procedure
All games are played on 40 moves in 2 hours on Pentium machines with the Auto Player software AUTO232 of Christian Donninger.AUTO232 enables you to connect 2 Pc's by a special serial cable that operates either by COM1 or COM2. After installation of the software you start on each Pc the chess program to be tested. After that the CTRL_0 command will start a match between the 2 loaded chess programs.
AUTO232 is commercially available and costs about $99 and can be obtained by Gambit Soft Germany (see our Dealer List). Remember you need 2 Pc's, the special serial cable is included in the retail price.
Matches are based on as much as white and black games.
All scores are based on unique games, double games are NOT counted.
Some chess programs have small opening books resulting in less games. Most chess programs have wide opening books resulting in more games. All programs play on their strongest settings.
All games (matches) played can be downloaded.
Last update December 23,1996