Smaug
[ Smaug giganteus [1] Smaug,
a chess engine by Joona Kiiski which was a slightly modified version of Glaurung 2.2 by Tord Romstad, announced in March 2009 [2]. Smaugh’s patches were soon incorporated into another Glaurung derivative by Marco Costalba dubbed Stockfish [3]. Along with some emotional forum discussions on derivatives [4], Joona Kiiski became co-author of Stockfish, and Smaug 2.2.1. the one and only public release [5].
Forum Posts
- Smaug: a new chess engine based on glaurung by Joona Kiiski, CCC, March 12, 2009
- Plague: a “new” chess engine based on Smaug by Christopher Conkie, CCC, March 16, 2009
Re: Plague: a “new” chess engine based on Smaug by Joona Kiiski, CCC, March 18, 2009
- Trusted testers wanted by Volker Annuss, CCC, May 05, 2009
External Links
Chess Engine
- Computer Chess Wiki - Engine Download List hosted by Ron Murawski
- Index of /chess/engines/jim ablett/SMAUG by Jim Ablett, hosted by Kirill Kryukov
Misc
- Smaug from Wikipedia
- Smaug (genus) from Wikipedia
- Tetramorium smaug from Wikipedia
- Realms of Despair from Wikipedia
- Ed Sheeran - I See Fire soundtrack of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013), YouTube Video
References
- ↑ Image by Wilfried Berns / www.Tiermotive.de, Smaug giganteus - Wikimedia Commons
- ↑ Smaug: a new chess engine based on glaurung by Joona Kiiski, CCC, March 12, 2009
- ↑ Re: Smaug: a new chess engine based on glaurung by Marco Costalba, CCC, March 12, 2009
- ↑ Plague: a “new” chess engine based on Smaug by Christopher Conkie, CCC, March 16, 2009
- ↑ Re: Plague: a “new” chess engine based on Smaug by Joona Kiiski, CCC, March 18, 2009