And I am not talking about remixes or anything like that. I am talking about the actual piece of composed music.

If engines were songs, then, checking whether a song is a clone of another takes minutes, checking whether a composition is not original takes an expert on the issue (there are experts ...

"Official testing" as in by authorities who are in a position to allow engines to be used for computer ratings that's considered kosher in chess circles.

I am afraid I still do not understand. I apologize for my lack of knowledge but which authorities are you talking about? Which chess circles?

Hagen wrote:Should chess engines get asterisks for official testing?

What do you mean by official testing?

http://mirror.isoc.org.il/pub/opensuse/distribution/11.4/iso/

For those not comfortable with Linux or the installation, you can try the livecd, and also I may be able to give a little helping hand.

In my view, Linux/Unix is a better environment to learn programming or do any related activities ...

seems ppl likes the endless discussions about "clones" and the computer chess became from hobby to "politics-interests-marketing" about
damned "clones" , lately the ppl is interesting more for articles about "clones" issues rather than a pure computer chess discussion, and i think it wont stop ...

Woah thanks! Just make sure you never take the time to describe your file, otherwise people might download it...

The real issue here is : why wasn't Houdini included as a candidate?

Just kept playing for 20 minutes (now I can't edit my last post...). The pieces are just fantastic! Thanks a lot Aart!

Thanks a lot! Downloading now!

HI!

I take the opportunity of your posting here to adress an issue that I may be the only one to care about.
Could you add some more chess pieces to the app ((and maybe some board colors)? I have a 10" tablet and the 2 sets look horrible (my opinion for what it is worth), merida and / or alpha ...