One pgo build for arm7 and two arm8 builds for arm8. Enjoy!
GET Cfish 2017.08.26-BM for arm7 and arm8
In case of trouble downloading from your PC, use your mobile device or refer to THIS POST.
GET Cfish 2017.08.26-BM for arm7 and arm8
August 30, 2017
Android UCI engine update: armFish 2017.08.27
The "fastest fish by theory" was updated by Lyudmil Antonov on Aug,27th.
Note that armFish builds are made for arm8 64-bit devices only and that asmFish is another story concerning 64-bit x86 devices, be it PC's or tablets.
By the way, i've read some posts claiming that some Cfish builds showed faster in some devices. I guess these are related to hardware differences because the lower the level of programming, the bigger the incompatibility problems.
That's why C and C+ had come out in the past to ensure multi platform portability and save time for developers.
Note that armFish builds are made for arm8 64-bit devices only and that asmFish is another story concerning 64-bit x86 devices, be it PC's or tablets.
By the way, i've read some posts claiming that some Cfish builds showed faster in some devices. I guess these are related to hardware differences because the lower the level of programming, the bigger the incompatibility problems.
That's why C and C+ had come out in the past to ensure multi platform portability and save time for developers.
Chess Tournament 0.7.5 by Javiolo
WHAT'S NEW (29-Aug-2017):
v0.7.5
improve calculations
Other improvements
v0.7.5
improve calculations
Other improvements
Android UCI engine update: Demolito 2017.08.26 for arm8
If you know Doublecheck and Discocheck engines, you must be familiar with Lucas Braesch's contribution to chess engines development. Since the beginning of this year, he went on to write a new engine from scratch, taking small parts of Discocheck.
Although he'd written he wouldn't be interested in delivering executables in order to better concentrate on the code, some builds are already out for testing.
One of them is made by Lucas himself and it will only work with 64-bit devices. So, meet the son of Discocheck.
In case of trouble downloading from your PC, use your mobile device or refer to THIS POST.
Android UCI engine update: Corchess 1.7.20170726.ACH
It's interesting to see a 1.7 version dated 26th while there was a 1.8 version dated 20th, previously posted here. The most recent should be better by theory anyway.
GET Corchess 1.7.20170726 for arm7 and arm8.
Android UCI engine update: Stockfish dev't 2017.08.26.ACH
Notice that two arm8 builds are included. They are compiled with GCC6.1 and GCC7.2 separately by Alexei in order to compare the performance of the output. GCC7.2 appears to deliver faster builds but try and see both with your own config.
GET Stockfish 8.0.2017.08.26.ACH for arm7 and arm8
GET Stockfish 8.0.2017.08.26.ACH for arm7 and arm8
Android UCI engine update: Sayuri 2017.08.19
I couldn't get running this update of Sayuri by the author Hironori Ishibashi, like all previous versions compiled by him. Anyone able to get it running well, please comment here about your hardware / software environment.
Chess Free AI 2.55
WHAT'S NEW (24-Aug-17):
v2.55:
- Improves hints against lower level CPU players.
- Now shows early ELO estimate after 1st pro match, rather than 5th.
- Internal book improvement
Download latest version from GOOGLE PLAY.
August 20, 2017
Rapidroid to be updated by the end of August
It's coming on 31st of August: With 130 engines and approx 22000 games, of which ~65% are replayed.
If you wanna hear about the top, no big change expected: Stockfish 8 will lead, tailed by Komodo 11.01, Chiron, Critter and Gull...
New Android UCI engine: armFish 2017.08.XX
Androiders, especially the users of ARM cpu's must thank Lyudmil Antonov for making the mighty assembly port of Stockfish available for arm cpu's. Assembly builds must run the fastest possible by definition, even faster than Cfish.
It was indeed a hard task bearing in mind that even porting C++ code to Android requires a lot of knowledge about the software to be used to compile and also a good practice of several Windows and Android libraries.
Working with assembly code is even more difficult because of the primitive level of the language. It's the least human environment for a programmer. The only reason to prefer the native assembly can be nothing but speed, which is the exact case of a chess engine. Congrats to LA for succeeding in this insane mission!
There are many builds LA released so far. You can find links to each of them below. The recent ones come with Syzygy tablebase support as well. Yummy!
The only bad news about armFish is that the builds are made for arm8 64-bit devices only.
GET armFish 2017.08.04.LA for arm8
GET armFish 2017.08.06.LA for arm8
GET armFish 2017.08.08.LA for arm8
GET armFish 2017.08.14.LA for arm8
GET armFish 2017.08.19.LA for arm8
Android UCI engine update: Cfish 2017.08.19.ACH
This is latest available for Android at the time of posting. Enjoy two versions: Deafult and Black Magic. I don't know the difference and probably i won't have time to discover.
GET Cfish 2017.08.19.ACH for arm7 and arm8
GET Cfish 2017.08.19-BM.ACH for arm7 and arm8
In case of trouble downloading from your PC, use your mobile device or refer to THIS POST.
GET Cfish 2017.08.19.ACH for arm7 and arm8
GET Cfish 2017.08.19-BM.ACH for arm7 and arm8
Android UCI engine update: Aristides 2.0a.ACH
Aristides is a C port of the Stockfish chess engine, forked from Cfish by Michael Byrne. It includes play by UCI_LimitStrength (play by ELO rating), UCI Move Delay, Fast Play when mate is found, Study option (from Matefinder), Hide Info (some information output may be skipped to reduce output) and various search tweaks.
Stockfish derivatives by Javiolo: Other Fish 20170730 (64-bit only)
Javier's upodated engine pack comes with eight strong Stockfish derivatives: Aristides, Brainfish, Cfish, CiChess, Corchess, McBrain, Nayeem, SugaR are included in the app.
Please note that they are not OEX, so you need to use them with CEPA GUI by the same author.
WHAT'S NEW (16-Aug-2017):
v20170730
- 8 64-bit engines derived of SF NOT OEX Engines
- Old release v20170221
Download and install Other Fish app from GOOGLE PLAY.
Please note that they are not OEX, so you need to use them with CEPA GUI by the same author.
WHAT'S NEW (16-Aug-2017):
v20170730
- 8 64-bit engines derived of SF NOT OEX Engines
- Old release v20170221
Download and install Other Fish app from GOOGLE PLAY.
CEPA 0.7.0 by Javiolo
Thanks to Javiolo for continously improving this nice GUI. Keep up the good work dear friend!
WHAT'S NEW (15-Aug-2017):v0.7.0
- Fixed bugs engine list
- Improve nps
- More free options
v0.6.7-v0.6.8
- Security update
- PreMove
You can get the latest CEPA from GOOGLE PLAY.
Chess Tournament 0.7.4 by Javiolo
WHAT'S NEW (14-Aug-2017):
v0.7.4
- new pgn File for opening test
- Fast Win
- improved nps
- fixed bugs in the engine list
- many free options
v0.7.4
- new pgn File for opening test
- Fast Win
- improved nps
- fixed bugs in the engine list
- many free options
Stockfish derivatives by Javiolo: Other Fish 20170730 (32-bit only)
Javier's upodated engine pack comes with eight strong Stockfish derivatives: Aristides, Brainfish, Cfish, CiChess, Corchess, McBrain, Nayeem, SugaR are included in the app.
Please note that they are not OEX, so you need to use them with CEPA GUI by the same author.
WHAT'S NEW (01-Aug-2017):
v20170730
8 engines derived of SF NOT OEX Engines
old release v20170128
Five engines derived of SF that suppot the Open Exchange protocol.
these chess engines app need a chess board, see app description.
at this moment only work chess engine play analysis. in few days works the rest of GUIs
Download and install Other Fish app from GOOGLE PLAY.
Please note that they are not OEX, so you need to use them with CEPA GUI by the same author.
WHAT'S NEW (01-Aug-2017):
v20170730
8 engines derived of SF NOT OEX Engines
old release v20170128
Five engines derived of SF that suppot the Open Exchange protocol.
these chess engines app need a chess board, see app description.
at this moment only work chess engine play analysis. in few days works the rest of GUIs
Download and install Other Fish app from GOOGLE PLAY.
Android UCI engine update: Komodo 11.2.2
Android version of Komodo is the same as Windows since the beginning of August. Now, it's time to wait for a series of gauntlets in Rapidroid.
Unfortunately, i've gone too far with 11.01. That's why we'll see it rated first in the next release, before 11.2.2 replaces it.
Unfortunately, i've gone too far with 11.01. That's why we'll see it rated first in the next release, before 11.2.2 replaces it.
WHAT'S NEW (1-Aug-2017):
- Update to Komodo 11.2.2
Don't forget that since the first release of Komodo 11, Komodo 9.42 is free on GOOGLE PLAY.
Android UCI engine update: Ethereal 8.23
After three builds released by Andy Grant, Ethereal comes to 8.23 finally. The latest one is expected to exceed the 2550 ELO barrier. We'll see this in Rapidroid.
GET Ethereal 8.19.AG for arm7 32-bit pieGET Ethereal 8.22.AG for arm7 32 bit pie
GET Ethereal 8.23.AG for arm7 32 bit pie
In case of trouble downloading from your PC, use your mobile device or refer to THIS POST.
Chess Online 11.1.1 by Miroslav Kisly
WHAT'S NEW (29-Jul-2017)
v11.1.1
* Added ability to add own AVATAR
* Added online stability
* Added Dominican Republic
* Added ability to add own AVATAR
* Added online stability
* Added Dominican Republic
Download Chess Online from GOOGLE PLAY.
Android UCI engine update: Thinksfish 1.03.ACH
Thinksfish is maintained by Marco Zerbinati like SugaR. To learn more about what's different, below readme text may help you:
"ThinksFish is a free UCI chess engine derived from Stockfish. It is not a complete chess program and requires some UCI-compatible GUI (e.g. XBoard with PolyGlot, eboard, Arena, Sigma Chess, Shredder, Chess Partner or Fritz) in order to be used comfortably. Read the documentation for your GUI of choice for information about how to use ThinksFish with it.
This version of ThinksFish supports up to 512 cores. The engine defaults to one search thread, so it is therefore recommended to inspect the value of the Threads UCI parameter, and to make sure it equals the number of CPU cores on your computer."
In case of trouble downloading from your PC, use your mobile device or refer to THIS POST.
"ThinksFish is a free UCI chess engine derived from Stockfish. It is not a complete chess program and requires some UCI-compatible GUI (e.g. XBoard with PolyGlot, eboard, Arena, Sigma Chess, Shredder, Chess Partner or Fritz) in order to be used comfortably. Read the documentation for your GUI of choice for information about how to use ThinksFish with it.
This version of ThinksFish supports up to 512 cores. The engine defaults to one search thread, so it is therefore recommended to inspect the value of the Threads UCI parameter, and to make sure it equals the number of CPU cores on your computer."
In case of trouble downloading from your PC, use your mobile device or refer to THIS POST.
Stockfish dev't 2017.07.24 by Javiolo
Please note that the builds come specifically for CEPA gui by Javiolo. You have to install CEPA first, as mentioned by the author in what's new.
WHAT'S NEW (27-Jul-2017):
- New release Stockfish 8 20170724 NOT Open Exchange protocol NOT OEX engine.
-At this moment Only works with our GUIs
- Only works Chess Engines Play Analysis GUI for the rest please wait.
- Old release Stockfish 8 20170629 oex engine
Other Stockfish derivatives
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.packs.chessenginesotherfishpack
for more engines see Chess Engines app
-At this moment Only works with our GUIs
- Only works Chess Engines Play Analysis GUI for the rest please wait.
- Old release Stockfish 8 20170629 oex engine
Other Stockfish derivatives
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.packs.chessenginesotherfishpack
for more engines see Chess Engines app
You can download the engine pack from GOOGLE PLAY.
SSDF rating list of 27-Jul-2017 with AMD Ryzen CPU upgrade
It's good news that SSDF starts using more powerful Ryzen processor. However, one would strongly expect to see a current version of Stockfish here, instead of the rusty v6.
Komodo and Shredder were lucky Ryzenoids of this list, so they topped easily.
Komodo and Shredder were lucky Ryzenoids of this list, so they topped easily.
Comments to the Swedish Rating List 2/2017, July 27
"We can now present the early results from the testing on our new hardware level - the AMD Ryzen 7 1800X, which is an 8-core processor at 3,6 GHz. We have opted for 16 GB RAM as standard on this hardware - compared to 2 GB on our older Q6600 hardware. Similar to the Q6600, we utilize a 64-bit OS for the testing. On our older hardware we had 5 piece Nalimov/Syzygy endgame databases as standard. On this new platform we have chosen to also add 6 piece Syzygy, installed on SSD, for the programs that are able to utilize it.
We started of by testing two programs which we already had tested on our older Q6600 level: Mark Uniackes Deep Hiarcs 14 and Stefan Meyer-Kahlens Deep Shredder 13. Deep Hiarcs 14 has reached the rating of 3207 after the first 280 games, while Deep Shredder 13 has a rating of 3385 after the first 360 games. The difference in rating between the Q6600 and 1800X are +17 and +88 points for these two programs. We will see what will happen as more games will be played.
Topping our list, 21 points above Deep Shredder 13, is Komodo 11.01, which we have tested on our 1800X hardware level. It's the first program on our ratinglist to break the 3400-mark and Komodo 11.01 has got a rating of 3406 after the first 334 games! Congratulations to Mark Lefler and Larry Kaufman for achieving this!
The fourth new entrant on the list is a very welcome comeback by the former Zarkov-programmer - John Stanback, with his latest program Wasp 2.01. We have started of by testing his program on our single processor, 32 bit hardware level, the A1200. After 200 games his latest program has reached a rating just shy of the 3000-mark by a mere 12 points. As it was released without any opening-book, we have used the free 'Perfect 2017' book by Sedat Canbaz. As Wasp is multi-processor capable, we will also test it on our other hardware levels for upcoming lists.
The last new entrant on our latest ratinglist is the manually tested, Millenium ChessGenius Pro dedicated chess computer. It is a faster version of the already tested Millenium ChessGenius chess computer, with more memory and an updated Modern opening book - which we have used for the testing. It was released in the autumn of 2016 by the company Millenium GmbH. It includes the program of Richard Lang and recieves its power from an ARM Cortex M4 processor running at a frequency of 120 MHz. After 100 games it has recieved a rating of 2180, which is a good 103 points more than its former version!
For the upcoming lists we will get some more games with the newest additions, but will also extend our testing on the 1800X with more programs. We have started the testing of Komodo 11.01 on our Q6600 level and Wasp 2.01 on our Q6600, and 1800X level. Hopefully we can also present a later Stockfish version on our upcoming list. For the next list we will most probably have enough games to be able to present the Chess Genius 3 for Android and possibly also the Revelation Ruffian 2.1 dedicated chess computer. We will shortly begin testing of the newest Millenium ChessGenius Exclusive computer, but as it takes some time to reach our limit of 100 manual testgames, it will most probably not have enough games before next year."
We started of by testing two programs which we already had tested on our older Q6600 level: Mark Uniackes Deep Hiarcs 14 and Stefan Meyer-Kahlens Deep Shredder 13. Deep Hiarcs 14 has reached the rating of 3207 after the first 280 games, while Deep Shredder 13 has a rating of 3385 after the first 360 games. The difference in rating between the Q6600 and 1800X are +17 and +88 points for these two programs. We will see what will happen as more games will be played.
Topping our list, 21 points above Deep Shredder 13, is Komodo 11.01, which we have tested on our 1800X hardware level. It's the first program on our ratinglist to break the 3400-mark and Komodo 11.01 has got a rating of 3406 after the first 334 games! Congratulations to Mark Lefler and Larry Kaufman for achieving this!
The fourth new entrant on the list is a very welcome comeback by the former Zarkov-programmer - John Stanback, with his latest program Wasp 2.01. We have started of by testing his program on our single processor, 32 bit hardware level, the A1200. After 200 games his latest program has reached a rating just shy of the 3000-mark by a mere 12 points. As it was released without any opening-book, we have used the free 'Perfect 2017' book by Sedat Canbaz. As Wasp is multi-processor capable, we will also test it on our other hardware levels for upcoming lists.
The last new entrant on our latest ratinglist is the manually tested, Millenium ChessGenius Pro dedicated chess computer. It is a faster version of the already tested Millenium ChessGenius chess computer, with more memory and an updated Modern opening book - which we have used for the testing. It was released in the autumn of 2016 by the company Millenium GmbH. It includes the program of Richard Lang and recieves its power from an ARM Cortex M4 processor running at a frequency of 120 MHz. After 100 games it has recieved a rating of 2180, which is a good 103 points more than its former version!
For the upcoming lists we will get some more games with the newest additions, but will also extend our testing on the 1800X with more programs. We have started the testing of Komodo 11.01 on our Q6600 level and Wasp 2.01 on our Q6600, and 1800X level. Hopefully we can also present a later Stockfish version on our upcoming list. For the next list we will most probably have enough games to be able to present the Chess Genius 3 for Android and possibly also the Revelation Ruffian 2.1 dedicated chess computer. We will shortly begin testing of the newest Millenium ChessGenius Exclusive computer, but as it takes some time to reach our limit of 100 manual testgames, it will most probably not have enough games before next year."
Android UCI engine update: Cichess 1.5.20170720.ACH
CiChess is yet another tweaked Stockfish derivative. Thaks to Alexei for porting a never version of it. The build is entitled v1.5 like the previous one i'd shared. I don't know whether it's a typing error. No matter what i assume the source is from August 20.
Anyway, there are newer versions to share here soon. Just take this as a copy for collectors.
GET Cichess 1.5.20170720.ACH for arm7 and arm8
Anyway, there are newer versions to share here soon. Just take this as a copy for collectors.
GET Cichess 1.5.20170720.ACH for arm7 and arm8
Acid APE Chess Beta 14.8
APE is a challenging chess GUI's for Android, a serious competitor to Chess for Android by Aart Bik and Chess Tournament by Javiolo.
Beta 14.8:
- Lichess support has been made more robust.
Download latest version from GOOGLE PLAY.
Aurora Chess Clock v1.3
A free chess clock very comparable to the official DGT.
WHAT'S NEW (18-Jul-2017):
- Pause button works as resume
- Added a button to adjust the current time on pause
- Added reset button on main screen
- Sound and interface settings as well as default time settings are now stored
- Show milliseconds option works for 10 min or less time control
- Preset settings are available in free mode (purchase only removes ad banner)
- You can choose 1, 2 or 4 ticks per second for clock ticking
Download the latest version from GOOGLE PLAY.
Android UCI engine update: Cfish 8.0.ACH
Just for collectors: This is a binary provided by Alexei during the first attempts for a trustable arm8 compile, using the Cfish version of the original Stockfish 8. Cfish 8 was previously ported by Aprijal and Javier only.
GET Cfish 8.0.ACH for arm7 and arm8
In case of trouble downloading from your PC, use your mobile device or refer to THIS POST.
GET Cfish 8.0.ACH for arm7 and arm8
Android UCI engine update: Cfish 2017.07.10.ACH
HERE is Alexei's build of the Cfish source dated 13th of August, based on the code of 10th. It's for arm7 32-bit and also arm8 64-bit devices.
As several newer versions have been ported later on, consider this one an archive record, only for interested collectors.
In case of trouble downloading from your PC, use your mobile device or refer to THIS POST.
As several newer versions have been ported later on, consider this one an archive record, only for interested collectors.
New Android UCI engine: Thinksfish 1.02.ACH
Thinksfish is maintained by Marco Zerbinati like SugaR. To learn more about what's different, below readme text may help you:
"ThinksFish is a free UCI chess engine derived from Stockfish. It is not a complete chess program and requires some UCI-compatible GUI (e.g. XBoard with PolyGlot, eboard, Arena, Sigma Chess, Shredder, Chess Partner or Fritz) in order to be used comfortably. Read the documentation for your GUI of choice for information about how to use ThinksFish with it.
This version of ThinksFish supports up to 512 cores. The engine defaults to one search thread, so it is therefore recommended to inspect the value of the Threads UCI parameter, and to make sure it equals the number of CPU cores on your computer."
In case of trouble downloading from your PC, use your mobile device or refer to THIS POST.
"ThinksFish is a free UCI chess engine derived from Stockfish. It is not a complete chess program and requires some UCI-compatible GUI (e.g. XBoard with PolyGlot, eboard, Arena, Sigma Chess, Shredder, Chess Partner or Fritz) in order to be used comfortably. Read the documentation for your GUI of choice for information about how to use ThinksFish with it.
This version of ThinksFish supports up to 512 cores. The engine defaults to one search thread, so it is therefore recommended to inspect the value of the Threads UCI parameter, and to make sure it equals the number of CPU cores on your computer."
In case of trouble downloading from your PC, use your mobile device or refer to THIS POST.
