Android UCI engine update: Fruit Reloaded 2.1 for x86

Long after i've shared the Android port of Fruit Reloaded of Fabien Letouzey HERE, my colleague Alex, a much better fisherman than myself, provided me with another x86 build of the reloaded. This means that owners of Intel based Android devices can now use FR at usual speeds. So, let's reload it.

Fabien Letouzey at WCCC2005

Download Fruit Reloaded 2.1 for x86: HERE

Android UCI engine update: Texel 1.06a48

Thanks to Alex for providing the links to the most recent alpha builds of Texel. Although it could not qualify for the second stage of TCEC-9, Texel is still one of the top engines available for Android.

Download Texel 1.06a48 for arm7: HERE
Download Texel 1.06a48 for arm8: HERE

Android UCI engine update: Texel 1.05 recent builds for arm7, arm8 & x86

Following a remark by Alex, i've wanted check what Texel builds were shared in Chesstroid. After comparing the only arm7 build shared with the package released on Google Play, i've noticed that my version had come before the official package and there is indeed a more recent arm7 build of 1.05, shorter in size, as well as other alternative ones for other processor achitectures. So, it's my duty to share them.

The previous build for arm7 i'd previously posted will still reside: HERE for the collector's taste.

In addition, below alternatives dated May 23rd, 2015 are made available in Chesstroid engine repository, which is intented to become the most complete Android archive ever shared on the web.

Texel 1.05 for arm7: HERE

Texel 1.05 for arm8: HERE

Texel 1.05 for x86: HERE

Texel 1.05 for x86 64 bit: HERE

Enjoy saving them somewhere and stay tuned for the newest 1.06 alphas coming soon.

Android UCI engine update: Sayuri 2016.06.29

Although all builds following 2016.04.09 didn't work on my devices, i continue to post each update by the author Hironori Ishibashi.

The latest version released by Hironori is dated 29th of June. I will appreciate to hear that it works well in your device.

Download Sayuri 2016.06.29 for arm5: HERE

New Android UCI engine: Gambit Fruit 1.0 beta 4bx

The customer is always right!

Indeed, i don't sell anything here and everything i share is FREE OF CHARGE FOREVER. However, that doesn't imply that i don't treat my collegues as customers. When they are right, they are right and they deserve the best.

I'd told there was no build of Gambit Fruit for Android in a previous post. It seems i was wrong and there used to exist one build available, somewhere, sometime, so far from me to detect.

Since there's no time for a complete root cause analysis to discover how and why i skipped the accurate information, the corrective action must take place first. What i can do is to share what's skipped but finally found.

Meanwhile, the Fruit family tree that i'd shared previously deserves now an update:

Download Gambit Fruit for arm7 (up to Kitkat only): HERE

Androids UCI engine oldies: Toga II 1.3.1

Fruit versions and derivative are countless. Another finding just comes bundled within a standalone Google Play app Chess Tactics and Strategy, the same way as Fruit 2.1 which i've posted here minutes ago.

Forgetting and skipping can be excused but ignoring can't. Therefore i recover the delay below, in the name of the collecting spirit!

Download Toga II 1.3.1 for arm7 for Lollipop and beyond: HERE
Download Toga II 1.3.1 for arm7 up to Kitkat: HERE

Android UCI engine oldies: Fruit 2.1

No matter how speculated are Stockfish and Komodo these days, it nothing compared to Fruit. Those who are old enough can easily recall how frequent Fruit had been subject to endless discussions about freely available source code and authenticity of new engines. Fruit, the first open source engine in history, had been the day zero of a new era in chess programming for sure.

I'd shared a lot of fruits in previous posts but one important build seems skipped. Thanks to my colleagues supporting this blog, i came aware of the existence of a build based on the genuine Fruit 2.1 bundled in an app unknown to me, Chess Tactics and Strategy (aka PbChess), available in GOOGLE PLAY.

It has nothing to do with Fruit Reloaded, another engine completely rewritten by the same author. Compiled for arm7 architecture, i think Fruit 2.1 must be a nice addition to the Android engines collection.

Download Fruit 2.1 PIE for arm7 : HERE

Download Fruit 2.1 noPIE for arm7 : HERE

Please note that noPIE (default up to Kitkat 4.4) will not run on Lollipop and beyond. In such case refer to PIE.