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| This is a partial list of Winboard/UCI chess engines that were proven to be unauthorized copies of legitimate engines. I may remove some clones that did not get distributed widely. I am not going to list fake "upgrade versions" of legitimate engines. There are too many clones to list them all, so I want to list those that fooled us long enough to play in a major tournament, or authors who released clones more than once. Many of the programmer names shown under 'Cloner' are not real, but some of them are. This list is intended to be an "avoid list". I feel strongly that Winboard people should //not// play clone engines in any tournament! The only exception being the engines marked with an asterisk (*) indicating that the engine is no longer a clone. | This is a partial list of Winboard/UCI chess engines that were proven to be unauthorized copies of legitimate engines. I may remove some clones that did not get distributed widely. I am not going to list fake "upgrade versions" of legitimate engines. There are too many clones to list them all, so I want to list those that fooled us long enough to play in a major tournament, or authors who released clones more than once. Many of the programmer names shown under 'Cloner' are not real, but some of them are. This list is intended to be an "avoid list". I feel strongly that Winboard people should //not// play clone engines in any tournament! The only exception being the engines marked with an asterisk (*) indicating that the engine is no longer a clone. | ||
| + | * Dec, 2017 -- Added Nawito | ||
| * Sept, 2017 -- Added EzIo aka Diablo | * Sept, 2017 -- Added EzIo aka Diablo | ||
| * Jan, 2011 -- Added Scaramanga | * Jan, 2011 -- Added Scaramanga | ||
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| * Nov, 2008 -- Added Rooster | * Nov, 2008 -- Added Rooster | ||
| * July, 2008 -- xyclOps and Oxygen added | * July, 2008 -- xyclOps and Oxygen added | ||
| - | * March 17, 2008 -- LION++ by Giancarlo Delli Colli from Italy has been removed from the clone list. The ICGA ejected this engine from its tournament because it was determined to be a clone of Fruit. Sources: [[http://www.chessninja.com/dailydirt/2006/05/ | (ChessNinja)]] [[http://www.chessclub.com/mailing/2006/06a/news.html | (Internet Chess Club)]] The tournament application of LION++ to the prestigious ICGA's 14th Computer Chess Tournament failed to mention its history: because of this application form error it violated ICGA's clone rule. The LION++ code was commonly known to be a Fruit derivative and the author was not trying to keep a secret, therefore it is not a true clone. It seems the author simply misunderstood the tournament rules. | + | * March 17, 2008 -- LION++ by Giancarlo Delli Colli from Italy has been removed from the clone list. The ICGA ejected this engine from its tournament because it was determined to be a clone of Fruit. Sources: [[http://www.chessninja.com/dailydirt/2006/05/ | (ChessNinja)]] [[https://web.archive.org/web/20150421171302/http://www6.chessclub.com/mailing/2006/06a/news.html | (Internet Chess Club)]] The tournament application of LION++ to the prestigious ICGA's 14th Computer Chess Tournament failed to mention its history: because of this application form error it violated ICGA's clone rule. The LION++ code was commonly known to be a Fruit derivative and the author was not trying to keep a secret, therefore it is not a true clone. It seems the author simply misunderstood the tournament rules. |
| * Modification: July 11, 2007 Michael Ehrig identified from Germany by Rainer Serfling | * Modification: July 11, 2007 Michael Ehrig identified from Germany by Rainer Serfling | ||
| * Modification: June 11, 2007 Hardware Harvey identified as Hiarcs clone by Rainer Serfling | * Modification: June 11, 2007 Hardware Harvey identified as Hiarcs clone by Rainer Serfling | ||
