Introduction
Bright is a chess engine: a computer program that plays chess.
In case you do not have a chess GUI, you may want to download and install the
Arena chess GUI first.
Installation
Use 7zip to unpack the archive.
Then consult the readme for installation and configuration instructions.
Optionally, you may download and install the
Scorpio Bitbases to improve endgame play.
Downloads
By downloading any of the files below, you indicate your consent with the license terms.
bright-0.4a.zip (March 22, 2009, latest public version)
bright-0.4a3.zip (April 1, 2009, only contains patch for Fisher Random Chess)
opening book (48Mb) (March 23, 2009, latest opening book by Wael Deeb)
drdeeb-iii.zip (August 2, 2008, compact opening book by Wael Deeb)
bright-0.3a.zip mirror 1 (March 22, 2008, older and weaker public version)
bright-0.2c.7z (December 23, 2007, initial public version)
bright-0.1d.zip (March 18, 2007, weakest public version)
i-perft-1.0.7z (April 25, 2008, a relatively fast perft, source & exe)