Introduction
Spark is an experimental engine for playing chess.
While Spark uses a new search algorithm, new evaluation heuristics and a different board structure,
it should roughly play as strong as my other engine: Bright
Spark runs on the following OS'es:
64 bit: Windows XP/Vista/7, Linux, Mac OSX
32 bit: Windows XP/Vista/7
Requirements
1. A chess GUI, such as Arena, that supports the UCI protocol.
2. A computer with a fairly recent processor (that supports SSE2)
Installation
1. Use your favorite archiver (e.g. 7zip) to unpack the downloaded file.
2. Configure spark as a UCI engine in your chess GUI.
Downloads
By downloading any of the files below, you indicate your consent with the license terms.
Current version: spark-0.3a (January 10, 2010, MP version and bug fixes)
Choose OS: Windows 32-bit, Windows 64-bit, Mac OSX 64-bit Linux 64-bit
Older versions:
spark-0.3.zip (October 18, 2009, first public version)