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)