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- An emoticon showing a surprised face, Source: Tango Desktop Project, Wikimedia Commons↩︎
Surprise,
a WinBoard chess engine by Sven Schüle. The first version of Surprise was already created in about 1991 on an Atari ST. The private versions 3.x, developed in 2000/2001 were the first versions playing at least acceptable chess. After a three years break, the work on Surprise was continued in 2004, with versions 4.1 as first public release in June 2004, and the final version 4.3 in October 2007 1.
See also
Forum Posts
2004
- New engine released: "Surprise 4.1"! by Sven Schüle, Winboard Forum, June 13, 2004
- Surprise-4.1.1 update released by Sven Schüle, Winboard Forum, June 20, 2004
- Surprise updated again, new version 4.1.2 by Sven Schüle, Winboard Forum, June 22, 2004
- Surprise-4.1.3 released by Sven Schüle, Winboard Forum, July 09, 2004
- Surprise 4.1.4 released by Sven Schüle, Winboard Forum, July 26, 2004
- How to handle the first repetition correctly? (long) by Sven Schüle, Winboard Forum, August 10, 2004 » Repetitions
- Surprise 4.1.5 released by Sven Schüle, Winboard Forum, August 15, 2004
- Surprise 4.1.6 released by Sven Schüle, Winboard Forum, September 19, 2004
2010 ...
- Time losses with Surprise by Luca Hemmerich, CCC, January 25, 2010
- Re: New engine release: Jumbo by Sven Schüle, CCC, September 19, 2016
External Links
Chess Engine
- Surprise - A WinBoard Chess Engine
- Index of /chess/engines/Jim Ablett/SURPRISE by Jim Ablett, hosted by Kirill Kryukov
- Surprise 4.3b13 in CCRL 40/4
Misc
- Surprise from Wikipedia
- surprise - Wiktionary
- Mezzoforte - Surprise, Garden Party, Live In Reykjavik, March 27, 2007, YouTube Video