Hey, I am the author of this program. After 20 years, I found the original executable at Wayback Machine and was able to restore the download link (I created a new one). It technically works on my Surface Pro from 2012/13 that runs Windows 8 but I have no idea how it will run on other versions of Windows (I use Macs these days, and could not get it to run on my Mac with Wine but I have a M2 Mac and not an x86 one).
The engine is weak but it is still fun to see it run, and I agree VB is a bad language for it, and I can also say, beyond the GUI interface, the engine and its implementation are not that great. Unfortunately, I lost the source code but at this time I play ChessV, which seems to work great. However, it has given me some nostalgia to see this program again and play it, and I am excited to restore the download link and have it available.
I will see if modifying the personality values improves it and will post an updated version if it works. Happy to connect with others who found use with this program or made modifications to make it play a better game. Personally, I love ChessV and I play it often.
Hey, I am the author of this program. After 20 years, I found the original executable at Wayback Machine and was able to restore the download link (I created a new one). It technically works on my Surface Pro from 2012/13 that runs Windows 8 but I have no idea how it will run on other versions of Windows (I use Macs these days, and could not get it to run on my Mac with Wine but I have a M2 Mac and not an x86 one).
The engine is weak but it is still fun to see it run, and I agree VB is a bad language for it, and I can also say, beyond the GUI interface, the engine and its implementation are not that great. Unfortunately, I lost the source code but at this time I play ChessV, which seems to work great. However, it has given me some nostalgia to see this program again and play it, and I am excited to restore the download link and have it available.
I will see if modifying the personality values improves it and will post an updated version if it works. Happy to connect with others who found use with this program or made modifications to make it play a better game. Personally, I love ChessV and I play it often.