Wyllie draughts

[Krzysztof Grzelak]

Please write if any of you buy the Wyllie draughts Pro program from the site http://www.wylliedraughts.com/wpro.htm. I would like to buy this program only I am not sure if the offer is still valid. I thank you for all the information in advance.

Krzysztof

[Palomino]

I messaged Rob about this and this was his reply

I'm afraid I took Wyllie off the market over a decade ago and I no longer have the files.

[Krzysztof Grzelak]

I heartily apologize for asking Palomino.I understand that such an answer was given by the author of the Wyllie draughts Pro program. If so it is a pity, because I would like to buy this program.

Krzysztof.

[chipschap]

Nemesis, Wyllie Draughts, and (presumably) Colossus all seem to be unavailable now ... these were the giants of the earlier days of checker programming. (I leave Chinook in a separate category.)

Today it's Chinook, Cake, KingsRow, and I think KingsRow may be about to take another leap forward.

[John Acker]

I might still have a copy of Wyllie on an old hard drive. But honestly, Cake/KingsRow is way better.

[Krzysztof Grzelak]

I have a huge request for Mr. John Acker. And maybe you can share this program, I will be very grateful.

Krzysztof

[Krzysztof Grzelak]

Hallo Mr.John Acker.

Do you have this program or not. Please also write whether you will share this program.

[John Acker]

Sorry, I haven't had time to go through my old computers to see if I have it.

[Krzysztof Grzelak]

Sorry, I haven't had time to go through my old computers to see if I have it.

I understand and thank you for the information. Please, do it in the near future and write if you have this program. Thank you in advance for information.

[Krzysztof Grzelak]

Sorry, I haven't had time to go through my old computers to see if I have it.

Sorry to ask.Can you check if you have the program I am asking for - Wyllie draughts. I really care about this program.

Krzysztof.

[JR Smith]

Roberto Waldteufel – Wyllie Draught; only attractive feature this program offered was the opening name, it would appear after the first several initial opening moves. As Chipschap stated above, all these programs: Checkermate in 1989, Sage, then Blitz, Dynamo Pro in 1992 by Adrian Millett; Murry Cash - Nexus (1998), a forerunner of Nemesis (2002); Martin Bryant – Colossus; Gil Dodgen's Checkers 1.0 a forerunner of Cornell Checkers & later WCC (World Championship Checkers) then Dodgen / Ed Trice's WCC gold & Platinum III; Aurora Borealis Draughts/Checkers Professional able to play “pool”.
Ed Gilbert's latest version of Kingsrow is probably the current strongest, and Martin Fierz - Checkerboard /Cake is currently improving its AI

[chipschap]

One place where I went wrong: Chinook has now been left far behind by Cake and KR.

I hear GUI-NN is moving up.

I don't know much about the Binomial one, it's claimed to be strongest, but it's way beyond my price range so I've never tried it.

[Krzysztof Grzelak]

Roberto Waldteufel – Wyllie Draught; only attractive feature this program offered was the opening name, it would appear after the first several initial opening moves. As Chipschap stated above, all these programs: Checkermate in 1989, Sage, then Blitz, Dynamo Pro in 1992 by Adrian Millett; Murry Cash - Nexus (1998), a forerunner of Nemesis (2002); Martin Bryant – Colossus; Gil Dodgen's Checkers 1.0 a forerunner of Cornell Checkers & later WCC (World Championship Checkers) then Dodgen / Ed Trice's WCC gold & Platinum III; Aurora Borealis Draughts/Checkers Professional able to play “pool”.
Ed Gilbert's latest version of Kingsrow is probably the current strongest, and Martin Fierz - Checkerboard /Cake is currently improving its AI

I understand and thank you for the information. I'm still happy to buy the program Wyllie Draughts Pro and Nexus.

[Krzysztof Grzelak]

One place where I went wrong: Chinook has now been left far behind by Cake and KR.

I hear GUI-NN is moving up.

I don't know much about the Binomial one, it's claimed to be strongest, but it's way beyond my price range so I've never tried it.

I may be wrong, but Chinook was not playing 3-move and 11-move ballots.

[chipschap]

The current Chinook on-line version does play 3-move but not 11-man.