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H. G. Muller wrote on Sat, May 17, 2008 01:50 PM UTC:
Note there are now many free computer programs that can play the 10x8
variants with the Capablanca piece set. Many do use the WinBoard protocol
to communicate their moves, so they can be made to play each other
automatically under the WinBoard GUI.

Pages with many links to downloadable engines you will find at 
http://home.hccnet.nl/h.g.muller/10x8.html and
[at another site.]

The results of a recent tournament of the WB compatible engines at long
time control (55 min + 5 sec/move), where each engine had to play each
other engine 10 times, over 5 different opening setups (Carrera, Bird,
Capablanca, and Embassy), led to the following ranking:

Rank Name               Elo    +    - games score oppo. draws 
   1 Joker80 n         2432   96   83    70   80%  2110    0% 
   2 TJchess10x8       2346   83   76    70   72%  2122    4% 
   3 Smirf 1.73h       2304   80   75    70   68%  2128    4% 
   4 Smirf Donation    2165   73   73    70   53%  2148    9% 
   5 [other software] 
   6 Fairy-Max 4.8 v   2027   72   77    70   34%  2168   11% 
   7 BigLion80 4apr    1945   76   84    70   26%  2179    7% 
   8 ArcBishop80 1.00  1822   86  103    70   15%  2197    4% 

Except for Smirf 1.73h, all the engines are available for free download,
from their various sources. In addition, there exist several programs with
incompatible interfaces, such as ChessV and Zillions of Games. Their level
of play is not thoroughly tested, as the incompatibility of their
interfaces makes it impossible to play them against each other without
assistance of a Human operator, which again makes it difficult to conduct
the hundreds of games necessary for reliable rating determination.
Compared to the ranking above, Zillions would rank at the very bottom. 

[The above has been edited to remove a name and site reference. It is the
policy of cv.org to avoid mention of that particular name and site to
remove any threat of lawsuits. Sorry to have to do that, but we must
protect ourselves. - J. Joyce]

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