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Introduction

This list is based on the work of Thomas Mayer , Leo Dijksman and more recently Alex Schimdt, I'm tracking the rise in popularity of UCI engines. The Winboard engine list is too long to be listed.You can find a list for Winboard engines by Gunther Simon

#	Program	First Release	Author	Remarks
1	Shredder 5	???	S. Meyer-Kahlen	Commercial,UCI Only
2	SOS 03/2000	???	Rudolph Huber	Commerical,UCI Only
3	Yace	11-01-2001	Dieter Burssner	WB version available
4	Gandalf	May 2001	Steen Suurballe	Commerical,WB version available
5	Patzer	May 2001	Roland Pfister	Commerical,WB version available
6	Capture	May 2001	Sylvain Renard	Commerical,WB version available
7	Lambchop	May 2001	Peter McKenzie	Commerical,WB version available [Now freeware]
8	Anmon	10-05-2001	Christian Barreteau	WB version available
9	Pharaon	01-09-2001	Franck Zibi	WB version available
10	Pepito	15-09-2001	Carlos del Cacho	WB version available
11	Monarch(Down as of August 2004?)	05-02-2002	Steve Maughan	WB version available
12	Dragon	27-02-2002	Bruno Lucas	WB version available
13	SOS Arena	04-03-2002	Rudolph Huber	UCI Only
14	Nejmet	15-03-2002	Jean Christian Gabillard	WB version available
15	Little Goliath	14-03-2002	Michael Borgstädt	WB version available
16	Engimax	14-03-2002	Engin Üstün	Not available
17	Sjeng	22-03-2002	Gian-Carlo Pascutto	WB version available
18	Hagrid	30-03-2002	Klaus Friedel	WB version available
19	Aristrach	20-04-2002	Stefan Zipproth	WB version available
20	Biglion	24-04-2002	Matthias Gemuh	WB version available
21	Queen	10-05-2002	Leen Ammeraal	WB version available
22	Siboney	20-05-2002	Francisco Rivera	Not available
23	Amyan	26-05-2002	Antonio Dieguez	WB version available
24	Abrok	02-06-2002	Roman Korba	WB version available
25	Tao	26-07-2002	Bas Hamstra	WB version available
26	Delphimax	28-07-2002	Martin Bauer	UCI Only
27	Mater	01-08-2002	Valentin Albillo	UCI Only, mate solver
28	Chest	24-08-2002	Heiner Marxen	UCI Only, mate solver
29	Terra	29-08-2002	Peter Fendrich	WB version available
30	Ruffian	23-09-2002	Per-Ola Valfridsson	WB version available,newer versions are commerical.
31	Madeline	11-10-2002	Luigi Ripamonti	WB version available
32	Smarthink	16-10-2002	Sergei Markoff	WB version available
33	Silke Chess	06-12-2002	Thomas Steinfeld	UCI Only
34	Chispa	18-01-2003	Federico Andrés Corigliano	WB version available
35	APILChess	17-02-2003	Ulf Lorenz	UCI Only
36	Wjchess	01-03-2003	Jean-François Gazet	WB version available
37	Takix	01-03-2003	Matthias Gemuh	WB version available
38	Deep Sjeng	03-03-2003	Gian-Carlo Pascutto	Commercial,WB version available
39	Leila	14-03-2003	Carmelo Calzerano	WB version available
40	Cassandre	27-03-2003	Jean-Francois Romang	WB version available
41	Frenzee	30-03-2003	Sune Fischer	WB version available
42	Trex	31-03-2003	Christophe Drieu	WB version available
43	Piranha	02-04-2003	Martin Villwock	UCI Only
44	Simontacchi	20-04-2003	Mike Maxim	WB version available
45	31337	24-04-2003	Johan Hutting	WB version available
46	FUSC#	10-05-2003	Chessprogramming group of the Free University of Berlin	UCI Only
47	Hermann	25-05-2003	Volker Annuss	UCI Only
48	Gaia	04-06-2003	Jean-Francois Romang and David Rabel	UCI Only
49	Gothmog	03-09-2003	Tord Romstad	WB version available
50	Ktulu	29-12-2003	Rahman Paidar	Commercial,WB version available
51	KKFchess	04-01-2004	Andrew Fan	WB version available
52	AICE	24.01.2004	Anastasios Milikas	WB version available
53	List	26.01.2004	Fritz Reul	UCI only
54	Alfi	20.02.2004	Enrique Sanchez Acosta	UCI only
55	Matheus (broken as at August 2004?)	01.03.2004	Josué Forte	WB version available
56	Fruit	10.03.2004	Fabien Letouzey	UCI only
57	Patriot	28.03.2004	Vladimir Yelin	Commercial,WB version available
58	DrunkenMaster	14.04.2004	Marcus Prewarski	WB version available
59	ChessAlex	16.04.2004	Alexander Turikov	UCI only,shareware
60	Marvin	09.05.2004	Martin Danielsson	WB version available
61	Slowchess	18.05.2004	Jonathan Kreuzer	WB version available
62	Firefly	19.05.2004	Andrew Fan	WB version available
63	Eden	23.05.2004	Nicolai Czempin	UCI only
64	Small-C	28.05.2004	Eric Marathee	UCI only
65	Ufim	31.05.2004	Niyaz Khasanov	WB version available
66	Alex	07.06.2004	Normand M. Blais	WB version available
67	Killer Queen	14.06.2004	Lorenzo Stella	WB version available
68	Tornado	15.06.2004	Engin Uestuen	UCI only
69	Popeye	25.06.2004	Philippe Schnoebelen&others plus Franz Huber	UCI Only, mate solver
70	Pooky	29.06.2004	David Dahlem	WB version available
71	Naum	30.07.2004	Aleksandar Naumov	WB version available
72	Muse	22.08.2004	Martin Fierz	WB version available
73	Glaurung	22.08.2004	Tord Romstad	UCI only
74	Adam	02.09.2004	Dominique Longbien	WB version available
75	Spike	08.09.2004	Ralf Schäfer and Volker Böhm	WB version available
76	Snitch	28.09.2004	Klaus Friedel	WB version available
77	Zappa	17.10.2004	Anthony Cozzie	WB version available
78	Booot	20.10.2004	Alex Morozov	WB version available
79	Eagle	07.12.2004	Frank Scharn	WB version available
80	Arion	20.12.2004	Anastasios Milikas	WB version available
81	Gibbon (Small C?)	30.12.2004	Eric Marathee	UCI only
82	Sigma Hiarcs 9.6	End 2004	Mark Uniacke	Mac only, commercial
83	Toga Fruit (clone)	13.03.2005	Thomas Gaksch	UCI only
84	Diablo	16.03.2005	Marcus Prewarski	UCI only
85	Philemon C	16.03.2005	Dominik Käse	UCI only
86	Delphil	14.04.2005	Philippe Fabiani	WB version available
87	Homer	13.07.2004	Daniel Mehrmann	WB version available
88	Rocee	30.07.2005	Roman Hartmann	UCI only
89	Lime	13.08.2005	Richard Albert	WB version available
90	Cheops	02.09.2005	Tristan Miller	UCI only
91	Ayito	05.09.2005	Jaime Benito de Valle Ruiz	WB version available
92	List Loop	14.10.2005	Fritz Reul	Commercial,WB version available
93	Atlas	10.11.2005	Andrés Manzanares	WB version available
94	Gambit fruit (Fruit clone)	13.11.2005	Ryan Benitez	UCI only
95	Clueless	02.12.2005	Helmut Fett	UCI only
96	Rybka	12.12.2005	Vasik Rajlich	Commercial,UCI Only

UCI engines

Graph showing increase in Winboard engines

Chart for Winboard engines, from http://rwbc.volker-pittlik.name/wb_chron.htm