Winboard Clone Engine List
Author: Ron Murawski (copyright 2008)
This is a fairly complete list of all Winboard/UCI chess engines that were proven to be unauthorized
copies of legitimate engines. There are too many clones to list them all, so this list focuses on those
that fooled us long enough to play in a major tournament. Many of the programmer names shown under
'Cloner' are not real, but some of them are. This list is intended to be an “avoid list”. The only
exception being the engines marked with an asterisk (*) indicating that the engine is no longer a clone.
Assistance in creating this list: Olivier Deville, Alexander Schmidt, Guenther Simon, Tony Thomas,
Hartmut Woldeit, Gábor Szots, Teemu Pudas, Jim Ablett, Tony Mokonen, Matthias Gemuh, Pedro Castro,
Gerhard Schwager, Wilfredo Malave, Michael Diosi, Christopher Conkie, Alessandro Scotti, Dann Corbit,
Harun Taner, Rainer Serfling, Antonio Senatore, Peter Alloysius, Norbert Raimund Leisner, and Sergio
Martinez.
Author: Ron Murawski (copyright 2008)
This is a fairly complete list of all Winboard/UCI chess engines that were proven to be unauthorized
copies of legitimate engines. There are too many clones to list them all, so this list focuses on those
that fooled us long enough to play in a major tournament. Many of the programmer names shown under
'Cloner' are not real, but some of them are. This list is intended to be an “avoid list”. The only
exception being the engines marked with an asterisk (*) indicating that the engine is no longer a clone.
Code:
Clone Program Cloner Country True Engine
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1 Azaad Azaad ??? Rybka
2 Bionic Hans Secelle & Albrecht Heeffer Belgium & Netherlands Crafty
3 Brause Steffen Jakob Germany Crafty
4 Capachess Wilfredo J. Malave Davila Puerto Rico TSCP
5 Christine_T Orlando Mouchel France Fruit
6 Deep <9> Denis Grafen Germany ChessTiger, then Pepito
7 El Chinito Eugenio Castillo Jimenez & Pascal Tang Spain & France Crafty
8 El Turco Filipe Maia Portugal Faile
9 Enano Oscar Anibal Corona G. Venezuela TSCP
10 Fafis Rafael Peña Mexico Crafty
11 Gnd0 Syed Kamall Basar ??? Rybka, then Naum
12 Goofy ??? ??? GreKo
13 Greif Michael Ehrig Germany Nimzo
14 Gunda Suhendra and IM Dede Liu Indonesia Crafty
15 HardwareHarveyX55 ??? ??? Hiarcs
16 Hydra ??? ??? Fruit 2.1
17 Kaissa 2 Vladimir Yelin Belarus Crafty
18 KasparovX Wilfredo J. Malave Davila Puerto Rico Awesome, TSCP, Beowulf
19 Kerostave Mauricio Delgado Uruguay Fruit/Toga
20 LaGrande Dr. Gabriele Müller Swiss Crafty
21 LaPetite Dr. Gabriele Müller Swiss Crafty
22 LordKing 2006 Carlo Pivotto Italy Fruit
23 Maronti Luca Damiani Italy TSCP
24 Mercury Anamika Subrata De India ???
25 Moga ??? ??? Toga
26 Monster Nr5 Horst Stör Germany Fruit
27 Ocha Daryanto ??? Rybka
28 OldBlindDog Bill Oatman USA Arasan
29 Oxygen Robindu Guha Bangladesh/India Witz(maybe), then Buzz
30 Patriot Vladimir Yelin Belarus Crafty, then Fruit
31 Peter Peter Plunkett England Rybka
32 Quaestor V José Franco Zenon Ecuador GreKo
33 Rafa ??? ??? Toga
34 Rashess Mehdi Niakouei Iran Pharaon
35 Replicant Tiago Ribeiro Portugal TSCP
36 Rocket Anheiser Bush ??? Rybka
37 Rooster Alex Neuville USA OliThink
38 Rucsil ??? ??? Rybka
39 Sally6 ??? ??? Nejmet
40 Scaramanga Richard Hall aka Chinmay & Robindu USA Now
41 Siboney Francisco Rivera Costa Rica Pepito, then Cerebro
42 Sogey Chinmay Kulkarni India Glaurung
43 Squash Josh Haglund ??? TSCP
44 Thunder Mark Evans USA Cerebro
45 Tuxedo Ananth Shrinivas S ??? TSCP
46 Ultima Chinmay Kulkarni India ???
47 Voyager Dr. Gabriele Müller Swiss Crafty
48 Wincraft Winfred Craft England not Crafty!
49 xyclOps Norman Schmidt USA Toga/Fruit w/modifications
50 ZL Josue Vazquez Torres ??? Sjeng, then CraftyAssistance in creating this list: Olivier Deville, Alexander Schmidt, Guenther Simon, Tony Thomas,
Hartmut Woldeit, Gábor Szots, Teemu Pudas, Jim Ablett, Tony Mokonen, Matthias Gemuh, Pedro Castro,
Gerhard Schwager, Wilfredo Malave, Michael Diosi, Christopher Conkie, Alessandro Scotti, Dann Corbit,
Harun Taner, Rainer Serfling, Antonio Senatore, Peter Alloysius, Norbert Raimund Leisner, and Sergio
Martinez.
