Glaurung 1.0 for the Apple iPhone

By Tord Romstad (Glaurung) Date 2009-02-22 21:34

Hi all,

At last, Glaurung 1.0 for the Apple iPhone is available as a free download from Apple's App Store.

Unfortunately, I discovered and fixed a bug in this version a little too late for the bug fix to be included in the App Store version: The program will occasionally freeze during startup, and cause the device to reboot after a minute or so. This happens very rarely on most phones, but if you are unlucky it could happen quite often. If this sounds too annoying, please wait for the 1.0.1 version, which should be available soon. I'll submit it to Apple as soon as possible, but it could take some time for Apple to review and accept the new version.

For users with jailbroken iPhones or iPods, I recommend downloading Abaia instead. Abaia is now available from the BigBoss repository, and can be installed through Cydia. The current version of Abaia does contain the bug fix described above, and will therefore be more stable.

The advantage of running Abaia rather than Glaurung is that updates and bug fixes will arrive a little earlier.

The source code will be available from my web page within a few days. If you can't wait, drop me an e-mail.

Tord

By Bert Rinzel Date 2009-02-22 23:59

Heute im Koe Turnier gespielt:

Glaurung gegen Naum

Bert

[Event "180m + 0s, unrated"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.02.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "BertvdMosel, Glaurung 2.2 JA"]
[Black "Jernjoffen, Naum 4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2009.02.22"]
[TimeControl "10800"]

1. e4 {B 0} c6 {B 0} 2. Nc3 {B 0} d5 {B 0} 3. d3 {B 0} g6 {B 0} 4. g3 {B 0} Bg7
{B 0} 5. Bg2 {B 0} Nf6 {B 0} 6. e5 {B 0} Ng4 {B 0} 7. f4 {B 0} f6 {B 0} 8. d4 {
B 0} fxe5 {-0.14/21 225} 9. dxe5 {B 0 (fxe5)} Qb6 {0.00/22 332} 10. Qe2 {B 0
(Qd2)} Na6 {-0.23/21 837} 11. h3 {B 0 (Nf3)} Nh6 {-0.07/21 339} 12. g4 {B 0} d4
{-0.13/21 343} 13. Ne4 {B 0} Be6 {-0.13/22 345} 14. Nf3 {B 0 (Ng5)} Bd5 {0.14/
19 340} 15. c3 {0.13/19 356 (Nf6+)} Bxe4 {0.49/19 141} 16. Qxe4 {0.43/22 0} Nc5
{0.55/20 115} 17. Qe2 {1.07/21 97 (Qb1)} dxc3 {0.89/20 258} 18. bxc3 {1.03/22 0
} O-O-O {0.90/20 199 (Da5)} 19. O-O {1.27/19 58 (Nd4)} Ne4+ {0.83/19 132 (Sa4+)
} 20. Kh2 {1.80/23 112 (Be3)} Nxc3 {1.16/20 148} 21. Qc2 {1.90/22 82 (Qc4)} Nb5
{1.07/20 129 (Da5)} 22. Rb1 {2.01/21 210 (a4)} Qa6 {1.48/21 293} 23. Re1 {2.47/
21 310 (a4)} Nc7 {1.35/18 237 (Td5)} 24. Be3 {2.82/20 172 (Ng5)} Nf7 {1.15/17
157} 25. Rec1 {3.23/20 88 (a4)} Rd5 {2.26/16 149} 26. Bf1 {3.23/21 109} Qa5 {
2.73/21 318} 27. Nd2 {3.60/22 0} Nxe5 {2.85/20 271} 28. fxe5 {3.64/22 0} Nb5 {
2.85/20 61} 29. Nc4 {4.25/22 207 (Bxb5)} Qc7 {3.41/19 107} 30. Kh1 {4.03/21 56}
Bxe5 {3.61/20 161} 31. Bg2 {4.17/21 100} e6 {4.02/21 259 (Thd8)} 32. a4 {5.70/
20 140 (Bxd5)} Nd4 {4.89/19 135} 33. Qb2 {6.43/22 20 (Qf2)} Rd7 {5.41/18 208}
34. Rd1 {6.52/22 111} Bf6 {5.46/20 321 (Lg7) Jernjoffen,Naum 4 resigns (Lag:
Av=0.25s, max=1.3s)} 1-0

By Tord Romstad (Glaurung) Date 2009-03-12 08:41

Hi all,

At last, Glaurung 1.0.1 is available from the App Store (free upgrade). This version is far more stable, and uses far less memory. I've never seen it crash or freeze so far. Upgrading is strongly recommended for all users.

Tord