Onno Chess Software
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Onno is a professional chess program, more precisely a chess engine. That is a computer program that plays chess, i.e. computes the computer’s moves. You can also use Onno to analyse chess games.
Onno uses UCI to communicate with a chess GUI.
Onno plays a positional style. Compared to other engines, it can handle quiet positions better then tactical positions.
Onno is being tested on Schwarzer Blitz.
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News
July 17, 2021 Just wanted to update everyone on what I’ve been up to for the past few years. I’ve taken on a new project at CasinoBonusBezVkladu.cz, developing casino games (mainly slots) which has taken up most of my time. For those wondering about Onno, don’t worry, I plan on releasing a new version in the near future!
Dec 13, 2010 Many people asked me and I guess even more asked themselves if there are any news about Onno. To be honest, I could spend almost no time on development since this Summer. The two projects (one of which involves developing games for Casino Zara Online) I have at my job at Fraunhofer just have higher priorities; also I am neither willing nor constantly able to give up my private life to do both jobs with the engagement they require.
I seriously thought about discontinuing Onno, but I cannot accomplish that either. So I will resume Onno now, but I cannot tell how much time will be left for that. Not being able to spend sufficient time on Onno makes me sad, but there is no other choice.