requin Changelog

What's new in requin 1.3.0

Apr 11, 2022
  • Move ordering in alpha beta search to improve search performance
  • Better evaluation function, takes into account a few new things
  • King safety (Open files near the king)
  • Passed pawns
  • Piece mobility
  • Better implementation of static exchange evaluation to avoid the copying of boards and making of moves
  • 3-fold repetition detection (with Zobrist hashing)

New in requin 1.2.0 (Apr 1, 2022)

  • Features:
  • Optimise move generation by using bitboards and attack tables
  • Fixes:
  • Quiescence search no longer stops if a side is in check

New in requin 1.1.0 (Mar 30, 2022)

  • Implemented the UCI protocol
  • Can be accessed via the "uci" mode