Senpai chess engine Version 1.0 by Fabien Letouzey + 32 bit compiles fom Kong Sian

       



Hi all,

I have recently regained interest in computer chess. By a coincidence (or fate?), Joachim Rang and Ryan Benitez are also active once again.

I have been working on a new GPL engine: Senpai.

The highlights compared to Fruit are:
- from-scratch engine (no Fruit code)
- plain bitboards (I will implement magic bitboards later)
- more precise mobility (safety, centre weights)
- evaluation of tactical moves: captures and checks
- late-move pruning (last few plies)
- more aggressive futility pruning
- SMP

The download page: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
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Estimated level: Protector or better (don't ask).

Have fun with Senpai!


Senpai

Version 1.0 by Fabien Letouzey – 2014-03-17

I have recently regained interest in computer chess. By a coincidence (or fate?), Joachim Rang and Ryan Benitez are also active once again.

I have been working on a new GPL engine: Senpai.

The highlights compared to Fruit are:

• from-scratch engine (no Fruit code)
  
• SMP search
  
• plain bitboards (I will implement magic bitboards later)
  
• more precise mobility (safety, centre weights)
  
• evaluation of tactical moves: captures and checks
  
• late-move pruning (last few plies)
  
• more aggressive futility pruning
  

You can download it here: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

Estimated level: Protector or better (don’t ask).

Have fun with Senpai!


Fabien Letouzey  

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I've build 32bit Windows binaries. Please try them.

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Kong Sian   
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