- Basic implementation of the aspiration windows
- Better Killer moves
- Principal Variation Search
- Basic implementation of Late Move Reduction
- Corrected some bugs with hash table and check problems
- Basic implementation of history heuristic
I didn't manage yet the following important points :
- to ameliorate the compatibility with UCI protocol
- to work on the evaluation function
- to implement some specific algorithms to play end games
But it will be probably the main points I will work on wih the next version.
Here are the results of the last tournament between nanook v0.16 and v0.17, this new version seems better... :-)
15 games of 5 minutes :
| Module | Score | Na | Na | S-B |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nanook_0-17 | 13,5/15 | · ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· | =11111111111=1= | 20,25 |
| Nanook v0.16 | 1,5/15 | =00000000000=0= | · ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· | 20,25 |
I still have a lot of improvements to do in order to have a Nanook Chess version not so weak... I work will work on it !
Good job - much stronger than prev vesion - Mark E
ReplyDeleteHello :
ReplyDeleteI'm the author of a small chess program(GUI), open source, written in python + PyQt.
Link : http://lukasmonk.110mb.com/indexEN.htm
Currently works with two engines, Glaurung and Toga II, but would extend the program to include some additional engines.
The purpose of this message is to ask your permission to include Nanook.
And if so, if you have any conditions, apart from including your reference in about, and in the web, and files of engine such in download.
Awaiting your news.
Lucas. email = lukasmonk in gmail.com
Nice engine
ReplyDeletetrying to get it to run under CuteChess. So far no luck! any suggestions?
ReplyDeleteThanks!