stellar

UCI Chess engine written in C++20

git clone git://git.dimitrijedobrota.com/stellar.git

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commit	75e27270d7d82dceb3274989abbe149546584541
parent	0729d00a6871665f0dffa94850a5f0b9a5342988
author	Dimitrije Dobrota < mail@dimitrijedobrota.com >
date	Thu, 29 Feb 2024 15:19:49 +0000

Version 1.2

* Add profile build
* Improve codebase using clang-tidy
* Fix leaking pipes
* Better time management
* Incremental sorting
* Evaluation by interpolation between opening and endgame score table

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M	README.md	\|	+++++++++++++++ ---

2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ CMakeLists.txt b/ CMakeLists.txt

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project(

Stellar

VERSION 1.1.2

VERSION 1.2.0

DESCRIPTION "Chess engine written in C++"

HOMEPAGE_URL https://git.dimitrijedobrota.com/stellar.git

LANGUAGES CXX

diff --git a/ README.md b/ README.md

@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@

# Stellar

UCI bitboard chess engine written in C++20

## Description

The goal of the project is experimentation. I want to see how far I can push the engine to play better while learning various techniques of optimization.

The goal of the project is experimentation. I want to see how far I can push

the engine to play better while learning various techniques of optimization.

To see the games played or play a game on your own checkout the profile on

[lichess](https://lichess.org/@/StellarBOT), bullet, blitz and rapid challenges, ranked or casual, are accepted.

To see the games played or play a game on your own checkout the profile on [lichess](https://lichess.org/@/StellarBOT), bullet, blitz and rapid challenges, ranked or casual, are accepted.

## Getting Started

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* CMake 3.25.2 or latter

* Compiler with C++20 support

### Installing

* Clone the repo

* Make a build folder and cd into it

* Run `cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release <path to cloned repo>`

### Executing program

* Run the engine by running: `./bin/engine`

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* The engine accepts commands on the standard input and produces results to the standard output

* To communicate with the engine use UCI command. Reference for UCI protocol can be found [here](http://download.shredderchess.com/div/uci.zip)

## Help

* To see the options for additional tools run one of the following commands form the build directory:

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## Version History

- 1.2

* Improved evaluation using interpolation

* Incremental sorting

* Fix timeouts

- 1.1

* Add Arena

- 1.0

* Initial Release

## License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details

## Acknowledgments

Inspiration, code snippets, etc.