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1 # Stellar

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3 UCI bitboard chess engine written in C++20

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5 ## Description

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7 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.

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9 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.

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11 ## Getting Started

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13 ### Dependencies

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15 * CMake 3.25.2 or latter

16 * Compiler with C++20 support

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18 ### Installing

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20 * Clone the repo

21 * Make a build folder and cd into it

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

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24 ### Executing program

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

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

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

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31 ## Help

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

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35 ./bin/perft -h

36 ```

37 * Changes to the move generation can be tested with `ctest` on a predefined set of positions

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39

40 ## Version History

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42 - 1.1

43 * Add Arena

44 - 1.0

45 * Initial Release

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47 ## License

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

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51 ## Acknowledgments

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53 Inspiration, code snippets, etc.

54 * [Chess Programming Wiki](https://www.chessprogramming.org/)

55 * [Code Monkey King](https://github.com/maksimKorzh)

56 * [Lichess-Bot](https://github.com/lichess-bot-devs/lichess-bot)

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