stellar

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

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

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

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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

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

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- 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.