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Marvin,
an UCI and Chess Engine Communication Protocol compatible chess engine by Martin Danielsson, written in C. Marvin was originally developed in the early 2000s until 2005, released in May 2004 [2] and January 2005 [3] as closed source engine. After ten years "out of business", Martin Danielsson restarted the development in 2015 - the completely rewritten Marvin 2.0.0 was released as open source engine under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL3) in March 2017 [4].

Features

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Board Representation

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History Heuristic
Killer Heuristic
Check Extensions
Futility Pruning
Reverse Futility Pruning (2.1.0)
Null Move Pruning
SEE Pruning
Late Move Reductions
Razoring

Evaluation

Bishop Pair
Rook on (half) open file
Rook on 7th rank
Pawn Hash Table
Doubled Pawn
Isolated Pawn
Passed Pawn
Pawn Shield

Misc

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