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MinimalChess, an UCI compliant, didactic open source chess program by Thomas Jahn, written in C#, and first released as MinimalChess 0.2 in February 2021. The game playing entity consists of the library MinimalChess, and using that library, the UCI engine MinimalChessEngine and, if no external GUI is used, the Command Line Interface MinimalChessBoard.

=Features=

Board Representation

 * 8x8 Board

Search

 * Iterative Deepening
 * Alpha-Beta
 * Transposition Table (0.5)
 * Null Move Pruning (R2) (0.5)
 * Quiescence Search
 * Move Ordering
 * PV-Move
 * Captures by MVV/LVA
 * Killer Heuristic (0.4)

Evaluation

 * Piece-Square Tables
 * Mobility (0.5)

=Forum Posts=
 * Testing strategies for my engines playing strength by Thomas Jahn, CCC, January 04, 2021
 * My Beginner’s Guide to Chess Programming by Thomas Jahn, CCC, January 23, 2021
 * MinimalChess 0.2 released by Thomas Jahn, CCC, February 12, 2021
 * Quiescence Search doesn't improve strength by Thomas Jahn, CCC, February 25, 2021 » Quiescence Search
 * MinimalChess 0.3 released by Thomas Jahn, CCC, March 09, 2021
 * PST-only Evaluation for MinimalChess 0.4 by Thomas Jahn, CCC, April 15, 2021 » Piece-Square Tables
 * MinimalChess 0.4 released by Thomas Jahn, CCC, April 27, 2021
 * MinimalChess 0.5 released by Thomas Jahn, CCC, June 30, 2021

=External Links=

Chess Engine

 * GitHub - lithander/MinimalChessEngine
 * Making of MinimalChessEngine, YouTube Video

Misc

 * minimal - Wiktionary
 * Minimal from Wikipedia
 * Minimalism from Wikipedia
 * Pet Shop Boys - Minimal (2005), YouTube Video

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