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Embla, an UCI compliant chess engine by Folkert van Heusden, first released in August 2015. Since version 0.8 Embla supports Syzygy endgame bases, since version 2.0.0, Embla features Lazy SMP. So far, Embla played thd PT 49, PT 50 and PT 51 over the board. The program is further incorporated inside Folkert's self made chess computer board, dubbed Embla Board, and is tested within a Raspberry Pi cluster. The engine was available as source for Linux, Android, MacOS X and Windows operating systems.

=Embla Cluster= Raspberry Pi cluster testing new Embla versions

=See also=
 * AtlanChess
 * Embla Board

=Forum Posts=

2015

 * Embla by Folkert van Heusden, CCC, August 26, 2015
 * Embla 0.7.1 by Folkert van Heusden, CCC, December 08, 2015

2016

 * Embla 0.8 by Folkert van Heusden, CCC, February 13, 2016
 * Embla 0.9 by Folkert van Heusden, CCC, March 03, 2016
 * Embla by flok, CCRL Discussion Board, March 16, 2016
 * chess computer board by Folkert van Heusden, CCC, April 27, 2016 » Embla Board
 * Embla 0.9.4 by Folkert van Heusden, CCC, September 23, 2016

2017

 * embla by Folkert van Heusden, CCC, August 21, 2017
 * cut nodes by Folkert van Heusden, CCC, October 18, 2017 » Cut-Nodes
 * PVS & Embla by Folkert van Heusden, CCC, October 19, 2017 » Principal Variation Search
 * Embla 1.0.1 by Folkert van Heusden, CCC, December 01, 2017

2018

 * Embla 1.0.2 released by Folkert van Heusden, CCC, March 10, 2018
 * Embla 2.0.0 by Folkert van Heusden, CCC, September 04, 2018 » Lazy SMP
 * Re: Lazy SMP ideas by Folkert van Heusden, CCC, October 03, 2018 » Lazy SMP, Aspiration Windows
 * Embla 2.0.5 released by Folkert van Heusden, CCC, December 23, 2018
 * Chess programs :: Source available, but not today? by Günther Simon, CCC, November 23, 2020

=External Links=

Chess Engine

 * GitHub - flok99/embla: A chess program (as of November 2020, no longer available)
 * Embla by Folkert van Heusden
 * Embla based chess computer by Folkert van Heusden
 * Embla in CCRL 40/4

Misc

 * Ask and Embla from Wikipedia
 * Ask and Embla - Norse Mythology for Smart People
 * Ask Embla - Father's Eyes, YouTube Video

=References= Up one Level