MinkoChess

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MinkoChess, (formerly called Umko) an open source chess engine licensed under the GNU General Public License, written in C++ by Borko Bošković. MinkoChess is UCI compatible and can be compiled for Linux, Android, Windows, and Mac OS X.

=Features= MinkoChess' move generation is based on Toga II, its search and evaluation based on Toga II and Stockfish.

Board Representation

 * Bitboard Board-Definition
 * 8x8 Board
 * Magic Bitboards

Search

 * Parallel Search, YBWC using Threads
 * Iterative Deepening
 * Aspiration Windows
 * Principal Variation Search
 * Transposition Table
 * Move Ordering
 * History Heuristic
 * Internal Iterative Deepening
 * Killer Heuristic
 * MVV/LVA
 * SEE
 * Selectivity
 * Fractional Extensions considering Node Type
 * Piece Capture Extensions in Endgame and PV-Node
 * Check Extensions if SEE >= 0
 * One Reply Extensions
 * Passed Pawn Extensions
 * Restricted Singular Extensions
 * Pruning
 * Futility Pruning
 * Mate Distance Pruning
 * Move Count Based Pruning
 * Null Move Pruning
 * Dynamic Depth Reduction based on depth and value
 * Static Null Move Pruning
 * Verification search at high depths
 * SEE Pruning
 * Reductions
 * Late Move Reductions
 * Razoring
 * Quiescence Search

Evaluation

 * Tapered Eval
 * Score Grain: Centipawns
 * Material
 * Point Values
 * Midgame: 80, 370, 372, 570, 1120
 * Endgame: 104, 362, 364, 580, 1160
 * Bishop Pair
 * Material Imbalance
 * Material Hash Table
 * Piece-Square Tables
 * Space
 * Mobility
 * Trapped Pieces
 * Rooks on (Semi) Open Files
 * Rooks/Queen on 7th Rank
 * Outposts
 * Pawn Structure
 * Pawn Hash Table
 * Pawn Chain
 * Backward Pawn
 * Doubled Pawn
 * Isolated Pawn
 * Candidate Passed Pawn
 * Passed Pawn
 * Unstoppable Passer
 * King Safety
 * Attacking King Zone
 * Pawn Shelter
 * Pawn Storm
 * Square Control
 * Rooks on (Semi) Open Files near King File

Misc

 * PolyGlot Opening Book
 * Gaviota Tablebases

=See also=
 * BBChess

=Publications=
 * Borko Bošković, Janez Brest (2011). Chess Program Umko. Elektrotehniški vestnik, Vol. 78, No. 3, English Edition, pdf

=Forum Posts=
 * Umko 0.7 by Fonzy Bluemers, Winboard Forum, March 02, 2010
 * Umko discussion thread by Graham Banks, CCC, March 03, 2010 (Engine Origins requires registration)
 * ELITE B 4CPU by Graham Banks, Rybka Forum, May 02, 2012
 * MinkoChess v1.3 = 2900 Elo... by Dr.Wael Deeb, CCC, May 09, 2012
 * pruning statistics by Jon Dart, CCC, January 27, 2014 » Pruning, Search Statistics

=External Links=
 * Chess program MinkoChess - Computer Architecture and Languages Laboratory
 * MinkoChess in CCRL 40/4

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