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=Features=
* [[0x88]] board
* [[Search]]** [[Alpha-Beta|Alpha-beta]] with [[Principal Variation Search|PVS]]** [[Transposition Table]] ** [[Quiescence Search|Quiescence search]] with [[Delta Pruning|delta pruning]]** [[Null Move Pruning#AdaptiveNullMovePruning|Adaptive null move pruningNull Move Pruning]]** [[Futility Pruning|Futility pruning]]* [[Evaluation]]: ** [[Material|material]] (with some scaling), ** [[Piece-Square Tables|piece-square tables]], ** [[Weak Pawns|weakWeak]] and [[Passed Pawn|passed pawnsPassed Pawns]], ** [[King Safety#KingTropism|enemy king tropismEnemy King Tropism]]
* [[UCI]] support
Though CPW is a didactic program, it has a couple of features that should not be repeated in Your programs
* Lack of a separate capture generator
* Hash table [[Transposition Table]] (TT) does not save the move itself, but only its position on the list, which limits development options. * [[CPW-Engine_search]] has issues with storing [[Lower Bound]], [[Upper Bound]] and [[Exact Score]] into the TT <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=67599&start=2 Re: Debugging a transposition table] by [[Vivien Clauzon]], [[CCC]], May 30, 2018</ref> <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=76574&start=5 Re: Plea for a computerchess beginners forum or FAQ] by [[Marcel Vanthoor]], [[CCC]], March 09, 2021</ref>
=See also=
* [http://lefounumerique.xooit.com/t149-Cpw-encore-un-UCI-Engine-sans-interet.htm Cpw : encore un UCI Engine sans intérêt] by [[Patrick Buchmann]], [[UEL|Le Fou numérique Forum]], August 08, 2008 (French)
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=54802 fixing CPW-engine] by [[Pawel Koziol]], [[CCC]], December 30, 2014
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=67599&start=2 Re: Debugging a transposition table] by [[Vivien Clauzon]], [[CCC]], May 30, 2018 » [[CPW-Engine_search]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=76574&start=5 Re: Plea for a computerchess beginners forum or FAQ] by [[Marcel Vanthoor]], [[CCC]], March 09, 2021
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