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an [[UCI]] compliant [[:Category:Open Source|open source chess engine]] by [[Niels Abildskov]], written in [[Cpp|C++ 17]], first released in February 2021 <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=76209&start=91 Re: New engine releases & news 2021] (Loki 1.0.2) by [[Niels Abildskov]], [[CCC]], February 21, 2021</ref>.
The author reports progress on Loki in an own [[CCC]] forum thread <ref name="progess">[http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=77105 Progress on Loki] by [[Niels Abildskov]], [[CCC]], April 16, 2021</ref>.
=Etymology=
Loki is named after the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86sir god] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loki Loki] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norse_mythology Norse mythology] <ref>[https://github.com/BimmerBass/Loki#why-the-name BimmerBass/Loki - C++17 chess engine | Why the name?]</ref>,
also a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapeshifting shape shifter] who appears in the form of a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salmon salmon], a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mare mare], a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly fly], and possibly an elderly woman named [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9E%C3%B6kk Þökk] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loki Loki from Wikipedia]</ref>.
=Features=
** [[Delta Pruning]]
==[[Evaluation]]==
* [[Tapered Eval]]
* [[Material]]
* [[Passed Pawn]]
* [[King Safety]]
==Misc==
* [[SPSA]] [[Texel's Tuning Method]]
* [[Perft]]
=See also=
* [[Freyr]]
* [[Thor's Hammer]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=77105 Progress on Loki] by [[Niels Abildskov]], [[CCC]], April 16, 2021
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=77118 Tuning search parameters] by [[Niels Abildskov]], [[CCC]], April 18, 2021
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=77105&start=74 Staged move generation done right (Progress on Loki)]] by [[Niels Abildskov]], [[CCC]], July 23, 2021
=External Links=
