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* 64 bits architecture with [[Bitboards|bitboards]] and [[Move Generation|move generation]] with [[Magic Bitboards|magic bitboards]] | * 64 bits architecture with [[Bitboards|bitboards]] and [[Move Generation|move generation]] with [[Magic Bitboards|magic bitboards]] | ||
* Using [[Late Move Reductions]] (LMR) in the [[Search|search]] | * Using [[Late Move Reductions]] (LMR) in the [[Search|search]] | ||
Revision as of 15:30, 25 December 2019
Maxima2,
an UCI compliant open source chess engine by Erik van het Hof and Hermen Reitsma, released under the GPL license.
Maxima2 is written in C++ as successor of BugChess aka QueenMaxima.
Contents
Maxima Changes
The most notable changes are [1]
- 64 bits architecture with bitboards and move generation with magic bitboards
- Using Late Move Reductions (LMR) in the search
- Less extensions, more pruning
- More efficient code.
- Integrated self-matching test for testing and tuning evaluation values
- Tapered evaluation
- Maxima is now an UCI engine
See also
Forum Posts
- Two new programs if... by Günther Simon, CCC, June 21, 2016
