Numpty chess
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Numpty chess,
a free Chess Engine Communication Protocol (aka WinBoard) compatible chess engine by Chris Tatham.
Having initially been started in JustBasic [1] it was subsequently translated into,
and developed in FreeBASIC.
Initially released in December 2005, Numpty has always had an open source code base.
It is a comparatively weak engine, having a primary focus of being a reasonable but beatable opponent to casual and club players
[2] .
Features
- 10x12 array based board structure with pseudo legal move generation
- Alpha-beta search with iterative deepening and limited quiesence
- Simple evaluation including material, game phase piece-square tables and basic endgame knowledge
Forum Posts
- Alice, Bullucks and Numpty chess engines by Norbert Raimund Leisner, CCC, August 13, 2008
- Re: Alice, Bullucks and Numpty chess engines Reply to topic by Chris Tatham, CCC, August 13, 2008
- Perft problems... by Chris Tatham, CCC, September 10, 2008 » Perft
- Numpty DD - a tribute to Don Dailey by Norbert Raimund Leisner, CCC, June 04, 2014
- Numpty update by Chris Tatham, CCC, October 21, 2014
