{"repo":"kevlu8/PZChessBot","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/kevlu8/PZChessBot","clone":"git clone https://github.com/kevlu8/PZChessBot.git","description":"\"Strong\" chess engine made in C++","language":"C++","stars":23,"topics":["bot","chess","bitboard","chess-engine","engine","hacktoberfest","neural-network","nnue"],"license":"AGPL-3.0","category":"machine-learning","readme_excerpt":"PZChessBot A chess engine created by two high school students, started when we were in middle school! Play against PZChessBot! Installation For a non-development build, simply navigate to the releases page and download the latest release. For the latest development build, you can clone the repository and build it yourself: 1. Clone the repository: 2. Download the latest NNUE model from PZChessBot-Networks and place it in the PZChessBot folder. Make sure the model is named nnue.bin . 3. Build the engine: Strength Version CCRL Blitz CCRL 40/15 CCRL 40/15 4CPU Lichess Rapid ---------------- ---------- ---------- --------------- ------------- v20250311T07 1900 - - 2000 v1.0 2712 - - 2500 v20250421T23-dev 3000 - - 2600 v2.0 2986 - - 2650 v20250621T09-dev 3100 - - 2700 v20250623T22-dev 3160 - - 2800 v3.0 3305 3275 - 2850 v20250729T08-dev 3400 - - 2900 v4.0 3444 3374 - 2850 v5.0 3457 3396 - 2850 v6.0 3597 3491 - 2900 v6.1 3630 3504 3573 2950 v20260313-dev 3660 - - 3050 v7.0 3701 3573 3607 3050 v7.1 3723 3582 - 3050 Logistics & Features PZChessBot is a basic negamax engine. Search - Basic alpha-beta pruning - Quiescence search - Principal-Variation Search - Late-move reductions - Late-move pruning - Transposition tables - Null-move pruning - Move ordering using MVV+CaptHist, killer moves, butterfly history, and continuation history - Aspiration windows and iterative deepening - Internal iterative reductions - Reverse futility pruning - Razoring - Singular extensions - Multi-cut pruni","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/kevlu8","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/kevlu8/PZChessBot/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}