Conqueror

a UCI compatible chess program by Aditya Pande. It is written in C++, released as open source software under GPLv3 license. It's development started in June 2014 and is currently being improved for better performance and a more intricate evaluation scheme. Elostat gives the last version engine an ELO rating of 2100 rated over 50 games, the current version is expected to be a little stronger than the last owing to some performance optimizations. The engine supports UCI GUIs like Arena, ChessGUI, etc. and the support has been extended to latest Winboard GUI but requires some configuration. || toc =Features=
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 * [[image:Conqueror logo.png width="150" height="75"]] ||~  || **Conqueror,**
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 * Hybrid board representation
 * Legal move generator
 * Alpha-beta pruning
 * Iterative deepening
 * Quiescence search
 * MVV/LVA move reordering
 * Tapered evaluation

=Playing Strength= Current version of the engine (Conqueror 1.1 beta) has been rated at 2100 by EloStat. The following game versus Pulsar represents the current strength of the engine: code [Event "Test Game"] [Site "INTEL-CORE-DUO-"] [Date "2014.07.08"] [Round "2"] [White "Conqueror"] [Black "pulsar2009-9b"] [Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. Nc3 {+0.23/7} Nf6 2. e4 {+0.11/6 5} d6 3. d4 {+0.35/6 5} g6 4. Nf3 {+0.46/6 12} Bg7 {-0.35/7 6} 5. Bc4 {+0.47/6 12} O-O {-0.30/7 6} 6. O-O {+0.49/6 6} Nxe4 {+0.05/7 6} 7. Nxe4 {+0.37/6 4} d5 {-0.09/7 6} 8. Qe2 {+0.09/6 8} dxe4 {+0.53/7 6} 9. Qxe4 {+0.01/5 2.3} Nc6 {+0.44/7 6} 10. c3 {-0.04/5 2.7} Na5 {+0.33/7 6} 11. Bb5 {+0.08/6 10} Bf5 {+0.37/7 6} 12. Qe2 {-0.02/6 9} a6 {+0.23/6 6} 13. Bd3 {-0.03/6 9} Bxd3 {+0.05/7 6} 14. Qxd3 {+0.11/6 2.8} e5 {+0.14/7 6} 15. Re1 {+0.15/6 9} Re8 {+0.30/7 6} 16. Bg5 {+0.13/6 14} Qd5 {+0.20/7 6} 17. Qe4 {+0.08/5 2.5} Qxe4 {+0.22/7 6} 18. Rxe4 {-0.18/7 6} h6 {+0.30/7 6} 19. Bd2 {-0.26/6 4} exd4 {+0.22/7 6} 20. Rxe8+ {-0.35/7 8} Rxe8 {+0.17/9 6} 21. cxd4 {-0.16/7 5} Nc6 {+0.09/8 6} 22. Be3 {-0.29/7 9} Nb4 {+0.14/7 6} 23. a3 {-0.29/6 2.9} Nd5 {+0.07/7 6} 24. Rc1 {-0.28/7 7} h5 {+0.07/7 6} 25. Bd2 {-0.27/6 4} Re4 {+0.05/7 6} 26. Rc5 {-0.29/6 3} c6 {+0.19/8 6} 27. Rc4 {-0.48/6 3} Ne7 {+0.21/7 6} 28. Bc3 {-0.41/6 4} Nf5 {+0.27/7 6} 29. h3 {-0.45/6 6} Nd6 {+0.33/7 6} 30. Rb4 {-0.38/6 5} Bf6 {+0.27/7 6} 31. Rb3 {-0.35/6 4} Re2 {+0.29/7 6} 32. a4 {-0.37/6 5} h4 {+0.18/7 6} 33. Ne5 {-0.27/6 4} Bg5 {+0.17/8 6} 34. Rb6 {-0.26/5 2.6} Rc2 {+0.20/8 6} 35. Nd3 {-0.31/6 2.3} Re2 {+0.14/8 6} 36. Rb3 {-0.24/6 4} Bf6 {+0.18/7 6} 37. d5 {-0.08/6 3} Bxc3 {+0.06/8 6} 38. dxc6 {-0.08/7 3} Bxb2 {+0.10/8 6} 39. cxb7 {-0.01/7 3} Nxb7 {+0.03/8 6} 40. Rxb7 {-0.01/7 2.5} Bd4 {+0.05/8 6} 41. Rb4 {-0.03/7 5} Ba7 {-0.05/8 6} 42. Rb7 {-0.04/8 4} Bd4 43. Rb4 {-0.03/7 4} Ba7 {+0.04/6 6} 44. Rb7 {-0.01/8 4} Bd4 1/2-1/2 code

=Forum Posts=
 * [|Conqueror CE (UCI) by Aditya Pande] by Norbert Raimund Leisner, CCC, June 27, 2014
 * [|Improve my chess engine (mainly nps and branching factor)] by Aditya Pande, CCC, July 03, 2014

=External Links=

Chess Engine

 * [|pandeaditya/Conqueror · GitHub]
 * [|Computer-Chess Wiki]
 * [|Free Download]

Misc

 * [|conqueror - Wiktionary]
 * [|Conqueror (disambiguation) from Wikipedia]

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