Single threaded or simplified version of stockfish ?

[MahmoudUthman]

is there any single threaded"search" version of stock fish to study it's source or just a simplified version with all the advanced "difficult " stuff removed ?

[CheckersGuy]

I dont know whether such a Version of stockfish actually exists but I was told that http://www.tckerrigan.com/Chess/TSCP/ is a simple open source engine with a Basic implementation of a search algorithm. I have to admit that I havent had the time to take a look at it

[AndrewGrant]

If you are looking for an engine to learn from, Stockfish might be jumping the gun. TSCP is an excellent starting resource. It is where I began my journey.

[Ferdy]

If you are looking for an engine to learn from, Stockfish might be jumping the gun. TSCP is an excellent starting resource. It is where I began my journey.

Agreed, Deuterium starts from this engine and all the vairants that followed. Couple of weeks ago I implemented the crazyhouse variant in it. A very good sparring partner for players that started to learn the game.

[hgm]

I dont know whether such a Version of stockfish actually exists but I was told that http://www.tckerrigan.com/Chess/TSCP/ is a simple open source engine with a Basic implementation of a search algorithm. I have to admit that I havent had the time to take a look at it

TSCP has a bit of a weird board representation, however, switching between 8x8 and a larger board all the time.

So KingSlayer would probably be a better starting point. The source code is more elaborate commented as well.

[Robert Pope]

I dont know whether such a Version of stockfish actually exists but I was told that http://www.tckerrigan.com/Chess/TSCP/ is a simple open source engine with a Basic implementation of a search algorithm. I have to admit that I havent had the time to take a look at it

TSCP has a bit of a weird board representation, however, switching between 8x8 and a larger board all the time.

So KingSlayer would probably be a better starting point. The source code is more elaborate commented as well.

How strong is KingSlayer, relative to microMax or TSCP? I don't see it tested on CCRL at all.

[MahmoudUthman]

thank you all for your suggestion , but my engine is already past this point , it wins all of the time against TSCP ,most of the time against MicroMax ... , etc. ,
I needed a stripped down version of SF to test my engine against "using the same features" , anyway I managed to strip down SF7 source code to what I need .

So KingSlayer would probably be a better starting point. The source code is more elaborate commented as well.

I tested it today against my engine , they were evenly match , white always win , how much to you estimate it's elo to be on "CCRL" ?

*by the way two small question
1-should I ignore king and pawns "all types : push , capture , promote ,en-passant" moves while calculating mobility ?
2-When one side is in check should I calculate mobility as usual and apply the usual weights or should I use different weights for the checked side or set mobility to zero.