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Thank you - this discussion and insight has been really helpful!

I am interested in creating an engine that is humanistic. Aside from the style of play, one of the ways I identified to be more "human" is to temper how quickly the engine plays it's move. My idea was if a position is more complex, a human will typically take more time to think than in a relatively ...

Hi All, We are looking for a developer to help us develop an engine to play a chess variant. The project timelines are quite tight. The project needs to be delivered in the next 8 weeks and we need a prototype engine up and running in the next 2 weeks. The job description details are as follows: Che...

Sorry, I have been offline for a number of days. Thanks for the suggestion Harm. I will look into it.

Thanks Harm, Fab, Ras and Yuri. All useful comments.

Thanks Yuri - do you know if GarboChess-JS has been tested anywhere?

Thanks to all for your efforts and insights. Very helpful. Thank you!!

Thanks Ras - this was really helpful.

Hi there, I am developing a chess variant and I was wondering if anybody could shed some light on some tried and proven methods/formula for evaluating/determining relative piece strength? The pieces I am trying to evaluate are the Chancellor, Wildebeest and Arch-bishop in relation to traditional che...

Hi there, we have a project where we need a chess engine that plays orthodox Chess that is suitable for web assembly or Javascript, and also has a permissive license. The project involves adapting it to playing our variant requiring three pieces moves to be modified. A rook to a chancellor (so it mo...