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SteveBarnegren / SwiftChess

Chess engine and AI written in Swift
MIT License
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How strong the engine is? #19

Closed ghost closed 4 years ago

ghost commented 4 years ago

Hello @SteveBarnegren ! I would like to ask you about how strong your engine is? Have you ever made a bot on Lichess to estimate the rating?

SteveBarnegren commented 4 years ago

The engine isn't bad. It can certainly beat a novice player, but a seasoned chess player would probably not find it to be a worthy opponent.

It certainly can't play anywhere near the level of engines such as Stockfish, which would probably be a good choice if you are looking to utilise a really challenging chess AI.

That said, I do get a lot of positive feedback about my own chess app that is powered by SwiftChess. I think part of the reason that you might choose to use it is for the ease of integration for a Swift developer, and that it's approachable in terms of being able to understand and modify the engine for your own purposes.