chess-engine

A simple chess engine written in C++ that implements the UCI protocol. Currently uses alpha-beta pruning with LMR, null-move pruning, PVS, and other enhancements. Move evaluation is still rather rudimentary, but includes basic passed pawns, king safety, material evaluation, pawn structure, etc.

To-do list:

1. Improve evaluation with regards to phases, iron out performance issues in endgame.
2. Add time management and other more advanced search features.

Usage instructions:

The chess executable included in this repository can be imported and used in GUI interfaces such as Arena.

Current magic moves implementation created by Pradyumna Kannan.