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[Henk]

Easiest feature implemented in a chess engine giving large ELO gain ? Perhaps IID.

Alpha-beta

Not easy enough you can make errors in signs and position of alpha, beta and in the result. I mean -alphabeta(-beta, -alpha).

Maybe we should here look for a feature which hardly can go wrong.

Dude, it doesn't get any less complex than that. If you can't differentiate between + and - you can't write a chess program.

Also I still think alpha beta search is not easy to understand (for a beginner). There often are questions about alpha beta search.

[Henk]

Record: Engine with lowest ELO rating (and human operator) that played most number of games in tournaments ?

Record: Engine (with human operator) that played most number of games in tournaments ?

[Henk]

Record: Most promising chess engine that never made it to the top

[Henk]

Engine with:

best/worst logo
best/worst name
best opening play without book
best end game play without table bases

[Daniel Anulliero]

Next record:
The chess programmer who never listen experts advices :
Henk!! 😂😂
😉

[Henk]

Next record:
The chess programmer who never listen experts advices :
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Next record: Engine with worst queen safety

[Daniel Anulliero]

Next record:
The chess programmer who never listen experts advices :
Henk!! 😂😂
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Next record: Engine with worst queen safety

Lol hurt you ?
Just Joking 😊

[Henk]

Engine using least number of internal memory ?
User interface with best/worst chess images ? Best/worst knight image.

[Henk]

Record: Engine giving most realistic evaluation values


Record: Engine with highest ELO rating giving most unrealistic evaluation values. Candidate: Stockfish

[Henk]

Record: Best engine relative to used hardware

To make a start for engine with best logo: I nominate Sting and DisasterArea though I have not seen many logo's yet. So opinion might change.