ydebilloez wrote: ↑Sat Mar 06, 2021 11:32 pm Belofte 2.1.1 has been released on Win32/64, Mac32/64, Linux32/64 bit. I count on you for Apple sillicon, android , raspberry, solaris, ... binaries.
Strength improvement compared to 2.1.0: +100 +-50 elo. (In bullet +200 elo.) Estimated at 1250 elo.
Chess rules fixes:
- Make different draw claim based on FIDE rules.
Only KK, KNK, KBK and KBKB with all bishops on the same color.
Not KNNK, KBKN, KNKN and KBKB with unlike bishops;
- Bug fix: 50 moves counter is now cleared in case of capture with piece;
- Bug fix: 3 fold repetition more accurate, Hash collision less likely as now
counting hash piece values instead of hash empty field values;Search enhancements:
- Better time management in xboard protocol and after time control.
- Add Alpha-Beta Fail Soft, Alpha-Beta Fail Hard and make ABFS default.
- Sort moves before starting to search according to capture bonus and
centerplay;UI enhancements:
- Add partial Positional Board evaluation and make it default.
- Small improvement in output during search. Debug and log if set.
- Support for CECP and UCI. Perft.
Important open issues. Segmentation fault upon exit of Mac 64 bit version. (after quit command)
- Documentation update.
Nice improvement !!!