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MadChess 3.0 Released

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I have released version 3.0 of my C# chess engine, MadChess. This is a complete rewrite of the engine using bitboards. I estimate its playing strength at about 2600 ELO at blitz time control.

It supports UCI_LimitStrength and UCI_Elo, so you may configure MadChess for a more enjoyable game. I have not done stringent testing of the limit strength feature so I'm uncertain how well calibrated it is to human playing strength. If you play a game against MadChess using this feature, let me know what you think. Does it play reasonably? Or does it play too weak or too strong?

More details available on my MadChess 3.0 Released blog post.
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Nice to see a new version of MadChess. Thank you, Erik.
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Congratulations :)
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Congrats and well done!
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Thanks Tony, Marcel, and Steve!
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Is Madchess the strongest dotnet engine now? (besides the SF clone)
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I think so. It's either MadChess or NoraGrace, a C# engine from a few years ago.
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Thanks for sharing, and congrats on the work, Erik. Checking out the latest blog additions is on the todo list for sure.
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emadsen wrote: ↑Tue Apr 20, 2021 6:03 am I think so. It's either MadChess or NoraGrace, a C# engine from a few years ago.
If anyone is interested. A small tournament in progress.

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AndrewGrant wrote: ↑Tue Apr 20, 2021 8:56 am Thanks for sharing, and congrats on the work, Erik. Checking out the latest blog additions is on the todo list for sure.
Thanks Andy!
Sylwy wrote: ↑Tue Apr 20, 2021 8:42 pm If anyone is interested. A small tournament in progress.
The showdown, ha ha. I like it. Thanks Sylwy.
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