New project: very general engine for variants

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rdhoffmann
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Re: New project: very general engine for variants

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Would love to see this happen!

I wrote engines for Horde and Los Alamos variants and cannot find any sparring partners, other than Fairy Stockfish.
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Re: New project: very general engine for variants

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It should be easy to configure Fairy-Max for Los Alamos Chess. And I am pretty sure Sjaak II and Nibiyu should be able to play it too.
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Re: New project: very general engine for variants

Post by rdhoffmann »

Great thank you hgm! It seems Sjaak II has similar depth and strength as my LA engine, maybe a little weaker but not by much.