New engine releases & news H1 2026

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znx
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Full name: Vishnu Bhagyanath

Re: New engine releases & news H1 2026

Post by znx »

Released Rudim 2.0.0 & 2.1.0 in the last 2 weeks

2.0.0 rewrote the entire engine in rust -> https://github.com/znxftw/rudim/releases/tag/v2.0.0
2.1.0 implemented LMR and improved on performance -> https://github.com/znxftw/rudim/releases/tag/v2.1.0
ranzuh
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Full name: Eetu Rantala

Re: New engine releases & news H1 2026

Post by ranzuh »

Ratsu 2.0.0 released!

This release elevates Ratsu to the next level by introducing an NNUE (Efficiently Updatable Neural Network) to replace the hand-crafted evaluation. +331 Elo over Ratsu 1.2.0 in self-play. Estimated CCRL blitz Elo 2643 +/- 40.

More details and binaries found here:
https://github.com/ranzuh/ratsu/releases/tag/v2.0.0

- Eetu