Features

Protocol: UCI

Search: Alpha-beta pruning with iterative deepening without advanced features like transposition table, Late move reduction, futility pruning, null move pruning and others. It relies its strength mainly on its static evaluation.

Evaluation: It composes of the usual material, piece square tables, passed pawns, pawn structures, piece mobility, capture threats and king attacks.

Move Ordering: PV move, Killer moves, Captures by SEE - Static Exchange Evaluation and by MVV/LVA - Most Valuable Victim / Least Valuable attacker.

Opening book: A polyglot book for up to 6 moves CDrill will select moves randomly.

Options to alter its play:

• option name MaterialWeight type spin default 100 min 0 max 1000
• option name PawnStructureWeight type spin default 100 min 0 max 1000
• option name PassedPawnWeight type spin default 100 min 0 max 1000
• option name MobilityWeight type spin default 100 min 0 max 1000
• option name ThreatWeight type spin default 100 min 0 max 1000
• option name KingAttackWeight type spin default 100 min 0 max 1000
• option name KingShelterWeight type spin default 100 min 0 max 1000