Askaig 20261003 - new version chess engine
Askaig a strong UCI chess engine. Written in C++ Author: Nguyen Van Thang Rating Chess Engines Diary CEDR=3469 Askaig is an engine that recently joined our testing program. And it performed well, winning the test match against the Critter 1.6a 8-2! We'll see how the engine develops further. Askaig what's new? This release improves search stability, hot-path speed, multithreaded correctness, and strength-testing reproducibility. Strength vs 20260704 +52.11 ± 23.12 Elo; +82.71 ± 36.09 nElo 356 games: 118 wins, 173 draws, 65 losses; 57.44% score LOS 100%; SPRT [0.00, 10.00] accepted H1 at LLR 2.22 8+0.08, 1 thread, 16 MB hash, UHO_Lichess_4852_v1.epd This result measures the complete release delta from v20260704, not any individual change. Search Add correction-dispersion guidance to razoring, reverse futility, and futility pruning. Improve null-move verification, TT-PV LMR, countermove ordering, ProbCut verification, and TT-cutoff history feedback. Separate static and T...
