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Chess engine: Dumb 2.0 (Windows and Linux)



Dumb - "A simple & stupid UCI chess engine"
Author: Richard Delorme, Rating CED=2776

Dumb,a simple and stupid UCI compliant open source chess engine by Richard Delorme, written in the D programming language, released in June 2017 under the MIT License. 
Dumb is a dumbed down version of Amoeba with just a basic evaluation function and basic search algorithms. Its purpose is to be a benchmark for weak engines [source].

Dumb version 2.00:
Here is a version 2.0 of Dumb, about 70 Elo stronger than versions 1.9 - 1.11:
New evaluation weights (+50 Elo)
Better move ordering (+20 Elo)
Pseudo move generation (make code simpler, faster but not better)


Dumb 2.00 - download


Dumb - Rating CEDR progres
Pl Engine Rating Score Games %
1297 Dumb 1.9 2776.7 20.50 60 34.17
1305 Dumb 1.11 2766.7 174.00 395 44.05
1314 Dumb 1.10 2760.4 46.00 198 23.23
1560 Dumb 1.4 2384.3 85.50 182 46.98


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