Chess engine: PZChessBot 1.0

PZChessBot is a basic negamax engine.

Author: Kevin Lu

 

v.1.0:

What's Changed

Add NNUE to PZChessBot by @kevlu8 in #23

50mr support and eradicate illegal moves by @kevlu8 in #26

Finalize for release by @kevlu8 in #27

Full Changelog: 20250318T22...1.0

Hey guys! This is the first proper release of PZChessBot. It's been quite a journey these past 2 months, and I look forward to continuing with engine development!

By the way, if any CCRL people come across this, I would greatly appreciate if PZChessBot could get put on the rating list :)

Estimated CCRL rating: 2750

PzChessBot 20250311T07 JA vs other engines:

Melsh Bot 1.0 JA	3/4	+2	4 Games
Maello 0.1 JA	1/4	-2	4 Games
Critter 1.6a	0/4	-4	4 Games
Rodent IV 0.33 JA	0/4	-4	4 Games
Princhess 0.20 JA	0/4	-4	4 Games
Perseus 1.0 JA	0/4	-4	4 Games
Seawall 20250322 JA	0/4	-4	4 Games
Renegade 1.1.98 JA	0/4	-4	4 Games
Chesslib 0.0.3 JA	0.5/3	-2	3 Games
Victoria 0.1 JA	2/2	+2	2 Games
Ultrabrick dev.bd5adb0 JA	2/2	+2	2 Games
Gravy 1.0 JA	2/2	+2	2 Games
Kopyto 0.1.0 JA	1/2	+0	2 Games
Meltdown 0.1 JA	0.5/2	-1	2 Games
Limbobot 0.1 JA	0/2	-2	2 Games
Chess-3 JA	0/2	-2	2 Games
Cinder 0.1.3 JA	0/2	-2	2 Games
Dumb 2.3	0/2	-2	2 Games
PlentyChess 5.0.0	0/2	-2	2 Games
Quanticade Fenrir 1.0 JA	0/2	-2	2 Games
Shallow Guess 0.1.0 JA	0/2	-2	2 Games

Jim Ablett compiles:

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