RustyKnight 2.0 - new version chess engine

RustyKnight, a simple UCI rust chess engine

Author: Nishu219

RustyKnight is a Rust-based chess engine designed for speed and clarity, implementing solid evaluation heuristics and advanced search techniques. 

RustyKnight 2.0 what's new?

The search was rewritten and re-organized. Hash option for setting the hash size in the UCI protocol was added. The evaluation function now rewards placing minor pieces behind pawns.

Results against the previous version (Time control: 60/20):

Score of RustKnightv2.0(Final) vs RustKnightv1.9.3: 506 - 245 - 249 [0.630] ...

RustKnightv2.0 playing White: 267 - 104 - 129 [0.663] 500 ...

RustKnightv2.0 playing Black: 239 - 141 - 120 [0.598] 500 ...

White vs Black: 408 - 343 - 249 [0.532] 1000

Elo difference: 92.8 +/- 19.1, LOS: 100.0 %

DrawRatio: 24.9 %

RustyKnight 1.7.1 vs other engines:

BenBot 1.5.2	1.5/2	+1	2 Games
MihanSolo 5.0.0	1.5/2	+1	2 Games
Petrel 1.3 JA	1.5/2	+1	2 Games
Pounce 2.1.3	1/2	+0	2 Games
Crab 4.6.3 JA	0.5/2	-1	2 Games
Prophet 5.1	0/2	-2	2 Games
Bitbit 1.5	0/2	-2	2 Games
Bit-Genie 9.24 JA	0/2	-2	2 Games
Lambergar 1.3	0/2	-2	2 Games
Minke 2.0.0	0/2	-2	2 Games
OliThink 5.11.9 JA	0/2	-2	2 Games
Stallion GB Edition	0/2	-2	2 Games
Hannibal 20181202 JA	0/2	-2	2 Games
Cwtch 2	1/1	+1	1 Games

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