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SugaR 1.0.1 - new version chess engine



Sugar - UCI chess engine, 
Rating Chess Engines Diary CEDR=3740

SugaR 1.0.1 what's new?

Aligned with the latest Stockfish Development Versions patch:
Introduce 4-ply continuation correction history
official-stockfish/Stockfish@e18ed79

Dynamic/Pressing branch: AttackInclination (LMR on forcing moves) + CheckSacrificeToleranceCp (SEE on checks)
7a58e6f

New UCI option: AttackInclination (0..100, default 0)

Lightens LMR only for forcing moves (givesCheck || capture).
0 = neutral; 20..49 ≈ half step (−512); ≥50 ≈ full step (−1024).
Snapshotted per node; no effect at default.
- New UCI option: CheckSacrificeToleranceCp (0..80, default 0)

When a move gives check, increases the SEE margin by +Cp,
allowing slightly more negative SEE to pass pruning.
Applied only in SEE-based pruning; no effect at default.
- Implementation details:

Options are cached per node (kAttackInclination, kCheckSacrificeToleranceCp)
with safe defaults if UCI init hasn't run yet.
LMR and ttPv scaler remain unchanged for non-forcing moves.
Step 14 thresholds (quiet-skip) unchanged to avoid unintended pruning shifts.
Defaults are Elo-neutral and NPS-neutral (no functional change when both = 0).



SugaR AI vs other engines:
Dragon 3.338.5/74+374 Games
Stockfish 16.133.5/66+166 Games
Raid 3.6 TR30/63-363 Games
Fisherov chess monk 1.232/62+262 Games
Yuli GM Pro 1630/60+060 Games
Yuliirma 4.027/56-256 Games
Stockfish 1621/42+042 Games
Deep Blue 2023062820/38+238 Games
AbbyStein 2.818.5/38-138 Games
RofChade 3.121/32+1032 Games
ShashChess 33.213.5/28-128 Games
Deep Blue 2024051813/26+026 Games
Kookaburra 2.0012/26-226 Games
Dragon 3.215.5/24+724 Games
Berserk 1313/24+224 Games
Arasan 24.015/22+822 Games
Chess-System-Tal-214.5/22+722 Games
Big Yuli GM 22102411.5/22+122 Games
Stockfish 15.111/22+022 Games
Stockfish 1711/22+022 Games
Artemis 3TR11/22+022 Games
Brainlearn 3011/22+022 Games
Rems M-09102411/22+022 Games
Dark SisTer PB 07112411/22+022 Games
ShashChess 3710.5/22-122 Games
Tactical Titan10.5/22-122 Games
Yuliana 5.5010.5/22-122 Games
SpecTral PB 07112410/22-222 Games
Caissa 1.1813/20+620 Games

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