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Cataphract 1.3 - new version chess engine

 


Cataphract - a simple UCI chess engine written in C++. 
Only work with CPUs that support AVX2.
Author: Masceron

Cataphract 1.3 what's new?

Changes since version 1.2:
Adopted a stronger net.
Added singular extension and related techniques like multicut and negative extensions.
More sophisticated time management.
Improved transposition table writing conditions.
Improved quiescence search and noisy moves categorization.
General optimizations and adoption of newer C++ features.

Cataphract 1.2 JA vs other engines:
Critter 1.6a24/28+2028 games
PZChessBot 6.02.5/8-38 games
Arasan 25.3 JA1.5/8-58 games
PlentyChess Alamat 7.0.41 SE0.5/8-78 games
Minke 4.0.03.5/5+25 games
Demolito 2025-12-163/4+24 games
Texel 1.13a4 JA1.5/4-14 games
Stockfish dev-202601011/4-24 games
Astra 6.1.11/4-24 games
Artemis 23TR PrO1/4-24 games
Obsidian 16.15 SE1/4-24 games
Raubfisch X48e1/4-24 games
Caissa 1.24 JA1/4-24 games
Quanticade 3.01/4-24 games
PlentyChess 7.0.371/4-24 games
CorChess 202511300.5/4-34 games
DarkSeid 7.7 EE0.5/4-34 games
DON dev-202512210.5/4-34 games
Motor 0.9.00.5/4-34 games
Raid 5.20.5/4-34 games
Revolution 4.10 2612250/4-44 games



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