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Clockwork dev-20260408 - new version chess engine (Windows and Linux)


Clockwork - UCI chess Engine
Author: The Clockwork team

This is the latest version of the Clockwork engine. It is currently competing in the qualifying rounds of the TOP-64 Chess Engine League, where it scored 5.5/11 in the February 2026 edition. Although subsequent versions are getting stronger, the next edition in March 2026 is expected to be more successful.

Clockwork dev-20260408 what's new?

Evaluate attack and defense status of king flanks (#387)

Passed STC:
```
Test  | flankattdef
Elo   | 18.10 +- 6.18 (95%)
SPRT  | 8.0+0.08s Threads=1 Hash=16MB
LLR   | 3.08 (-2.94, 2.94) [0.00, 3.00]
Games | N: 4266 W: 1242 L: 1020 D: 2004
Penta | [36, 455, 973, 589, 80]
```
https://ob.cwchess.org/test/1323/

Passed LTC:
```
Test  | flankattdef
Elo   | 17.48 +- 5.89 (95%)
SPRT  | 40.0+0.40s Threads=1 Hash=64MB
LLR   | 3.01 (-2.94, 2.94) [0.00, 3.00]
Games | N: 3918 W: 1125 L: 928 D: 1865
Penta | [10, 408, 958, 541, 42]
```
https://ob.cwchess.org/test/1324/
Bench: 18377860


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