Texel 1.08 Latest
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2023-06-10: Texel 1.08
New features:
Allow arbitrary hash table sizes up to 1TiB of memory.
Add "contempt" UCI parameter.
Add automatic contempt depending on opponent name.
Add support for 7 man syzygy tablebases.
Add "runcmd" Windows program. Useful for GUIs that don't allow specifying command line arguments to the engine.
Bug fixes:
Fix crash in Windows NUMA/CPU discovery code.
Fixed rare crash when running in cluster mode.
Changed default "ponder" UCI option value to false.
Time management:
More dynamic time management.
Better time allocation for ponder on games.
Search:
Use depth-dependent singular extension threshold.
Add tempo bonus.
Reduced strength:
Add MaxNPS UCI parameter.
Make reduced strength work for Threads > 1.
Add UCI_LimitStrength and UCI_Elo support, range -625 - 2540.
Infrastructure:
Use CMake instead of a handwritten Makefile.
Use Google Test framework instead of CUTE.
texelutil:
Use C++ threads instead of OpenMP.
Build texelutil with reduced functionality even if Armadillo and GSL libraries are not found.
Add a reverse move generator, "texelutil revmoves".
Improve "texelutil proofgame" for random positions.
Add "texelutil rndfen" to generate random positions.
Documentation:
Document how to estimate number of legal chess positions.
Document the Texel tablebase probing algorithm.
texel108.7z
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https://github.com/peterosterlund2/texe ... exel108.7z
Source code
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https://github.com/peterosterlund2/texe ... s/1.08.zip
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https://github.com/peterosterlund2/texe ... .08.tar.gz
