Arasan 8.4

[jdart]

I have released Arasan 8.4, which is available from
http://www.arasanchess.org. This is pretty much the same version
that played in CCT7, plus a few minor fixes.

Changes in Arasan 8.4:
1) Bug fixes in pin detection
2) Scoring changes
3) Better lazy eval in scoring module.
4) Improved pawn race scoring, handles more cases.
5) More liberal use of null move in endgames (but less aggressive use
of R=3).
6) "make install" target added to Linux Makefile.
7) use feature done=0/done=1 to bracket tablebase initialization.

--Jon

[Pallav Nawani]

Hi jon,

What is the meaning of the word 'Arasan'? I noticed that on your webpage, there is something written in some language I don't understand. What is the language and what does that mean?

Pallav

[jdart]

"Arasan" means "king" in Tamil, which is a language spoken in South India and Sri Lanka. I spent some time in Sri Lanka and can speak this language. The webpage has Arasan written in Tamil script.

[Pallav Nawani]

Hi,

I am an Indian, but from North India, so I cannot speak tamil. But looking at your webpage I suspected it was an Indian script ( I actually suspected it was tamil ). That's why I asked.

Pallav

[Anonymous]

In Turkish ''Arasan'' means: Search

Best,
Sedat