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Hi everyone,

It's been a while since I released a version of my engine. There is a lot of major changes especially in the search and in the eval function. A lot of bug fixes and speed tweaks.

I have added a lot of configurable UCI parameter options. It is too many and I'm so lazy to describe them all. The default setting seems good enough but I know that there is that killer setting in there. I just don't have the time to test them all.

If anyone is interested to test some of the settings then just contact me so that I could explain some of the parameters. I'm using ideas I couldn't find in open source engines yet and it seems promising.

This version is nowhere near the strength of commercial engines but at least it is an improvement compared to the last release. I just hope so.

Thanks goes to Andy Arandela for testing the beta versions, without whom this release is not possible. Thanks also goes to testers and tournaments like CCRL, CEGT, UCI engines ligue, SCCT, Infinite Loop, WBEC, Chess War, etc.. for giving me motivation to make my engine appear near the top of their lists.

here is my web page: http://www.geocities.com/ed_apostol/index.htm

Thanks Ed, you are not very far from your goals.

giving me motivation to make my engine appear near the top of their lists