TJchess10×8

TJchess10×8 is an engine for playing Capablanca Chess (played on a 10×8 board). It is compatible with WinBoard. Note that TJchess10×8 does not have an opening book, and it cannot play with any board size other than 10×8.

TJchess10×8 took 2nd place in the General 10×8 Championship 2008! Hopefully there will be more engines to compete in future 10×8 computer chess tournaments.

TJchess10x8 playing using the WinBoard_F graphical user interface.

TJchess10×8 Version History:

02/05/2008:  Version 0.109:

  • Initial version

07/21/2008:  Version 0.121:

  • added pawn hash table
  • evaluation now accounts for bishop pair
  • added some limited endgame knowledge
  • time management changes
  • report score for self in thinking output, instead of score for white
  • other minor changes and bug fixes