New engine: Kimbo
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New engine: Kimbo
Hi,
For the past month and a bit I have been working on a chess engine called Kimbo.
The source code and a windows executable can be found at: https://github.com/JacquesRW/Kimbo/releases/tag/v0.2.1
Estimated elo is similar to Lime v66 on Lucas Chess (CCRL Blitz 2143) - although I tested with 10 second games, so it is likely inaccurate.
Huge thanks for the time and effort put into CCRL.
For the past month and a bit I have been working on a chess engine called Kimbo.
The source code and a windows executable can be found at: https://github.com/JacquesRW/Kimbo/releases/tag/v0.2.1
Estimated elo is similar to Lime v66 on Lucas Chess (CCRL Blitz 2143) - although I tested with 10 second games, so it is likely inaccurate.
Huge thanks for the time and effort put into CCRL.
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Re: New engine: Kimbo
Congrats and thank you for your engine!Jamie Whiting wrote: ↑Wed Sep 21, 2022 12:28 am Hi,
For the past month and a bit I have been working on a chess engine called Kimbo.
The source code and a windows executable can be found at: https://github.com/JacquesRW/Kimbo/releases/tag/v0.2.1
Estimated elo is similar to Lime v66 on Lucas Chess (CCRL Blitz 2143) - although I tested with 10 second games, so it is likely inaccurate.
Huge thanks for the time and effort put into CCRL.
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Re: New engine: Kimbo
Hi jamie,
I am going to submit my first Kimbo games for the CCRL blitz list. Before I do, may I know what country you are from? We put it on record whenever available.
Gabor
I am going to submit my first Kimbo games for the CCRL blitz list. Before I do, may I know what country you are from? We put it on record whenever available.
Gabor
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Re: New engine: Kimbo
Thanks! I’m from England.
Re: New engine: Kimbo
Great! My sincere congratulations on the creation of a new and interesting chess engine.Jamie Whiting wrote: ↑Wed Sep 21, 2022 12:28 am Hi,
For the past month and a bit I have been working on a chess engine called Kimbo.
The source code and a windows executable can be found at: https://github.com/JacquesRW/Kimbo/releases/tag/v0.2.1
Estimated elo is similar to Lime v66 on Lucas Chess (CCRL Blitz 2143) - although I tested with 10 second games, so it is likely inaccurate.
Huge thanks for the time and effort put into CCRL.
I was able to compile Kimbo easily on my MacBook Pro M1.
https://www8.zippyshare.com/v/MYcPVGZD/file.html
Tests and results soon on my site.
Thank you and I wish you all the best during the further development of Kimbo
Regards, Darius
https://chessengeria.com
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Re: New engine: Kimbo
Kimbo v0.3.0: https://github.com/JacquesRW/Kimbo/releases/tag/v0.3.0.
Due to starting uni I don't really have much time to work on Kimbo, so I thought I'd release the progress I have made as it gives quite an elo boost. I think I will plan to make one more release, adding mobility, king safety, etc, before starting over during the holidays - the code has become increasingly messy, and a number of naive decisions, regarding e.g. legal move generation, have been growing pains recently.
Due to starting uni I don't really have much time to work on Kimbo, so I thought I'd release the progress I have made as it gives quite an elo boost. I think I will plan to make one more release, adding mobility, king safety, etc, before starting over during the holidays - the code has become increasingly messy, and a number of naive decisions, regarding e.g. legal move generation, have been growing pains recently.
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Re: New engine: Kimbo
Kimbo 0.3.0 64-bit v JackyChess 0.13.0 in 16094 - 12 games.
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Re: New engine: Kimbo
Kimbo v1.0.0: https://github.com/JacquesRW/Kimbo/releases/tag/v1.0.0.
This is the final release of Kimbo . I think it'll be around 75 elo stronger than v0.3.0.
Also, I have started working on its successor, akimbo, which is currently stronger than Kimbo, however I'm planning to write a much better tuner and add FRC support over the holidays before making any releases.
Many thanks for testing Kimbo.
This is the final release of Kimbo . I think it'll be around 75 elo stronger than v0.3.0.
Also, I have started working on its successor, akimbo, which is currently stronger than Kimbo, however I'm planning to write a much better tuner and add FRC support over the holidays before making any releases.
Many thanks for testing Kimbo.
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Re: New engine: Kimbo
Why the name change?Jamie Whiting wrote: ↑Mon Nov 21, 2022 4:33 pm Kimbo v1.0.0: https://github.com/JacquesRW/Kimbo/releases/tag/v1.0.0.
This is the final release of Kimbo . I think it'll be around 75 elo stronger than v0.3.0.
Also, I have started working on its successor, akimbo, which is currently stronger than Kimbo, however I'm planning to write a much better tuner and add FRC support over the holidays before making any releases.
Many thanks for testing Kimbo.
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Re: New engine: Kimbo
Its completely new, they are very different as akimbo’s goal is to remain under 1500 lines of code.
Sorry the names are almost the same .
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Jamie Whiting wrote: ↑Mon Nov 21, 2022 11:03 pmIts completely new, they are very different as akimbo’s goal is to remain under 1500 lines of code.
Sorry the names are almost the same .