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Compiling Stockfish on Windows

Instructions for people interested in Stockfish nerderyijh

Release of MultiAra and Working With CrazyAra Engines

The long awaited variants neural network engineJumpingHorsey

How to make a Lichess BOT

The step by step guideFischyVishy

Understanding Chess Engines' Evaluations

This article will help the reader understand how to correctly interpret chess engine evaluations.ijh

Working with Chess Variant Engines

An introduction to the wonderful and fascinating world of chess variant enginesJournal and PenToadofsky

Why Develop Free Software?

Writing code is work, so why do it, and why share it with others?jomega

Strategic Test Suite (STS): Introduction

STS is an interesting collection of 1,500 chess positions organized by strategic theme.jomega

Strategic Test Suite (STS): The EPD file's best and alternate best moves.

What does 'best' and 'alternate best' moves mean for STS?jomega

Strategic Test Suite (STS): STS(v4.0) Square Vacancy.057

What is the "best move"? Why did Stockfish 14 vacillate?Old cogs used long time ago on cableways Sugarloaf Mountain.Dean_Summer

The Birth of a New Bot

This is the creation of a brand new Lichess bot from a dedicated coder. However, its beginnings are …jomega

Strategic Test Suite (STS): STS (v4.0) Square Vacancy.066

What is the "best move" for the STS problem "Square Vacancy.066"?jomega

Strategic Test Suite (STS): STS (v4.0) Square Vacancy.067

One of the STS positions that Stockfish missed.jomega

Strategic Test Suite (STS): STS(v6.0) Recapturing.022

Which recapture? Also, an alternate best move is cooked.jomega

Strategic Test Suite (STS): STS(v6.0) Recapturing.024

Which recapture, or ...?jomega

Strategic Test Suite (STS): STS(v7.0) Offer.002

A cooked position in the suite?monopo

Too Difficult for Stockfish to Solve this.

fun Puzzlejomega

Strategic Test Suite (STS): STS(v7.0) Offer.007

Offer a Queen Exchange or not?jomega

STS(v8.0) AKPC.002

The Horizon Effect Can Cause Incorrect Evaluationsjomega

STS(v10.0) Simplification.002

To exchange or not exchange; that is the question.jomega

STS(v10.0) Simplification.018

Continue the kingside attack, or not?BooksToadofsky

What Makes Free Software Valuable?

Freedom to use, study, redistribute, modifyjomega

STS(v11.0) King Activity.010

A position involving defense.Toadofsky

What is a Rating?

Given decades of research, how can we measure performance?jomega

STS(v12.0) Center Control.005

Stockfish lacks the notion of 'testing lines'.