README
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orca
Orca is a UCI-compliant chess engine written in Go that analyzes chess positions and computes the optimal moves.
Installation
Several installation methods are available:
- find the most recent stable release.
- using the
gotoolchain:
go install github.com/leonhfr/orca@latest
- compile from source (requires
go@1.19andmake):
git clone git@github.com:leonhfr/orca.git
cd orca
make build
Quick start
Orca is not a complete chess software and requires a UCI-compatible graphical user interface (GUI) to be used comfortably. GUI options include SCID, CuteChess, Arena and Shredder.
In the future, Orca will be available as a Lichess bot.
Options
option name Hash type spin default 64 min 1 max 16384
option name OwnBook type check default false
Available options are:
Hash: size in MB used for the transposition tableOwnBook: allow the engine to use its own opening book
Documentation
Source Files
Directories
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Package chess provides types and functions to handle chess positions.
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Package chess provides types and functions to handle chess positions. |
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data
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books
Package books exports embedded data from opening books.
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Package books exports embedded data from opening books. |
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test
Package testdata exports test polyglot data.
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Package testdata exports test polyglot data. |
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Package search provides a search engine that implements the uci.Engine interface.
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Package search provides a search engine that implements the uci.Engine interface. |
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Package uci handles communications between Universal Chess Interface (UCI) commands and a chess engine.
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Package uci handles communications between Universal Chess Interface (UCI) commands and a chess engine. |
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