This repository contains the relevant code that was instrumental in my senior thesis (titled above). It is really a UCI compliant chess engine written in C++, but it also includes all code that was used for data processing and genetic algorithm running. To read the thesis, please see this public link: (Insert Link here)
If you are interested in playing against GERALD on lichess, use this link: https://lichess.org/@/GERALD_EVOLVED Since I have to be running a process for one to play him, feel free to email (given below) if you would like to play and Gerald is not online.
/chess- Contains the source code for the main chess engine./engine- Includes all code that is needed for the chess engine to run/engine_test- Includes all code that was used for testing the various components of the chess engine
/ga- Genetic algorithm implementations. Ga1 is for tuning the evaluation function. Ga2 is for the search function./dbs- All code and files used for data cleaning, pre-processing, and visualizing. Super messy rn -- read at your own risk/literature- Contains the most relevant literature that guided this senior thesis. More is found in the actual paper, which is also in this directory./engines- Contains all the relevant executables. v1-6 are for a mac, any final version has a 1., and is compiled for linux
Most likely, you will have to compile and build stuff on your own. If you want just the chess engine, you can compile base_engine.cpp found in chess/engine with the ./chess/build.sh script:
% ./chess/build.sh
Building...
Success!
Run './chess/engine/base_engine' and type (w/ ENTER after each line):
uci
ucinewgame
isready
position startpos moves e2e4
go
quit
% ./chess/engine/base_engine
uci
id name Gerald Current
id author Elliot Harris
uciok
ucinewgame
isready
readyok
position startpos moves e2e3
go
info depth 1 score cp 10 nodes 20 nps 10000 time 1 pv e7e5
info depth 2 score cp -132 nodes 337 nps 168000 time 1 pv d7d5
info depth 3 score cp 22 nodes 886 nps 295000 time 2 pv d7d5
info depth 4 score cp -22 nodes 2157 nps 539000 time 3 pv d7d5
info depth 5 score cp -25 nodes 11309 nps 706000 time 15 pv d7d5
info depth 6 score cp -43 nodes 24234 nps 781000 time 30 pv d7d5
bestmove d7d5
quit
MIT License, see LICENSE file
Email: elliotmharris@gmail.com LinkedIn: linked-in
a lot... and nothing at all. Probably should make this Readme a little better... If you want to try and imrpove any aspect of this project, please sumbit a pull-request! Feel free to fork or steal as well.