First edition.

It works fine, but... there's still a long road ahead!

Approx. CCRL rating: 1750

Progress status:

Pre-calculations - Complete!

Board - Complete! (~24m nps on perft)

Engine - Complete! (~300k to 800k nps; Inspired by: BBC engine)

Eval - Complete! (Inspired by: Kaissa engine, also used PeSTO eval)

Comms - Partially complete (Musthave features work, xboard protocol only)

TODO:

Full UCI support, host it as a lichess bot

Resolve issues (incompatibilities, enhancements, there are a lot)

Opening books and endgame tables support

How to set up a game:

1. Download and install xboard (WinBoard) or any interface with CECP v2 protocol supported

2. Add Akira CE latest .exe from github releases (e.g. http://hgm.nubati.net/xboard/winboard/help/html/20.htm)

3. Options -> Common Engine Settings, set Hash Size as 512 MB (it's hardcoded for now, sorry)

4. Set time controls to whatever odds, you may also want to disable pondering in Options -> General.

5. Enjoy!

Game samples:

https://lichess.org/eAJeuTrS/white/ (40/300 vs BBC 1.2 as White)

https://lichess.org/SvtcAEVm/black/ (40/30 vs Really Smart Human(tm) with 2k FIDE and ~inf time as Black)

https://lichess.org/GfIy7Uxr/ (40/5 vs self, hyperbullet basically)

https://lichess.org/V4Zq4DPA/white/ (40/900* vs Roce 0.0390 as White)

https://lichess.org/kblZvQqi/black/ (40/60* vs Cinnamon 1.2c as Black)

https://lichess.org/rZ6fKTkP/black/ (40/180 vs Fox 1.1 as Black)

* - used much better PC for hosting this game

Special thanks (to All The Fellas):

MegaMorpeh

Konstantin_Russia

Kivicatte

Ravile

paradoxine

mirkuriit

Avernial

...and to All The other Fellas

"Is it really 'First' edition though?"

Nope. https://github.com/N1ckn1ght/CCE

But we won't count this one.