Zerø
A new chess engine.
Built with the goal to defy every limit.
THE STATE OF AFFAIRS
The engine plays chess, a LOT of chess. A first bracket of self-tests against capped Stockfish at fast time controls settles the current build around 2500 Elo. No public binary yet, no demo, no neural network. Hand-tuned material, piece-square tables, king safety, wired through a classical alpha-beta search.
WHEN
When it actually reaches an impressive level. Beating me is a very low bar. Until then, assume everything is subject to change.
WHAT IS ENGINEZERØ
A lousy attempt at a chess engine strong enough to belong at the top table. Honest about how unlikely that is, but fuck it we ball.