Alex v2.00 (October 16, 2009)

- Chess playing program compiled with VC++ 6.0 (32 bits)

- UCI and xboard protocols.
- bitboard move generator.
- pvs.
- double transposition table (2/3 conditional replacement scheme + 1/3 always replace)
- simple pawn hash table.
- king safety etc...

- Support endgame bitbase (egbb) created by Daniel Shawul:
	Set file path in the init file (Alex194.ini)
- Support pondering.
- Support analysis:
	In consol mode, type "xb" or "xboard".
	Next, enter the fen string by typing "sb" or "setboard" <string_position>
	Then, type "analyze". The command "exit" stops the analysis while "quit" stops 
	the program.
- Included is a small opening datafile (Alex196.bok) not optimized (NOT COMPATIBLE WITH PREVIOUS VERSION) 

Notes:

Alex v1.87 - The communication code (UCI and xboard) has been re-written. The time management and 
	the iterative part of the search is also new. 

Alex v1.89 - new pvs search; fixed egbb handling.

Alex v1.90 - clean the code; replace old data structure with new ones; simplify the code.

Alex v1.91 - attent to fix a xboard protocol problem reported by Olivier Deville. 

Alex v1.92 - UCI options.

Alex v1.92a - quick fix for a search time problem.

Alex v1.93 - fix v1.92, v1.92a pondering bug (xboard protocol) -- (skipped)

Alex v1.94 - add small table for endgame recognition; aspiration search based on version 1.89;
	remove egbb path option from UCI options (Arena don't allow engine customization)

Alex v1.94a - fix a Winboard's problem related to Human vs computer play and reported by Pablo Urzua. Thanks Pablo!

Alex v1.95 - Fix a problem in the hashing update in make/unmake. (skipped)

Alex v1.96 - Add LMR among other things. 

Alex v2.00 - New opening book creation, replace global variables by pointer arguments (PV, move list...) add foward pruning
	similar to razoring, fix bugs...add opening book path in init file...
	
	
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