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                           =         EnginMax            =
                           =     by Engin Uestuen        =                  
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About
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EnginMax is a FREEWARE chess engine, runs only with UCI compatible GUI's like Arena, Chess GUI, Shredder Classic or Fritz GUI.  


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build your own books from any PGN games:
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- start EnginMax in MS-DOS mode.
- after start type <build> and enter the name of PGN and book file.
- wait until finished, that can be takes a long time if are many games available!
- now write the BOOK_NAME in EnginMax.ini who it will be using and the USE_BOOK must be set "on"
   

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changed:
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23.12.2011 v5.24      - transposition table rewrited from 2 cluster to 4 cluster system 

15.12.2011 v5.23a     - hash bug fixed

10.12.2011 v5.22      - eval and search corrections.

15.11.2011 v5.21      - minor bug fixed and optimized

02.11.2011 v5.20      - some more bugs fixed, changes in search, sorting moves, futility pruning 

19.10.2011 v5.18      - some more bugs fixed, changes in search, sorting moves, futility pruning 

12.10.2011 v5.17      - I/O buffering and a promotion bug with ponder move fixed. 
                      - some display info corrected.
                      - new book is generated.
                      - improved search

06.10.2011 v5.16:     - futility bug fixed   

06.10.2011 v5.15:     - some more bugs fixed in search, eval, pawn hash.

04.10.2011 v5.14:     - some bug fixes in search, eval, hash and ponder function.

27.10.2010 v5.13:     - because many problems with ponder and time loses in winboard mode, i disabled now complete the winboard protocol and
                        the EnginMax.ini file doesnt needed, the engine can run only in UCI mode now, if you want run it in winboard please use 
                        the polyglot adapter !.

17.06.2010 v5.12a     - some bug fixes again, that lost on time sometimes, minor changes on pondering modus
                      - logging inputs and outputs complete removed from source
                      - new book generated, learning book, resign and offer draw, and many options that not very much
                        needed removed 
                      - on the start its dont read the configuration file because thats not need in UCI mode, 
                        its reading after type xboard to switch to winboard mode
                      - some changes in search and futility pruning 

                      ....ok that all enough for the moment :), my other engine Tornado is more important...

13.06.2010 v5.12      - new re-compiled version for win32 and x64 with some different bug fixes



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18.12.2002 v5.11c     - bug fixed version

16.11.2002 v5.11      - search and eval changes, better results
                      - analyze mode and ponder under UCI was not worked correct, this fixed

14.11.2002 v5.10a     - hash and killer move bug fixed

13.11.2002 v5.10      - PGN parser bug fixed
                      - new book format and building book with temp files
                      - add null-move mate_threat information to the hash tables
                      - changes in the search and eval
                      - book learning improved
                      - move generation and select next move improvements
                   

22.10.2002 v4.92      - most of time bug fixed
                      - pawn evalution rewrited and other eval settings changed
                      - opening book function rewrited new with results learn 
                      - move gen rewrited, produce only legal moves now
                      - new piece list implemented

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good luck !
Engin Uestuen

E-mail  :  us.engin@gmx.de
          
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