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| ====== Frank-Walter ====== | ====== Frank-Walter ====== | ||
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| + | **FrankWalter has moved!** | ||
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| + | Please visit the new **[[https://github.com/ljgw/frankwalter/releases | FrankWalter homepage]].** | ||
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| + | This page remains for historical reasons and may be removed in the future. | ||
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| + | --- | ||
| Frank-Walter is a java-based winboard/xboard chess engine written by Laurens Winkelhagen. | Frank-Walter is a java-based winboard/xboard chess engine written by Laurens Winkelhagen. | ||
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| - | Current version is Frank-Walter 2.2.1-cb40a84 | + | Current version is Frank-Walter 2.2.8-e85fcb4 |
| ===== Download ===== | ===== Download ===== | ||
| - | {{frankwalter-2.2.1-dist.zip | Frank-Walter 2.2.1}} | ||
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| - | {{frankwalter-2.2.0-dist.zip | Frank-Walter 2.2.0}} | ||
| + | {{frankwalter-2.2.8-dist.zip | Frank-Walter 2.2.8}} | ||
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| + | {{frankwalter-2.2.6-dist.zip | Frank-Walter 2.2.6}} | ||
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| + | {{frankwalter-2.2.3-dist.zip | Frank-Walter 2.2.3}} | ||
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| + | {{frankwalter-2.2.2-dist.zip | Frank-Walter 2.2.2}} | ||
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| ===== Usage ===== | ===== Usage ===== | ||
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| * ''%%-debug%%'' (no arguments, causes logging to be stored in a file called ''%%debug.log%%'' in the current working directory) | * ''%%-debug%%'' (no arguments, causes logging to be stored in a file called ''%%debug.log%%'' in the current working directory) | ||
| - | * ''%%-tt <magnitude>%%'' (where ''%%<magnitude>%%'' is a number between 17 and 26 inclusive denoting 1MB up to 1GB memory allocation for the transposition table. The default is 24, which means 256MB) | + | * ''%%-nobook%%'' (no arguments, tells the engine not to use its own book) |
| + | * ''%%-book <bookname>%%'' (''%%<bookname>%%'' should be the filename of an openingbook in Beowulf format, located next to the .jar file. The default is ''%%frankwalter.opening%%'' which is included in the engine itself) | ||
| + | * ''%%-tt <size>%%'' (where ''%%<size>%%'' is the size is the size of the TranspositionTable in mb or gb. Possible values are 1mb, 2mb, 4mb, 8mb, 16mb, 32mb, 64mb, 128mb, 256mb, 512mb, 1gb. The default is 256mb) | ||
| * ''%%-tb <tablebases filepath>%%'' (here ''%%<tablebases filepath>%%'' is the Syzygy-tablebases directory. It is also possible to configure this in xboard) | * ''%%-tb <tablebases filepath>%%'' (here ''%%<tablebases filepath>%%'' is the Syzygy-tablebases directory. It is also possible to configure this in xboard) | ||
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| * Principle Variation Search with aspiration window. | * Principle Variation Search with aspiration window. | ||
| * Mostly Piece-Square value based evaluation (tuned using texels tuning method) | * Mostly Piece-Square value based evaluation (tuned using texels tuning method) | ||
| - | * Easy to understand opening-book format (Beowulf format) | + | * Easy to understand opening-book format (Beowulf format: use your own by adding a frankwalter.openings file next to the .jar file) |
| * Syzygy Tablebases support (dependant on platform: I have only compiled the native code for linux and windows) | * Syzygy Tablebases support (dependant on platform: I have only compiled the native code for linux and windows) | ||
