CHEOPS
CHEOPS (CHEss OPponent
Simulator) is a fully-functional chess program capable of
human-vs-human, human-vs-computer, and computer-vs-computer play. It
uses a 64-square linear array board representation. The game tree search
is alpha–beta, and the static evaluation function considers material,
mobility, and motif features.
CHEOPS is written in ANSI C++ and as such should compile on any system
with a conforming C++ compiler. A standard configure
script is
provided for Unix-like systems.
CHEOPS is Free Software. It can be freely used, modified, and distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public Licence.
Downloading
The latest version of CHEOPS is 1.3, released on 2016-12-27. A list of changes from previous versions can be found in the change log.
Source code
You can download source packages for the current and previous releases on GitHub or nothingisreal.com. You can also browse, download, or clone the development version on GitHub.
Ports and binary packages
Binary packages are available for several systems:
- OpenSUSE and SUSE Linux Enterprise
- Microsoft Windows:
- Michael Yee has produced a UCI-enabled build of CHEOPS 1.1 for Microsoft Windows.
- Daniel José Queraltó has produced a build of CHEOPS 1.2 for Microsoft Windows. (On some systems, you may need to also install Microsoft's Visual C++ runtime packages.)
Note that, except for the SUSE packages, these packages are produced and hosted by third parties. I take no responsibility for them.
Documentation
You can browse through the online HTML documentation. The source distribution includes the documention.
Screenshots
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Configuring the computer opponent | Game in progress |
Author
CHEOPS was conceived and written by Tristan Miller.