Schola - A Computer Chess Engine


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If you don't know why you are here, you are probably in the wrong place! Schola is a chess engine for Windows and will run in Winboard compatible interfaces such as Arena and Winboard.

Schola is freeware. You may re-distribute it and play around with the code so long as you identify where it came from and don't sell it. Why anyone would buy it is a debatable question!

If you want to contact me, please send an email to plattyaj@hotmail.com or you might find me on the Computer Chess Club Forums.

Files

Schola 1.1.0 built for Windows XP - 32 and 64 bit versions
Schola 1.1.0 Source with Visual C++ 2008 solution files
Readme for Schola 1.1.0 (included in both the above packages)

To use Schola just unpack into the directory of your choice and load up with your favorite chess GUI!

Version 1.1.0 adds late move reductions, fixes a bug that caused it to reject a legal move, improves move ordering, has some time control improvements and a bunch of minor tweaks. The one thing that is still as lousy as ever is it's evaluation which needs a re-write.
Version 1.0.4 improves handling of time when pondering and fixes the problem (finally) with time losses at the time control. Arena is more permissive than WinBoard - a fact I didn't realize!
Version 1.0.3 fixes some time control bugs. Hopefully these should stop frequent losses on time at 40 or 80 moves though I never was able to reproduce the losses with my own testing.
(The initial upload of 1.0.3 didn't change the internal version number. This has been corrected as of 09/09/08.)
Version 1.0.2 fixes several ponder bugs, adds the new logo from Swami and includes some code from Dann Corbit for draw by insufficient material.

Opening Book

I haven't included the opening books recommended for use with Schola. Without them it's opening play is questionable.

Schola uses the Rebel / Pro Deo books provided by the legendary chess partnership of Ed Schröder and Jeroen Noomen. If you want to use them you can download the two files here and unpack them in the same directory as schola.exe.

Main Book
Tournament Book

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