Friday, April 18, 2014

Nirvanachess 1.6 Release

What is new in this release?

  • Strength Increase
    • About 40 Elo stronger than Version 1.5 at long time controls (60' + 0.05')
  • Evaluation Tweaks
    • Added knowledge of  KR vs KP endings
    • Passed Pawn evaluation is smoothed out between mid and endgame.
  • Optimization
    •  Slightly quicker during the mid and end games (~2%)
  • Bug Fixes
    • Fixed a bug with pawnstorms
      • Sometimes would count pawnstorms twice
    • Fixed a bug with pawn shelter
      • Sometimes would count shelter pawns twice
    • Fixed a bug that would cause pawns to be completely mis-evaluated.

Download Link:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/fcdz82s1g2tr9lp/Nirvanachess1.6.rar