v1.3.0 - Improved evaluation function and better search performance

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Features

• Move ordering in alpha beta search to improve search performance
• Better evaluation function, takes into account a few new things
  • King safety (Open files near the king)
  • Passed pawns
  • Piece mobility
• Better implementation of static exchange evaluation to avoid the copying of boards and making of moves
• 3-fold repetition detection (with Zobrist hashing)

v1.2.0 - Move generation optimisation

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Features

• Optimise move generation by using bitboards and attack tables

Fixes

• Quiescence search no longer stops if a side is in check

v1.1.0 - UCI Protocol

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New features

• Implemented the UCI protocol
  • Can be accessed via the "uci" mode

v1.0.1 - Small improvements

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Bug fixes

• The capturing of rooks now removes castling rights

Features

• Multithreaded move search
• Improve CLI args help text
• Improve README to include run instructions

Initial release

Initial release of requin

Features

• Play against a friend (or yourself) on the CLI
• Play against a simple engine