Ares
A 10×10 international draughts engine with HUB and DXP support and its own endgame databases.
- Version
- 2.1.0
- Protocol
- HUB, DXP
- Platforms
- Windows x64, Linux
- Author
- Joost Buijs
Ares is an engine for 10×10 international draughts, written in C++. It is developed against the strongest draughts programs, such as Kingsrow and Scan, in long test matches.
Features
- Protocols — HUB for use in a GUI, DXP for engine-versus-engine play over a network.
- Search — a multi-threaded alpha-beta search tuned with SPSA over many thousands of games.
- Endgame databases — Ares comes with its own databases: win/draw/loss for up to 7 pieces and distance-to-win for up to 6 pieces.
- Opening book — books can be built from PDN games or by drop-out expansion.
Ares-GUI
Ares-GUI is a Qt interface for draughts engines. It can install several HUB and DXP engines, play matches from ballot positions and run round-robin and Swiss tournaments with many games in parallel.