Megalodon

UCI chess engine.

Play against Megalodon on Lichess!

Version 1.1.0 was recently released!

The source code of Megalodon is completely original. It is not a derivative or port of any other program. We used articles from chessprogramming.org and ideas from other engines.

Compiling

Compiling with automated Bash Script

Requires g++, CMake, and GNU Make.

git clone https://github.com/megalodon-chess/megalodon.git
cd ./megalodon/
./build.sh
./build/Megalodon

Compiling with CMake and GNU Make

Requires g++, CMake, and GNU Make.

git clone https://github.com/megalodon-chess/megalodon.git
cd ./megalodon/
mkdir ./build/
cd ./build/
cmake ..
make -j
./Megalodon

Compiling Manually

Requires g++.

git clone https://github.com/megalodon-chess/megalodon.git
cd ./megalodon/src/
g++ -pthread -Ofast -Wall *.cpp -o Megalodon
./Megalodon

License

Everything in the repository is licensed as GNU GPL v3 license.

If you would like to use the logo, we request that you also include a message saying that your project isn't related to Megalodon.

The Name

The name Megalodon comes from a species of shark that lived millions of years ago.

Documentation

For extra documentation, please read the docs.