UCI Chess Engine
VeryChess
A project focused on developing chess engine playing on personal PCs, evaluation and testing chess engines. Built by Oleh Sych.
About VeryChess
VeryChess is a UCI-compatible chess engine developed as a personal software project at the intersection of chess and programming. The engine is designed to work with UCI-compatible chess GUIs such as Arena, Cute Chess, and BanksiaGUI.
Development is focused on building a clean, understandable architecture, improving engine strength through systematic testing, and documenting every step of the journey publicly.
About the Author- UCI-compatible — works with standard chess GUIs
- Tested in round-robin tournaments
- Releases documented with full change notes
- Results published with PGN game files
Latest Release
All releases →VeryChess 0.1.0
What's new
- Initial UCI protocol implementation
- Basic alpha-beta search with iterative deepening
- Material-based evaluation function
- First public VeryChess tournament results
Latest Tournament
All tournaments →Project Goals
- Build a clean, understandable chess engine architecture
- Improve engine strength step by step through testing and measurement
- Run repeatable, documented engine tournaments
- Publish releases, experiments, and progress openly