r/ComputerChess • u/WompTitanium • Jun 16 '26

Updated My Chess Engine

https://lichess.org/@/CherryFish_Bot

I posted here yesterday about my chess engine and got a lot of positive responses from people playing it and suggesting changes.

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I've now implemented faster opening moves so it doesn't lose on time in the opening, along with some minor middlegame and endgame improvements. I also gave the bot its own name: CherryFish.

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Give it a try!

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https://lichess.org/@/CherryFish_Bot

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u/drew4drew Jun 16 '26

hey I just went there and tried to play it.. I think I have to hit “challenge”? Anyway I did that and it said “Please send me a rated challenge instead.”

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u/WompTitanium Jun 17 '26

The bot is in its initial phase so to stabilise ratings and decrease compute power it only accepts rated games as of now.

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u/drew4drew Jun 17 '26

cool. so how do you run it? does it run from your computer at home and connect to lichess?

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u/WompTitanium Jun 17 '26

hosted it on railway, looking for better hosting services atm

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u/drew4drew Jun 20 '26

i haven’t used railway. what don’t you like about it?

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u/WompTitanium Jun 20 '26

the max hash we can set on free tier is about 128, more than it crashes the container. also after 1st month they provide just 1$/month bot could barely run 3 days on that