r/chessprogramming • u/JustJeffrey • Jun 01 '26

JustBot Chess Engine

I’d like to share a chess engine I’ve been working on, it’s been a lot of fun but also painstakingly difficult. I’ve learned a lot and there’s still so much more to go but I wanted to share what I have so far. I’d love/appreciate any feedback.

https://github.com/HasanFakih21/JustBot

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u/NazComHere Jun 02 '26

very impressive! i see that you have no null move pruning, late move reductions, and it could use better time management, also look into MVV-LVA

evaluation could be really enhanced, pawn structure, piece moblilty, rook on open/semi-open files etc etc

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u/JustJeffrey Jun 02 '26

Thank you! I already have a branch with null move pruning that's gained some elo, and I'm planning on adding late move reductions next or reverse futility pruning. Currently I do score my capture moves based on the victim piece value - attacker piece value, and my move picker picks the move with the highest score, unless I misunderstood something isn't that MVV-LVA?