Chess AI

AI difficulty currently ranges from Level 1 (about 600–800 Elo) to Level 10 (about 1600 Elo).
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Added

• Added a brand new AI engine

• Added 10 AI difficulty levels

• Added asynchronous AI move calculation

• Added an "AI is thinking..." status message

• Added AI difficulty selection to the chess clock menu

• Added persistence for the selected AI difficulty

Improved

• Improved AI turn handling during timed matches

• Improved stability when applying AI moves

• Improved game flow between player turns and AI turns

• Improved support for Player vs AI games in the chess clock interface

• Updated English and French translations

Changed

• Refactored the old built-in AI logic into a separate dedicated engine

• Reworked AI move processing to be safer and more reliable

• Updated the chess clock menu to display:

  • game mode

  • time control

  • AI difficulty

Technical

• Added position hashing for better AI search handling

• Added search improvements such as:

  • move ordering

  • quiescence search

  • mobility evaluation

  • piece-square tables

  • transposition table

• Added dynamic AI time budgeting based on difficulty and server performance

If you want something a bit cleaner for CurseForge description style, use this version:

ChessAI 1.1.0

This update introduces a much more advanced AI system and improves the overall flow of Player vs AI matches.

Highlights

• New dedicated AI engine

• 10 selectable AI difficulty levels

• Async AI thinking and move calculation

• AI thinking status message

• Difficulty selection in the chess clock menu

• Better handling for timed games

• Updated EN/FR translations

• Internal AI and match flow refactor

Notes

• AI difficulty cannot be changed while a match is already running

• Difficulty is saved with the match data

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