The CCRL testing group has posted the first results of the Baron 3.45.1 in the Chess960/FRC 40/2 list. After 1000 games it is ranked about 55 Elo points stronger than its predecessor. I am happy that it is confirmed that the new release is significantly stronger. CCRL FRC 40/2

It was already in the release notes for 3.45: Chess960 support is fixed. It turned out: Not quite yet, and fortunately I’ve got some useful input on the problem. It was a small typo (actually more a copy/paste error) that made the Baron check for the wrong rook when a castling move was entered. The…

When releasing the Baron 3.44 I also included a win-32 version. I assumed that this would no longer be required and didn’t bother creating one this time. So far nobody complained about that yet so I guess that is not needed anymore. What I did not realize is that the standard compile options have been…

It has been quite a while since the Baron 3.44 was released. Although the Baron kept on participating in several online and on-site tournaments there was never enough progress to support the release of another version. This is largely due to changed priorities as I haven’t been working a lot on the engine. Just fixing…