CHEOPS
======

**[CHEOPS](https://logological.org/cheops)** (CHEss OPponent
Simulator) is a fully-functional chess program capable of
human-vs-human, human-vs-computer, and computer-vs-computer play. It
uses a 64-square linear array board representation. The game tree
search is alpha–beta, and the static evaluation function considers
material, mobility, and motif features.

CHEOPS is [Free
Software](https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html).  You can
redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General
Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either
version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
Please see the file `COPYING` for details.

For building and installation instructions please see the `INSTALL`
file.

The `doc` subdirectory contains a Unix man page describing how to use
CHEOPS.  There is also a LaTeX file which contains the text of the man
page plus information of interest to programmers wishing to understand
or extend CHEOPS.

The latest version of CHEOPS can be found at
<https://logological.org/cheops>.

Contributing
------------

Please post bug reports and feature requests on the [issue
tracker](https://github.com/logological/cheops/issues) or e-mail them
to [Tristan Miller](mailto:psychonaut@nothingisreal.com). Feel free to
fork the project and send [pull
requests](https://help.github.com/articles/using-pull-requests/) for
integration into the main distribution.
