HydroChess is a chess engine written in Rust that is capable of beating most intermediate to advanced players.
For variant support I have made a modified version of HydroChess called Fairy-HydroChess. It supports a lot of variants so I suggest you check it out if you are interested!
To install HydroChess, you will need to have Rust and Cargo installed on your machine. You can find instructions for installing Rust here.
Once you have Rust and Cargo installed, you can install HydroChess by cloning this repository and running the following command in the root directory:
cargo build --release
This will compile the HydroChess code and create an executable in the target/release directory.
To run HydroChess, you will need to use a chess interface that is compatible with the Universal Chess Interface (UCI) protocol.
Once you have a UCI-compatible chess interface installed, you can start a game by selecting HydroChess as the engine. The specific steps for doing this will depend on the interface you are using.
I made this project as more of a hobby and more for myself as a challenge, but feel free to suggest any changes or improvements if you so please.