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| Original author(s) | Gian-Carlo Pascutto, Gary Linscott |
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| Developer(s) | Gary Linscott, Alexander Lyashuk, Folkert Huizinga, others |
| Initial release | 9 January 2018 |
| Stable release | v0.31.1
/ 11 August 2024 |
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| Written in | C++ |
| Operating system | Windows, Mac, Linux, Ubuntu, Android |
| Type | Chess engine |
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| Website | lczero |
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Leela Chess Zero (abbreviated as LCZero, lc0) is a free, open-source, and deep neural network–based chess engine and volunteer computing project. Development has been spearheaded by programmer Gary Linscott, who is also a developer for the Stockfish chess engine. Leela Chess Zero was adapted from the Leela Zero Go engine,[1] which in turn was based on Google's AlphaGo Zero project.[2] One of the purposes of Leela Chess Zero was to verify the methods in the AlphaZero paper as applied to the game of chess.
Like Leela Zero and AlphaGo Zero, Leela Chess Zero starts with no intrinsic chess-specific knowledge other than the basic rules of the game.[1] Leela Chess Zero then learns how to play chess by reinforcement learning from repeated self-play, using a distributed computing network coordinated at the Leela Chess Zero website.
As of June 2024[update], Leela Chess Zero has played over 2.5 billion games against itself, playing around 1 million games every day,[3] and is capable of play at a level that is comparable with Stockfish, the leading conventional chess program.[4][5]
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- ^ "Lc0 Wins Computer Chess Championship, Makes History". Chess.com. 17 April 2019. Archived from the original on 2020-11-07. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
- ^ Pete (pete) (24 May 2019). "Stockfish Strikes Back, Tops Lc0 In Computer Chess Championship". Chess.com. Archived from the original on 2019-05-25. Retrieved 2019-05-29.