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Raumschach Engines

Computer Opponents for Three-Dimensional Chess

International Raumschach Federation  ·  2026

The engines listed here are AI opponents purpose-built for Raumschach. Raumcapa is the current engine, which is available in the IRF game client and requires no installation.

The first IRF engine, named in honor of Ferdinand Maack. Maackesgeist v1 searches to a fixed depth of [N] plies with a material-weighted evaluation function. It plays at the Weak and Intermediate difficulty settings and is recommended for players new to three-dimensional chess who want an opponent that does not overwhelm before the spatial geometry becomes intuitive.

A substantially revised successor to v1, adding mobility and king-safety terms to the evaluation and extending the effective search depth through improved move ordering and null-move pruning. Maackesgeist v2 operates at all three difficulty levels, with its Strong setting providing a meaningful challenge for experienced players.

Raumcapa (2026)

Raumcapa is a principles-based influence engine that does not include search beyond one ply. This engine applies the style of José Raúl Capablanca to Raumschach.