Add a self-play demo GIF to the README - #12
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`docs/self-play.gif` (235 KB, 62 frames): the engine playing itself at 5s/move with an ASCII board, one frame per move. No opening book - every move is a real Lazy SMP search. Shown right under the description in the README. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Documentation-only change with valid asset reference and appropriate Git attributes for binary handling.
Pull request overview
Adds a self-play demo GIF to the project’s top-level documentation so readers immediately see the engine running under real search conditions.
Changes:
- Embed
docs/self-play.gifinREADME.mddirectly under the project description with a brief caption. - Mark
*.gifas binary in.gitattributesto prevent text filters/line-ending normalization from corrupting GIF files.
File summaries
| File | Description |
|---|---|
| README.md | Adds an embedded self-play demo GIF and caption near the top of the README. |
| .gitattributes | Treats .gif files as binary to ensure correct handling in Git. |
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Summary
Adds
docs/self-play.gifand shows it in the README, directly under theproject description.
with rank/file labels and per-move search info (depth, cp score, nodes, time)
.gitattributes:*.gif binaryThe game shown: balanced middlegame, a tactical sequence around move 19-20
where White wins a rook, decisively winning by the 30-move cap.
The generator lives at
scratchpad/selfplay_gif.py(needspillow); happy tocommit it as
scripts/+ ademooptional-dependency in a follow-up if useful.Checklist
ruff/mypy/pytest- n/a, no code touchedCHANGELOG.md- n/a (docs only)README.mdupdated🤖 Generated with Claude Code