performance progress tracking

benches/eval.rs

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+use chess_engine::board::Board;
+use criterion::{criterion_group, criterion_main, Criterion};
+use chess_engine::eval::basic::evaluate_board;
+
+fn run_eval_benchmark(c: &mut Criterion) {
+    let board = Board::from_fen("rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1");
+    c.bench_function("standard_board_evaluation", |b| {
+        b.iter(|| {
+            evaluate_board(&board);
+        })
+    });
+}
+
+criterion_group!(benches, run_eval_benchmark);
+criterion_main!(benches);