The efficiency of the relativistic configuration interaction method ha
s been improved by employing individualized configuration selection an
d energy extrapolation procedures. The performed tests for Bi2 and Pb2
show the usefulness of the proposed method for the computation of ene
rgies and properties. The newly developed method which includes both e
xtrapolation and the Davidson correction accounting for unlinked quadr
upole clusters is called the relativistic multireference CI.