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Sessa creating Chaturanga [1]

Chaturanga,
a Chess Engine Communication Protocol aka WinBoard compatible chess engine by Stefano Malloggi. Chaturanga played the WCCC 2006, and various Italian Computer Chess Championship [2]. The name Chaturanga is derived from the ancient Indian game which is presumed to be the common ancestor of the games of Chess, Shogi and Chinese Chess [3].

Selected Games

WCCC 2006, round 3, Chaturanga - FIBChess [4]

[Event "WCCC 2006"]
[Site "Turin, Italy"]
[Date "2006.05.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Chaturanga"]
[Black "FIBChess"]
[Result "1-0"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.Nf3 Bd6 7.c4 O-O 
8.Be2 Bg4 9.c5 Bc7 10.O-O Re8 11.Be3 f5 12.Re1 f4 13.Bd2 Re4 14.Qb3 b5 
15.Rad1 Bxf3 16.Bxf3 Rxd4 17.Bxf4 Rxd1 18.Qxd1 Nd7 19.Bxc6 Bxf4 20.Bxa8 
Qc8 21.Bb7 Qxb7 22.Re8+ Nf8 23.Rxf8+ Kxf8 24.Qd8# 1-0

Photos

WCCC2006Blitz2.JPG

WCCC 2006 Blitz: Stefano Malloggi and Vasik Rajlich, Chaturanga - Rajlich 0-1 [5]

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