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Chess Wizard is a highly [[Selectivity|selective]] program, with a lot of knowledge in the [[Evaluation|eval function]]. It uses the [[Bitboards|bitmap approach]], like [[Crafty]] and [[Chess Guru]]. However, it is very speculative in its evaluation and has a lot of special algorithms regarding [[Square Control|space control]].
It is quite slow compared to a lot of other programs (6000-10000 [[Nodes per Second|n/s ]] on [[x86|Pentium Pro 200]]), but I think it is not too "stupid" (that is, for a chess program :) Chess Wizard is two years old now, but the [[FCCC 1996|French Championship]] was his first official tournament.
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Wizard uses different [[Extensions|extensions]] at different [[Time Management|time controls]], and his eval parameters change also with the time control (more agressive in sudden death). It uses an [[Alpha-Beta|alpha-beta]], and heavily [[Pruning|prune forward]] by evaluating the position at each [[Node|node]] in the [[Search Tree|tree]].
