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[[FILE:11-alimenti,carni ovine,Taccuino Sanitatis, Casanatense 4182.jpg|border|right|thumb| 14th century butcher <ref>Butcher's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacuinum_Sanitatis Tacuinum Sanitatis] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblioteca_Casanatense Casanatensis], This picture is showing a 14th century butcher doing his trade in a traditional manner - unknown master, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butcher Butcher from Wikipedia]</ref> ]]
'''Butcher''' (Rzeźnik in Polish <ref>[http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rze%C5%BAnictwo Rzeźnictwo from Wikipedia.pl] (Polish)</ref> )<br/>
a [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol]] compliant chess engine by [[Marek Kołacz]], written in [[C]], first released in September 2001 <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=190209 New Butcher] by [[Grzegorz Sidorowicz]], [[CCC]], September 24, 2001</ref>. Executables are available for [[Windows]] and [[Linux]], early versions ran under [[MS-DOS|DOS]].
=Parallel Search=
Since version 1.60, Butcher is able to perform a [[Parallel Search|parallel search]] under [[Windows]] using [[Process|processes]] and a [[Shared Hash Table|shared hash table]]. A master process spawns worker processes, which run independently without any supervision. The Master process prepares all the structures necessary to split the node and continues the search. Worker processes simply use existing "split nodes" to start their search and report the results. The master process is responsible to kill the workers upon exit <ref>[http://markol4.republika.pl/ Butcher's Homepage] (expired link)</ref> .
=Tournament Play=
Rzeźnik aka Butcher played all [[Polish Computer Chess Championship|Polish Computer Chess Championships]], and won its first edition, the [[PCCC 2002]], and the open category of the [[PCCC 2004]] and [[PCCC 2006]] <ref>[[Maciej Szmit]] ('''2006'''). ''The 5th Polish Computer-Chess Championship: The Second Comeback of Butcher''. [[ICGA Journal#29_4|ICGA Journal, Vol. 29, No. 4]]</ref> , and otherwise was always a top scorer, at the [[PCCC 2012]] best Polish program.
Butcher further played multiple [[CCT Tournaments]], and had its tournament debut at the [[CCT3]] in May 2001.
=Publications=
* [[Maciej Szmit]] ('''2006'''). ''The 5th Polish Computer-Chess Championship: The Second Comeback of Butcher''. [[ICGA Journal#29_4|ICGA Journal, Vol. 29, No. 4]] » [[PCCC 2006]]
=Forum Posts=
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=190209 New Butcher] by [[Grzegorz Sidorowicz]], [[CCC]], September 24, 2001
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=400642 Gauntlet Petir v2.0 and Butcher v1.53 with download] by [[Karl-Heinz Söntges]], [[CCC]], December 13, 2004
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=436144 Gauntlets Liste B 5' + 5" - Butcher v1.56 - games] by [[Karl-Heinz Söntges]], [[CCC]], July 11, 2005
=External Links=
==Chess Engine==
* [http://www.computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:download:engine_download_list Engine Download List] from [[Ron Murawski|Ron Murawski's]] [http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=home Computer-Chess Wiki]
* [http://www.computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/4040/cgi/engine_details.cgi?print=Details&each_game=1&eng=Butcher%201.61%2064-bit#Butcher_1_61_64-bit Butcher 1.61 64-bit] in [[CCRL|CCRL 40/40]]
==Misc==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butcher_%28disambiguation%29 Butcher (disambiguation) from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butcher Butcher from Wikipedia]
=References=
<references />
'''[[Engines|Up one Level]]'''
[[Category:WinBoard]]
[[Category:XBoard]]
[[Category:DosEngine]]
[[FILE:11-alimenti,carni ovine,Taccuino Sanitatis, Casanatense 4182.jpg|border|right|thumb| 14th century butcher <ref>Butcher's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacuinum_Sanitatis Tacuinum Sanitatis] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblioteca_Casanatense Casanatensis], This picture is showing a 14th century butcher doing his trade in a traditional manner - unknown master, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butcher Butcher from Wikipedia]</ref> ]]
'''Butcher''' (Rzeźnik in Polish <ref>[http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rze%C5%BAnictwo Rzeźnictwo from Wikipedia.pl] (Polish)</ref> )<br/>
a [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol]] compliant chess engine by [[Marek Kołacz]], written in [[C]], first released in September 2001 <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=190209 New Butcher] by [[Grzegorz Sidorowicz]], [[CCC]], September 24, 2001</ref>. Executables are available for [[Windows]] and [[Linux]], early versions ran under [[MS-DOS|DOS]].
=Parallel Search=
Since version 1.60, Butcher is able to perform a [[Parallel Search|parallel search]] under [[Windows]] using [[Process|processes]] and a [[Shared Hash Table|shared hash table]]. A master process spawns worker processes, which run independently without any supervision. The Master process prepares all the structures necessary to split the node and continues the search. Worker processes simply use existing "split nodes" to start their search and report the results. The master process is responsible to kill the workers upon exit <ref>[http://markol4.republika.pl/ Butcher's Homepage] (expired link)</ref> .
=Tournament Play=
Rzeźnik aka Butcher played all [[Polish Computer Chess Championship|Polish Computer Chess Championships]], and won its first edition, the [[PCCC 2002]], and the open category of the [[PCCC 2004]] and [[PCCC 2006]] <ref>[[Maciej Szmit]] ('''2006'''). ''The 5th Polish Computer-Chess Championship: The Second Comeback of Butcher''. [[ICGA Journal#29_4|ICGA Journal, Vol. 29, No. 4]]</ref> , and otherwise was always a top scorer, at the [[PCCC 2012]] best Polish program.
Butcher further played multiple [[CCT Tournaments]], and had its tournament debut at the [[CCT3]] in May 2001.
=Publications=
* [[Maciej Szmit]] ('''2006'''). ''The 5th Polish Computer-Chess Championship: The Second Comeback of Butcher''. [[ICGA Journal#29_4|ICGA Journal, Vol. 29, No. 4]] » [[PCCC 2006]]
=Forum Posts=
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=190209 New Butcher] by [[Grzegorz Sidorowicz]], [[CCC]], September 24, 2001
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=400642 Gauntlet Petir v2.0 and Butcher v1.53 with download] by [[Karl-Heinz Söntges]], [[CCC]], December 13, 2004
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=436144 Gauntlets Liste B 5' + 5" - Butcher v1.56 - games] by [[Karl-Heinz Söntges]], [[CCC]], July 11, 2005
=External Links=
==Chess Engine==
* [http://www.computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:download:engine_download_list Engine Download List] from [[Ron Murawski|Ron Murawski's]] [http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=home Computer-Chess Wiki]
* [http://www.computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/4040/cgi/engine_details.cgi?print=Details&each_game=1&eng=Butcher%201.61%2064-bit#Butcher_1_61_64-bit Butcher 1.61 64-bit] in [[CCRL|CCRL 40/40]]
==Misc==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butcher_%28disambiguation%29 Butcher (disambiguation) from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butcher Butcher from Wikipedia]
=References=
<references />
'''[[Engines|Up one Level]]'''
[[Category:WinBoard]]
[[Category:XBoard]]
[[Category:DosEngine]]
