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[[FILE:Astronomy Amateur 3 V2.jpg|border|right|thumb| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_astronomy Amateur astronomers] watch the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_sky night sky] <ref>Three people enjoy the summer sky over the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_River Delaware river], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey NJ], USA during the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseids Perseid] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteor_shower meteor shower] in August, 2006. [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Astronomy_Amateur_3_V2.jpg The picture] is probably a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photomontage photomontage], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Commons Wikimedia Commons]</ref> ]]
'''Amateur''',<br/>
a free chess engine by [[Will Singleton]], written in [[C]]. Amateur's primary platform was the [[Macintosh]], it was early used as engine for the [[Fixation]] internet chess interface.
In July 2002, Amateur '''2.0''' was released, compatible with the [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol]]. Amateur's version history indicates the use of [[Null Move Pruning|null move pruning]] in conjunction with [[Multi-Cut|multi-cut]] <ref>amateur-2.82.zip\amateur282\readme.txt</ref>.
Amateur played multiple [[Tournaments and Matches#online|online tournaments]] such as the [[CCT Tournaments]] at [[FICS]] and [[Internet Chess Club|ICC]], [[ACCA Americas' Computer Chess Championship|Americas' Computer Chess Championships]], and the [[WCRCC 2008]]
=History=
Amateur is a development of a program already written in 1977 in [[6502]] [[Assembly|assembly]], then expanded in 1986 on the [[68000]] <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=40780 Re: Bionic Vs Crafty Debate: some data required] by [[Will Singleton]], [[CCC]], January 25, 1999</ref>:
My current program is a development of a program I wrote in 1977 in 6502 assembly, and then expanded in 1986 on the 68000. I converted it to [[C]] last year, and then over time put in all I learned from [[CCC|this newsgroup]] and a full set of [[ICGA Journal|ICCA journals]]. It's been a slow, incremental process, but at this point, right now, I can say that it's an honest program, and I know what's in it and how it works.
In 2002 Will released a [[WinBoard]] version, also mentioning starting from scratch again <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=240197 Re: Amateur new winboard engine] by [[Will Singleton]], [[CCC]], July 12, 2002</ref>:
I released it to kind of memorialize all the work that went into it, and I certainly have learned a lot. But I can't improve it much more, given the limitations of its "design." So the next version will be a new project, from scratch. The goal is to have a good, extensible design, using whatever knowledge I've gained along the way.
=Selected Games=
[[WCRCC 2008]], round 2, [[Twisted Logic]] - [[Amateur]] <ref>[http://aigames.net/ACCA/ACCAWCRCC/2008ACCAWCRCC/2008WCRCCResults.html 2008 Second Annual ACCA World Computer Chess Championships - Results]</ref>
<pre>
[Event "WCRCC 2008"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.06.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Twisted Logic"]
[Black "Amateur"]
[Result "0-1"]
1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 Be7 6.Bd3 c5 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 cxd4 9.exd4 b6
10.Bd2 Bb7 11.Re1 a6 12.a4 Bd6 13.g3 Re8 14.Ne5 Qe7 15.a5 b5 16.Qe2 Rac8 17.Ra2 Red8
18.Nxb5 axb5 19.a6 Ba8 20.Ba5 Rf8 21.Bxb5 Nb8 22.f3 Nc6 23.Bxc6 Bxc6 24.Qd3 Qa7 25.Kh1
Bxe5 26.dxe5 Ng4 27.Qe2 d4 28.h3 Ne3 29.Bb4 f6 30.Bxf8 Rxf8 31.c3 fxe5 32.Kh2 Rxf3
33.cxd4 exd4 34.Rc1 Qb8 35.Rg1 d3 36.Qe1 Qxb3 37.Rd2 Qc3 38.a7 Qf6 39.Rgg2 Nxg2 40.Rxg2
{White resigns} 0-1
</pre>
=Forum Posts=
==1997 ...==
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=12937 Has this name been used before?] by [[Will Singleton|Willie Wood]], [[CCC]], December 12, 1997
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=14538 Winboard for the Mac] by [[Will Singleton|Willie Wood]], [[CCC]], January 22, 1998
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=27237 Amateur v Rabid] by [[Will Singleton]], [[CCC]], September 19, 1998 » [[Mathematician#JBShearer|James B. Shearer]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=35010 Under 2600 Club] by [[Will Singleton]], [[CCC]], December 07, 1998
==2000 ...==
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=95357 amateur crafty 1-0] by [[Will Singleton]], [[CCC]], February 07, 2000
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=103409 amateur experiment] by [[Will Singleton]], [[CCC]], March 26, 2000
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=127195 New versions of Fixation and Amateur released] by [[Will Singleton]], [[CCC]], August 29, 2000
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=240197 Re: Amateur new winboard engine] by [[Will Singleton]], [[CCC]], July 12, 2002
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=279357 A bit late: CCT5 recap for Amateur] by [[Will Singleton]], [[CCC]], January 24, 2003 » [[CCT5]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=315949 PostModernist vs Amateur] by [[Andrew Williams]], [[CCC]], September 15, 2003 » [[PostModernist]]
=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.knelsen-clan.ca/craig/fixation/Amateur.html Fixation: Amateur Chess Engine]
* [https://ccrl.chessdom.com/ccrl/4040/cgi/engine_details.cgi?print=Details&each_game=1&eng=Amateur%202.82 Amateur 2.82] in [[CCRL|CCRL 40/40]]
==Chess==
* [https://amateurchess.com/ Amateur Chess Organization]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_amateur_chess_players List of amateur chess players from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Amateur_Chess_Championship World Amateur Chess Championship from Wikipedia]
==Misc==
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amateur amateur - Wiktionary]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur Amateur from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_(disambiguation) Amateur (disambiguation) Amateur from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_astronomy Amateur astronomy from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_radio Amateur radio from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_professionalism Amateur professionalism from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_sports Amateur sports from Wikipedia]
* ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cult_of_the_Amateur The Cult of the Amateur]'' by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Keen Andrew Keen], from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikipedia]
=References=
<references />
'''[[Engines|Up one Level]]'''
[[Category:WinBoard]]
[[Category:Mac]]
[[FILE:Astronomy Amateur 3 V2.jpg|border|right|thumb| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_astronomy Amateur astronomers] watch the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_sky night sky] <ref>Three people enjoy the summer sky over the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_River Delaware river], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey NJ], USA during the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseids Perseid] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteor_shower meteor shower] in August, 2006. [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Astronomy_Amateur_3_V2.jpg The picture] is probably a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photomontage photomontage], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Commons Wikimedia Commons]</ref> ]]
'''Amateur''',<br/>
a free chess engine by [[Will Singleton]], written in [[C]]. Amateur's primary platform was the [[Macintosh]], it was early used as engine for the [[Fixation]] internet chess interface.
In July 2002, Amateur '''2.0''' was released, compatible with the [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol]]. Amateur's version history indicates the use of [[Null Move Pruning|null move pruning]] in conjunction with [[Multi-Cut|multi-cut]] <ref>amateur-2.82.zip\amateur282\readme.txt</ref>.
Amateur played multiple [[Tournaments and Matches#online|online tournaments]] such as the [[CCT Tournaments]] at [[FICS]] and [[Internet Chess Club|ICC]], [[ACCA Americas' Computer Chess Championship|Americas' Computer Chess Championships]], and the [[WCRCC 2008]]
=History=
Amateur is a development of a program already written in 1977 in [[6502]] [[Assembly|assembly]], then expanded in 1986 on the [[68000]] <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=40780 Re: Bionic Vs Crafty Debate: some data required] by [[Will Singleton]], [[CCC]], January 25, 1999</ref>:
My current program is a development of a program I wrote in 1977 in 6502 assembly, and then expanded in 1986 on the 68000. I converted it to [[C]] last year, and then over time put in all I learned from [[CCC|this newsgroup]] and a full set of [[ICGA Journal|ICCA journals]]. It's been a slow, incremental process, but at this point, right now, I can say that it's an honest program, and I know what's in it and how it works.
In 2002 Will released a [[WinBoard]] version, also mentioning starting from scratch again <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=240197 Re: Amateur new winboard engine] by [[Will Singleton]], [[CCC]], July 12, 2002</ref>:
I released it to kind of memorialize all the work that went into it, and I certainly have learned a lot. But I can't improve it much more, given the limitations of its "design." So the next version will be a new project, from scratch. The goal is to have a good, extensible design, using whatever knowledge I've gained along the way.
=Selected Games=
[[WCRCC 2008]], round 2, [[Twisted Logic]] - [[Amateur]] <ref>[http://aigames.net/ACCA/ACCAWCRCC/2008ACCAWCRCC/2008WCRCCResults.html 2008 Second Annual ACCA World Computer Chess Championships - Results]</ref>
<pre>
[Event "WCRCC 2008"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.06.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Twisted Logic"]
[Black "Amateur"]
[Result "0-1"]
1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 Be7 6.Bd3 c5 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 cxd4 9.exd4 b6
10.Bd2 Bb7 11.Re1 a6 12.a4 Bd6 13.g3 Re8 14.Ne5 Qe7 15.a5 b5 16.Qe2 Rac8 17.Ra2 Red8
18.Nxb5 axb5 19.a6 Ba8 20.Ba5 Rf8 21.Bxb5 Nb8 22.f3 Nc6 23.Bxc6 Bxc6 24.Qd3 Qa7 25.Kh1
Bxe5 26.dxe5 Ng4 27.Qe2 d4 28.h3 Ne3 29.Bb4 f6 30.Bxf8 Rxf8 31.c3 fxe5 32.Kh2 Rxf3
33.cxd4 exd4 34.Rc1 Qb8 35.Rg1 d3 36.Qe1 Qxb3 37.Rd2 Qc3 38.a7 Qf6 39.Rgg2 Nxg2 40.Rxg2
{White resigns} 0-1
</pre>
=Forum Posts=
==1997 ...==
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=12937 Has this name been used before?] by [[Will Singleton|Willie Wood]], [[CCC]], December 12, 1997
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=14538 Winboard for the Mac] by [[Will Singleton|Willie Wood]], [[CCC]], January 22, 1998
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=27237 Amateur v Rabid] by [[Will Singleton]], [[CCC]], September 19, 1998 » [[Mathematician#JBShearer|James B. Shearer]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=35010 Under 2600 Club] by [[Will Singleton]], [[CCC]], December 07, 1998
==2000 ...==
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=95357 amateur crafty 1-0] by [[Will Singleton]], [[CCC]], February 07, 2000
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=103409 amateur experiment] by [[Will Singleton]], [[CCC]], March 26, 2000
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=127195 New versions of Fixation and Amateur released] by [[Will Singleton]], [[CCC]], August 29, 2000
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=240197 Re: Amateur new winboard engine] by [[Will Singleton]], [[CCC]], July 12, 2002
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=279357 A bit late: CCT5 recap for Amateur] by [[Will Singleton]], [[CCC]], January 24, 2003 » [[CCT5]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=315949 PostModernist vs Amateur] by [[Andrew Williams]], [[CCC]], September 15, 2003 » [[PostModernist]]
=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.knelsen-clan.ca/craig/fixation/Amateur.html Fixation: Amateur Chess Engine]
* [https://ccrl.chessdom.com/ccrl/4040/cgi/engine_details.cgi?print=Details&each_game=1&eng=Amateur%202.82 Amateur 2.82] in [[CCRL|CCRL 40/40]]
==Chess==
* [https://amateurchess.com/ Amateur Chess Organization]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_amateur_chess_players List of amateur chess players from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Amateur_Chess_Championship World Amateur Chess Championship from Wikipedia]
==Misc==
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amateur amateur - Wiktionary]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur Amateur from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_(disambiguation) Amateur (disambiguation) Amateur from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_astronomy Amateur astronomy from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_radio Amateur radio from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_professionalism Amateur professionalism from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_sports Amateur sports from Wikipedia]
* ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cult_of_the_Amateur The Cult of the Amateur]'' by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Keen Andrew Keen], from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikipedia]
=References=
<references />
'''[[Engines|Up one Level]]'''
[[Category:WinBoard]]
[[Category:Mac]]
