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[[FILE:ShawnChidester.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawn-chidester-62a8b494/| Shawn Chidester<ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawn-chidester-62a8b494/ Shawn Chidester | LinkedIn]</ref> ]]
'''Shawn Chidester''',<br/>
an American senior software engineer at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attensity Attensity] <ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/pub/shawn-chidester/94/8b4/62a Shawn Chidester | LinkedIn]</ref>,
and as computer chess programmer author of the chess engines [[CACIO]] (early 90s in [[Pascal#TurboPascal|Turbo Pascal]] <ref>[https://github.com/zd3nik/CACIO GitHub - zd3nik/CACIO: My first chess program (created 1994-ish)]</ref>),
[[Clubfoot]], its [[Bitboards|bitboard]] counterpart [[Bitfoot]], the experimental [[Clunk]] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=58725 Clunk 1.0 released] by [[Shawn Chidester]], [[CCC]], December 29, 2015</ref>, [[Bumblebee]] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=59182 Bumblebee 1.0] by [[Shawn Chidester]], [[CCC]], February 07, 2016</ref>, and the [[Senjo]] [[Cpp|C++]] [[UCI]] adapter.
Senjo simplifies the UCI protocol implementation of engines written in C++, as demonstrated by Clubfoot, Bitfoot and Bumblebee <ref>[https://github.com/zd3nik/SenjoUCIAdapter Senjo C++ UCI Adapter]</ref>.
=Forum Posts=
==2015==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=55734 Singular extensions] by [[Shawn Chidester]], [[CCC]], March 21, 2015 » [[Singular Extensions]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=55876 Licensing] by [[Shawn Chidester]], [[CCC]], April 03, 2015
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=56142 Rook vs 2 minor pieces with pawns on the board] by [[Shawn Chidester]], [[CCC]], April 27, 2015
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=56312 LMR tuning] by [[Shawn Chidester]], [[CCC]], May 11, 2015 » [[Late Move Reductions]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=56625 Introducing Bitfoot] by [[Shawn Chidester]], [[CCC]], June 08, 2015
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=57287 Razoring vs Futility pruning] by [[Shawn Chidester]], [[CCC]], August 16, 2015 » [[Razoring]], [[Futility Pruning]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=57843 Verification of pruning techniques] by [[Shawn Chidester]], [[CCC]], October 04, 2015 » [[Pruning]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=58725 Clunk 1.0 released] by [[Shawn Chidester]], [[CCC]], December 29, 2015
==2016==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=59182 Bumblebee 1.0] by [[Shawn Chidester]], [[CCC]], February 07, 2016
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=59401 Transposition table replacement strategies] by [[Shawn Chidester]], [[CCC]], March 01, 2016 » [[Transposition Table]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=59928 Test position that requires KKP evaluation] by [[Shawn Chidester]], [[CCC]], April 22, 2016 » [[KPK]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=61064 Calculating space] by [[Shawn Chidester]], [[CCC]], August 07, 2016
=External Links=
* [https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawn-chidester-62a8b494/ Shawn Chidester | LinkedIn]
* [https://github.com/zd3nik (Shawn Chidester) · GitHub]
* [https://github.com/zd3nik/SenjoUCIAdapter Senjo C++ UCI Adapter]
=References=
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[[FILE:ShawnChidester.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawn-chidester-62a8b494/| Shawn Chidester<ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawn-chidester-62a8b494/ Shawn Chidester | LinkedIn]</ref> ]]
'''Shawn Chidester''',<br/>
an American senior software engineer at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attensity Attensity] <ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/pub/shawn-chidester/94/8b4/62a Shawn Chidester | LinkedIn]</ref>,
and as computer chess programmer author of the chess engines [[CACIO]] (early 90s in [[Pascal#TurboPascal|Turbo Pascal]] <ref>[https://github.com/zd3nik/CACIO GitHub - zd3nik/CACIO: My first chess program (created 1994-ish)]</ref>),
[[Clubfoot]], its [[Bitboards|bitboard]] counterpart [[Bitfoot]], the experimental [[Clunk]] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=58725 Clunk 1.0 released] by [[Shawn Chidester]], [[CCC]], December 29, 2015</ref>, [[Bumblebee]] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=59182 Bumblebee 1.0] by [[Shawn Chidester]], [[CCC]], February 07, 2016</ref>, and the [[Senjo]] [[Cpp|C++]] [[UCI]] adapter.
Senjo simplifies the UCI protocol implementation of engines written in C++, as demonstrated by Clubfoot, Bitfoot and Bumblebee <ref>[https://github.com/zd3nik/SenjoUCIAdapter Senjo C++ UCI Adapter]</ref>.
=Forum Posts=
==2015==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=55734 Singular extensions] by [[Shawn Chidester]], [[CCC]], March 21, 2015 » [[Singular Extensions]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=55876 Licensing] by [[Shawn Chidester]], [[CCC]], April 03, 2015
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=56142 Rook vs 2 minor pieces with pawns on the board] by [[Shawn Chidester]], [[CCC]], April 27, 2015
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=56312 LMR tuning] by [[Shawn Chidester]], [[CCC]], May 11, 2015 » [[Late Move Reductions]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=56625 Introducing Bitfoot] by [[Shawn Chidester]], [[CCC]], June 08, 2015
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=57287 Razoring vs Futility pruning] by [[Shawn Chidester]], [[CCC]], August 16, 2015 » [[Razoring]], [[Futility Pruning]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=57843 Verification of pruning techniques] by [[Shawn Chidester]], [[CCC]], October 04, 2015 » [[Pruning]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=58725 Clunk 1.0 released] by [[Shawn Chidester]], [[CCC]], December 29, 2015
==2016==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=59182 Bumblebee 1.0] by [[Shawn Chidester]], [[CCC]], February 07, 2016
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=59401 Transposition table replacement strategies] by [[Shawn Chidester]], [[CCC]], March 01, 2016 » [[Transposition Table]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=59928 Test position that requires KKP evaluation] by [[Shawn Chidester]], [[CCC]], April 22, 2016 » [[KPK]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=61064 Calculating space] by [[Shawn Chidester]], [[CCC]], August 07, 2016
=External Links=
* [https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawn-chidester-62a8b494/ Shawn Chidester | LinkedIn]
* [https://github.com/zd3nik (Shawn Chidester) · GitHub]
* [https://github.com/zd3nik/SenjoUCIAdapter Senjo C++ UCI Adapter]
=References=
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'''[[People|Up one level]]'''
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