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[[FILE:PicoChess.jpg|border|right|440px|thumb|link=http://www.picochess.org/|PicoChess with [[DGT Board]] <ref>[http://www.picochess.org/ PicoChess] by [[Jean-Francois Romang]]</ref> ]]
'''PicoChess''',<br/>
a dedicated chess computer project developed and maintained by [[Jean-Francois Romang]], followed by [[Shivkumar Shivaji]] and more recently by [[Jürgen Précour]] <ref>[http://picochess.com/overview/ Overview - PicoChess] by [[Jürgen Précour|LocutusOfPenguin]]</ref> . The computer is based on the [[Raspberry Pi]] or similar [[ARM11|ARM]] boards, the [[Stockfish]] engine, and the [[DGT Board]] and DGT clock. Further, PicoChess also targets [[x86]] based [[IBM PC|destop PCs]], to run not only Stockfish but any [[UCI]] compliant [[UCI Engines|engine]]. PicoChess is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software Free software] licensed under the [[Free Software Foundation#GPL|GPLv3]], and uses [[python-chess]] by [[Niklas Fiekas]] <ref>[https://github.com/niklasf/python-chess niklasf/python-chess · GitHub]</ref> to handle chess rules, [[Opening Book|opening books]], and [[Portable Game Notation|PGN]] files <ref>[http://docs.picochess.org/en/latest/source.html#project-licence-and-philosophy Free Software — PicoChess 0.24 documentation]</ref> . The display of the digital chess clock acts as output device of a [[CLI|command line interface]].
=Engines=
<ref>[http://docs.picochess.org/en/latest/usage.html#choosing-the-engine Usage — PicoChess 0.9 documentation - Choosing the engine]</ref>
* [[Stockfish|Stockfish 8]] by [[Tord Romstad]], [[Marco Costalba]], [[Joona Kiiski]] and [[Gary Linscott]]
* [[Texel|Texel 1.07]] by [[Peter Österlund]]
* [[Arasan|Arasan 20.3]] by [[Jon Dart]]
* [[Rodent|Rodent III]] by [[Pawel Koziol]]
* [[Zurichess#Neuchatel|Zurichess Neuchatel]] by [[Alexandru Mosoi]]
* [[WyldChess]] by [[Manik Charan]]
* [[Galjoen|Galjoen 0.37.2]] by [[Werner Taelemans]]
* [[Sayuri|Sayuri 2017.12.16]] by [[Hironori Ishibashi]]
=See also=
* [[DGT Board]]
* [[DGT Pi]]
* [[Gavon]]
* [[Raspberry Pi]]
* [[Revelation]]
* [[Revelation II]]
=Postings=
==2012 ...==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=44901 Raspberry Pi / Stockfish dedicated chess computer/board] by [[Jean-Francois Romang]], [[CCC]], August 26, 2012
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=44930 PicoChess stand alone chess computer has born :-)] by [[Jean-Francois Romang]], [[CCC]], August 28, 2012
* [http://hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5046 PicoChess stand alone chess computer has born :-)] by [[Jean-Francois Romang]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], August 28, 2012
: [http://hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5046&start=7 Re. PicoChess stand alone chess computer has born] by [[Shivkumar Shivaji]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], September 14, 2012
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=45329 PicoChess finally on Raspberry Pi] by [[Jean-Francois Romang]], [[CCC]], September 25, 2012 » [[Raspberry Pi]]
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/picochess/BZWx8QvSzYI/QhcSa0aMVgYJ Kaufbeuren Tournament 2012] by [[Wolfgang Zugrav]], [[PicoChess|PicoChess group]], October 08, 2012
* [http://hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6523&start=5 Re: Dedicated comp's and the end game] by [[Shivkumar Shivaji]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], January 11, 2014
==2015 ...==
* [http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7158 Dedicated computers vs PC, PICOCHESS, GAVON] by chesspcmac, [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], April 16, 2015 » [[Gavon]]
* [http://picochess.com/howto-turn-a-dgt3000-into-a-dgtpi/ Howto turn a DGT3000 into a DGTPi - PicoChess] by [[Jürgen Précour|LocutusOfPenguin]], April 17, 2017 » [[DGT Pi]]
* [http://picochess.com/picochess-v0-9h-permanent-brain/ picochess v0.9h – Permanent brain - PicoChess] by [[Jürgen Précour|LocutusOfPenguin]], September 18, 2017
* [http://picochess.com/picochess-v0-9i-chess-clock/ picochess v0.9i - chess clock] by [[Jürgen Précour|LocutusOfPenguin]], October 02, 2017
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=65515 Howto turn a DGT3000 into a DGTPi] by [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=608 Ted Summers], [[CCC]], October 22, 2017
=External Links=
* [http://www.picochess.org/ PicoChess] by [[Jean-Francois Romang]]
* [http://picochess.com/ PicoChess by LocutusOfPenguin - Create a dedicated chess computer based on tiny ARM computers with the DGT e-board]
* [http://docs.picochess.org/en/latest/ Welcome to PicoChess’s documentation !]
* [https://github.com/jromang?tab=repositories jromang (Jean-Francois Romang) · GitHub]
: [https://github.com/jromang/picochess jromang/picochess · GitHub]
* [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/picochess PicoChess–Google Groups]
* Picochess on DGT 3000 <ref>[http://www.dgtshop.nl/index.php/209/1/dgt-chess-clocks/dgt3000-3-detail DGT Clocks : DGT 3000 (WCC in Sochi was using this clock) | | DGT Web Shop]</ref> by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas_%C5%BDnidar%C5%A1i%C4%8D Jonas Žnidaršič], [http://bestchessmenever.com/ BCE], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video
: {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CZ2oT9AJlI|alignment=left|valignment=top}}
=References=
<references />
'''[[Dedicated Chess Computers|Up one level]]'''
[[FILE:PicoChess.jpg|border|right|440px|thumb|link=http://www.picochess.org/|PicoChess with [[DGT Board]] <ref>[http://www.picochess.org/ PicoChess] by [[Jean-Francois Romang]]</ref> ]]
'''PicoChess''',<br/>
a dedicated chess computer project developed and maintained by [[Jean-Francois Romang]], followed by [[Shivkumar Shivaji]] and more recently by [[Jürgen Précour]] <ref>[http://picochess.com/overview/ Overview - PicoChess] by [[Jürgen Précour|LocutusOfPenguin]]</ref> . The computer is based on the [[Raspberry Pi]] or similar [[ARM11|ARM]] boards, the [[Stockfish]] engine, and the [[DGT Board]] and DGT clock. Further, PicoChess also targets [[x86]] based [[IBM PC|destop PCs]], to run not only Stockfish but any [[UCI]] compliant [[UCI Engines|engine]]. PicoChess is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software Free software] licensed under the [[Free Software Foundation#GPL|GPLv3]], and uses [[python-chess]] by [[Niklas Fiekas]] <ref>[https://github.com/niklasf/python-chess niklasf/python-chess · GitHub]</ref> to handle chess rules, [[Opening Book|opening books]], and [[Portable Game Notation|PGN]] files <ref>[http://docs.picochess.org/en/latest/source.html#project-licence-and-philosophy Free Software — PicoChess 0.24 documentation]</ref> . The display of the digital chess clock acts as output device of a [[CLI|command line interface]].
=Engines=
<ref>[http://docs.picochess.org/en/latest/usage.html#choosing-the-engine Usage — PicoChess 0.9 documentation - Choosing the engine]</ref>
* [[Stockfish|Stockfish 8]] by [[Tord Romstad]], [[Marco Costalba]], [[Joona Kiiski]] and [[Gary Linscott]]
* [[Texel|Texel 1.07]] by [[Peter Österlund]]
* [[Arasan|Arasan 20.3]] by [[Jon Dart]]
* [[Rodent|Rodent III]] by [[Pawel Koziol]]
* [[Zurichess#Neuchatel|Zurichess Neuchatel]] by [[Alexandru Mosoi]]
* [[WyldChess]] by [[Manik Charan]]
* [[Galjoen|Galjoen 0.37.2]] by [[Werner Taelemans]]
* [[Sayuri|Sayuri 2017.12.16]] by [[Hironori Ishibashi]]
=See also=
* [[DGT Board]]
* [[DGT Pi]]
* [[Gavon]]
* [[Raspberry Pi]]
* [[Revelation]]
* [[Revelation II]]
=Postings=
==2012 ...==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=44901 Raspberry Pi / Stockfish dedicated chess computer/board] by [[Jean-Francois Romang]], [[CCC]], August 26, 2012
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=44930 PicoChess stand alone chess computer has born :-)] by [[Jean-Francois Romang]], [[CCC]], August 28, 2012
* [http://hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5046 PicoChess stand alone chess computer has born :-)] by [[Jean-Francois Romang]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], August 28, 2012
: [http://hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5046&start=7 Re. PicoChess stand alone chess computer has born] by [[Shivkumar Shivaji]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], September 14, 2012
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=45329 PicoChess finally on Raspberry Pi] by [[Jean-Francois Romang]], [[CCC]], September 25, 2012 » [[Raspberry Pi]]
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/picochess/BZWx8QvSzYI/QhcSa0aMVgYJ Kaufbeuren Tournament 2012] by [[Wolfgang Zugrav]], [[PicoChess|PicoChess group]], October 08, 2012
* [http://hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6523&start=5 Re: Dedicated comp's and the end game] by [[Shivkumar Shivaji]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], January 11, 2014
==2015 ...==
* [http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7158 Dedicated computers vs PC, PICOCHESS, GAVON] by chesspcmac, [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], April 16, 2015 » [[Gavon]]
* [http://picochess.com/howto-turn-a-dgt3000-into-a-dgtpi/ Howto turn a DGT3000 into a DGTPi - PicoChess] by [[Jürgen Précour|LocutusOfPenguin]], April 17, 2017 » [[DGT Pi]]
* [http://picochess.com/picochess-v0-9h-permanent-brain/ picochess v0.9h – Permanent brain - PicoChess] by [[Jürgen Précour|LocutusOfPenguin]], September 18, 2017
* [http://picochess.com/picochess-v0-9i-chess-clock/ picochess v0.9i - chess clock] by [[Jürgen Précour|LocutusOfPenguin]], October 02, 2017
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=65515 Howto turn a DGT3000 into a DGTPi] by [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=608 Ted Summers], [[CCC]], October 22, 2017
=External Links=
* [http://www.picochess.org/ PicoChess] by [[Jean-Francois Romang]]
* [http://picochess.com/ PicoChess by LocutusOfPenguin - Create a dedicated chess computer based on tiny ARM computers with the DGT e-board]
* [http://docs.picochess.org/en/latest/ Welcome to PicoChess’s documentation !]
* [https://github.com/jromang?tab=repositories jromang (Jean-Francois Romang) · GitHub]
: [https://github.com/jromang/picochess jromang/picochess · GitHub]
* [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/picochess PicoChess–Google Groups]
* Picochess on DGT 3000 <ref>[http://www.dgtshop.nl/index.php/209/1/dgt-chess-clocks/dgt3000-3-detail DGT Clocks : DGT 3000 (WCC in Sochi was using this clock) | | DGT Web Shop]</ref> by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas_%C5%BDnidar%C5%A1i%C4%8D Jonas Žnidaršič], [http://bestchessmenever.com/ BCE], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video
: {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CZ2oT9AJlI|alignment=left|valignment=top}}
=References=
<references />
'''[[Dedicated Chess Computers|Up one level]]'''
