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[[FILE:Socrates. Line engraving by P. Pontius, 1638, after Sir P. P Wellcome V0005528.jpg|border|right|thumb| [[Mathematician#Socrates|Socrates]] <ref>[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Socrates_in_art Category:Socrates in art - Wikimedia Commons]</ref> ]]
'''Socrates''',<br/>
a series of [[MS-DOS|DOS]] chess programs by [[Don Dailey]] and [[Larry Kaufman]]. Socrates was initially the [[8086]] [[Assembly|assembly]] port of the [[C]] program [[Heuristic Alpha]], developed for [[Julio Kaplan|Julio Kaplan's]] company [[Heuristic Software]]. It had its tournament debut at the [[ACM 1991]]. While the C program evolved to [[Mini]] and [[Titan]] aka [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates_II Socrates II], winner of the [[ACM 1993]] on a 486 [[IBM PC|PC]] ahead of [[Cray Blitz]] and [[HiTech]], later sold to [[Electronic Arts]] as engine of the mass-market entry [[Kasparov's Gambit]], its 32-bit [[x86]] assembly counterpart Socrates, the best program at [[Harvard Cup 1992]] with 3 out of 5, beating grandmasters [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Wolff Patrick Wolff], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxim_Dlugy Maxim Dlugy] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fedorowicz John Fedorowicz] <ref>[http://www.csvn.nl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=127%3Aharvard-cup-1992&catid=26%3Amens-computer&Itemid=50&lang=en Harvard Cup 1992], [[CSVN]] site</ref> , incorporated knowledge from Titan and evolved to Socrates '''3.0''', finally released and commercially market in 1993 not by Heuristic Software, but through a company called MDI <ref>[[Larry Kaufman]] ('''1993'''). ''PC Software''. [[Computer Chess Reports]] 1993, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 9</ref> .
Since Larry Kaufman mentioned in 1992 that [[Null Move Pruning]] doubles the speed of the search <ref>[[Larry Kaufman]] ('''1992'''). ''New PC-Software''. [[Computer Chess Reports]] 1991-92, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp 2-3</ref> , NMP was likely also implemented in Socrates.
=Screenshot=
[[FILE:Socrates3.gif|none|border|text-bottom|link=http://www.septober.de/chess/index.htm]]
Socrates 3.0 Screen <ref>[http://www.septober.de/chess/index.htm Septober - Computerschach] by [[Herbert Marquardt]]</ref>
=Photos & Games=
[[FILE:WolffDailey1992.JPG|none|border|text-bottom]]
[[Harvard Cup 1992]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Wolff Patrick Wolff] and [[Don Dailey]] <ref>[[Larry Kaufman]] ('''1992'''). ''The 1992 Harvard Cup''. [[Computer Chess Reports]] 1992, Vol. 3, No. 2</ref> <ref>[http://www.csvn.nl/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=42&Itemid=26&lang=en&limitstart=10 Downloads | Man-Computer | Games], [[CSVN]] site</ref>
<pre>
[Event "3rd Harvard Cup 1992 G/25"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "1992.07.11"]
[Round "02"]
[White "Socrates"]
[Black "Patrick Wolff"]
[Result "1-0"]
1.e4 d6 2.d4 c6 3.Nf3 g6 4.Be2 Bg7 5.O-O Nf6 6.Nc3 Qc7 7.h3 Nbd7 8.Re1 O-O
9.a4 b6 10.Bc4 e6 11.Bd2 Bb7 12.e5 dxe5 13.dxe5 Nd5 14.Qe2 a6 15.Rad1 c5
16.Bxd5 exd5 17.e6 Nf6 18.Ng5 d4 19.exf7+ Kh8 20.Nb1 Qc6 21.Qf3 Qxf3 22.gxf3
h6 23.Re7 Bd5 24.Ne6 Bxe6 25.Rxe6 Rxf7 26.Rxb6 Kh7 27.Kg2 Nd7 28.Rb7 Rc8
29.Na3 c4 30.Ba5 Rc5 31.Bb6 Rg5+ 32.Kf1 Rd5 33.Nxc4 Nxb6 34.Rxb6 Rxf3 35.Rxa6
Rxh3 36.Ke2 Rc5 37.b3 Rc3 38.Rd2 h5 39.Re6 h4 40.Re4 Rh5 41.a5 h3 42.Rd1 Rxc2+
43.Kf1 Ra2 44.Re7 Kh6 45.Rf7 d3 46.Rd7 Ra1 47.Rxa1 Bxa1 48.Kg1 Be5 49.Nxe5 Rxe5
50.b4 Rb5 51.Rxd3 Rxb4 52.Rxh3+ Kg5 53.Ra3 Rb7 54.a6 Ra7 55.f3 Kf4 56.Kf2 Ke5
57.Kg3 g5 58.Kg4 Kf6 59.Ra5 Ke6 60.Kxg5 Kd6 61.f4 Kc6 62.f5 Kb6 63.Ra2 Ra8
64.a7 1-0
</pre>
[https://lichess.org/C4Z14oHv Game on Lichess.org]
=See also=
* [[Corel Chess]]
* [[Heuristic Alpha]]
* [[Kasparov's Gambit]]
* [[Various Classifications#Legend|Legend]]
* [[Mini]]
* [[Star Socrates]]
* [[Titan]]
=Publications=
* [[Larry Kaufman]] ('''1993'''). ''PC Software''. [[Computer Chess Reports]] 1992-93, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 8-9
* [[Larry Kaufman]] ('''1993'''). ''PC Software''. [[Computer Chess Reports]] 1993, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 9
* [[Thomas Mally]] ('''1993'''). ''Mäeutik oder Schmäh-Eutik?'' [[PC Schach]] 3/93 (German) <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socratic_method Socratic method from Wikipedia]</ref>
=Forum Posts=
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/c1a5b8168cfad4c0 Socrates 3 vrs. Kasp. Gambit] by RBasham700, [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], November 08, 1997
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=19583 socrates chess program] by Frank Zimmer, [[CCC]], May 31, 1998
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=23297 Socrates 3.0 and Win95] by Tim OLena, [[CCC]], July 29, 1998
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=32052 Socrates 3.0 and Windows 95] by Heiko Mikala, [[CCC]], November 07, 1998
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=44614 Re: Socrates 3.0 and NT - incompatible ?] by [[Don Dailey]], [[CCC]], February 25, 1999
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=152321 socrates, don, posting here and future] by [[Thorsten Czub]], [[CCC]], January 28, 2001
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=422406&t=40269 Re: How do you count nodes?] by [[Don Dailey]], [[CCC]], September 05, 2011
* [http://www.foro.meca-web.es/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=72&start=30#p3105 La Máquina Preservadora 4. Don Dailey & Larry Kaufman] by Luis a, [[Computer Chess Forums|Meca Foro]], October 18, 2013
=External Links=
==Chess Program==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates_II Socrates II from Wikipedia]
* [http://www.chessgames.com/player/socrates The chess games of Socrates (Computer)] from [http://www.chessgames.com/index.html chessgames.com]
* [http://www.top-5000.nl/cp.htm Free Chess Downloads] by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]]
==Socrates==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates_%28disambiguation%29 Socrates (disambiguation) from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates Socrates from Wikipedia], the classical Greek philosopher
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_%28mythology%29 Titan (mythology) from Wikipedia]
=References=
<references />
'''[[Engines|Up one Level]]'''
[[Category:DosEngine]]
[[FILE:Socrates. Line engraving by P. Pontius, 1638, after Sir P. P Wellcome V0005528.jpg|border|right|thumb| [[Mathematician#Socrates|Socrates]] <ref>[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Socrates_in_art Category:Socrates in art - Wikimedia Commons]</ref> ]]
'''Socrates''',<br/>
a series of [[MS-DOS|DOS]] chess programs by [[Don Dailey]] and [[Larry Kaufman]]. Socrates was initially the [[8086]] [[Assembly|assembly]] port of the [[C]] program [[Heuristic Alpha]], developed for [[Julio Kaplan|Julio Kaplan's]] company [[Heuristic Software]]. It had its tournament debut at the [[ACM 1991]]. While the C program evolved to [[Mini]] and [[Titan]] aka [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates_II Socrates II], winner of the [[ACM 1993]] on a 486 [[IBM PC|PC]] ahead of [[Cray Blitz]] and [[HiTech]], later sold to [[Electronic Arts]] as engine of the mass-market entry [[Kasparov's Gambit]], its 32-bit [[x86]] assembly counterpart Socrates, the best program at [[Harvard Cup 1992]] with 3 out of 5, beating grandmasters [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Wolff Patrick Wolff], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxim_Dlugy Maxim Dlugy] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fedorowicz John Fedorowicz] <ref>[http://www.csvn.nl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=127%3Aharvard-cup-1992&catid=26%3Amens-computer&Itemid=50&lang=en Harvard Cup 1992], [[CSVN]] site</ref> , incorporated knowledge from Titan and evolved to Socrates '''3.0''', finally released and commercially market in 1993 not by Heuristic Software, but through a company called MDI <ref>[[Larry Kaufman]] ('''1993'''). ''PC Software''. [[Computer Chess Reports]] 1993, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 9</ref> .
Since Larry Kaufman mentioned in 1992 that [[Null Move Pruning]] doubles the speed of the search <ref>[[Larry Kaufman]] ('''1992'''). ''New PC-Software''. [[Computer Chess Reports]] 1991-92, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp 2-3</ref> , NMP was likely also implemented in Socrates.
=Screenshot=
[[FILE:Socrates3.gif|none|border|text-bottom|link=http://www.septober.de/chess/index.htm]]
Socrates 3.0 Screen <ref>[http://www.septober.de/chess/index.htm Septober - Computerschach] by [[Herbert Marquardt]]</ref>
=Photos & Games=
[[FILE:WolffDailey1992.JPG|none|border|text-bottom]]
[[Harvard Cup 1992]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Wolff Patrick Wolff] and [[Don Dailey]] <ref>[[Larry Kaufman]] ('''1992'''). ''The 1992 Harvard Cup''. [[Computer Chess Reports]] 1992, Vol. 3, No. 2</ref> <ref>[http://www.csvn.nl/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=42&Itemid=26&lang=en&limitstart=10 Downloads | Man-Computer | Games], [[CSVN]] site</ref>
<pre>
[Event "3rd Harvard Cup 1992 G/25"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "1992.07.11"]
[Round "02"]
[White "Socrates"]
[Black "Patrick Wolff"]
[Result "1-0"]
1.e4 d6 2.d4 c6 3.Nf3 g6 4.Be2 Bg7 5.O-O Nf6 6.Nc3 Qc7 7.h3 Nbd7 8.Re1 O-O
9.a4 b6 10.Bc4 e6 11.Bd2 Bb7 12.e5 dxe5 13.dxe5 Nd5 14.Qe2 a6 15.Rad1 c5
16.Bxd5 exd5 17.e6 Nf6 18.Ng5 d4 19.exf7+ Kh8 20.Nb1 Qc6 21.Qf3 Qxf3 22.gxf3
h6 23.Re7 Bd5 24.Ne6 Bxe6 25.Rxe6 Rxf7 26.Rxb6 Kh7 27.Kg2 Nd7 28.Rb7 Rc8
29.Na3 c4 30.Ba5 Rc5 31.Bb6 Rg5+ 32.Kf1 Rd5 33.Nxc4 Nxb6 34.Rxb6 Rxf3 35.Rxa6
Rxh3 36.Ke2 Rc5 37.b3 Rc3 38.Rd2 h5 39.Re6 h4 40.Re4 Rh5 41.a5 h3 42.Rd1 Rxc2+
43.Kf1 Ra2 44.Re7 Kh6 45.Rf7 d3 46.Rd7 Ra1 47.Rxa1 Bxa1 48.Kg1 Be5 49.Nxe5 Rxe5
50.b4 Rb5 51.Rxd3 Rxb4 52.Rxh3+ Kg5 53.Ra3 Rb7 54.a6 Ra7 55.f3 Kf4 56.Kf2 Ke5
57.Kg3 g5 58.Kg4 Kf6 59.Ra5 Ke6 60.Kxg5 Kd6 61.f4 Kc6 62.f5 Kb6 63.Ra2 Ra8
64.a7 1-0
</pre>
[https://lichess.org/C4Z14oHv Game on Lichess.org]
=See also=
* [[Corel Chess]]
* [[Heuristic Alpha]]
* [[Kasparov's Gambit]]
* [[Various Classifications#Legend|Legend]]
* [[Mini]]
* [[Star Socrates]]
* [[Titan]]
=Publications=
* [[Larry Kaufman]] ('''1993'''). ''PC Software''. [[Computer Chess Reports]] 1992-93, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 8-9
* [[Larry Kaufman]] ('''1993'''). ''PC Software''. [[Computer Chess Reports]] 1993, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 9
* [[Thomas Mally]] ('''1993'''). ''Mäeutik oder Schmäh-Eutik?'' [[PC Schach]] 3/93 (German) <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socratic_method Socratic method from Wikipedia]</ref>
=Forum Posts=
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/c1a5b8168cfad4c0 Socrates 3 vrs. Kasp. Gambit] by RBasham700, [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], November 08, 1997
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=19583 socrates chess program] by Frank Zimmer, [[CCC]], May 31, 1998
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=23297 Socrates 3.0 and Win95] by Tim OLena, [[CCC]], July 29, 1998
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=32052 Socrates 3.0 and Windows 95] by Heiko Mikala, [[CCC]], November 07, 1998
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=44614 Re: Socrates 3.0 and NT - incompatible ?] by [[Don Dailey]], [[CCC]], February 25, 1999
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=152321 socrates, don, posting here and future] by [[Thorsten Czub]], [[CCC]], January 28, 2001
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=422406&t=40269 Re: How do you count nodes?] by [[Don Dailey]], [[CCC]], September 05, 2011
* [http://www.foro.meca-web.es/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=72&start=30#p3105 La Máquina Preservadora 4. Don Dailey & Larry Kaufman] by Luis a, [[Computer Chess Forums|Meca Foro]], October 18, 2013
=External Links=
==Chess Program==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates_II Socrates II from Wikipedia]
* [http://www.chessgames.com/player/socrates The chess games of Socrates (Computer)] from [http://www.chessgames.com/index.html chessgames.com]
* [http://www.top-5000.nl/cp.htm Free Chess Downloads] by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]]
==Socrates==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates_%28disambiguation%29 Socrates (disambiguation) from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates Socrates from Wikipedia], the classical Greek philosopher
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_%28mythology%29 Titan (mythology) from Wikipedia]
=References=
<references />
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