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'''Sergei S. Markoff''', <ref>Due to different, but equally valid ways of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transliteration transliterating] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrillic_alphabet Cyrillic], also '''Sergei Markov''', see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markov_number Markov number from Wikipedia]</ref><br/>
a Russian computer scientist, computer chess and games programmer. He is author of the chess program [[SmarThink]] <ref>[http://www.sdchess.ru/smarthink.htm SmarThink by Sergei Markoff, Russia] from [http://www.sdchess.ru/ sdchess.ru]</ref> <ref>[http://www.aigroup.narod.ru/detailse.htm Some SmarThink details]</ref>. In 2003 Sergei introduced the [[Botvinnik-Markoff Extension]] <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=318833 The "same threat extension" as effective way to resolve horizon problem], Sergei Markoff introduced the extension, [[CCC]], October 01, 2003</ref>. Sergei is owner of ''Genesis'', a Software development venture with focus on Intellectual IT solutions and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_mining Data mining] <ref>[http://ru.linkedin.com/pub/sergei-markoff/2b/94/360?trk=pub-pbmap Sergei Markoff - Russian Federation | LinkedIn]</ref>.
=Forum Posts=
==2000 ...==
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=252677 PASSED_PAWN_PUSH extension scheme (and SmarThink)] by [[Sergei Markoff|Sergei S. Markoff]], [[CCC]], September 18, 2002 » [[Passed Pawn Extensions]], [[SmarThink]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=299987 Markoff - Botvinnik - Kaissa - Hsu - ABC - Berliner] by [[Walter Faxon]], [[CCC]], June 09, 2003
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=318833 The "same threat extension" as effective way to resolve horizon problem] by [[Sergei Markoff|Sergei S. Markoff]], [[CCC]], October 01, 2003 » [[Botvinnik-Markoff Extension]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=352384 Forward pruning and some related techniques] by [[Sergei Markoff|Sergei S. Markoff]], [[CCC]], March 02, 2004 » [[Pruning]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=353798 Search behavior in a case of root fail high/low] by [[Sergei Markoff|Sergei S. Markoff]], [[CCC]], March 10, 2004 » [[Fail-High]], [[Fail-Low]], [[MTD(f)]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=389135 Forward/HB/Null move pruning ideas] by [[Sergei Markoff|Sergei S. Markoff]], [[CCC]], September 25, 2004 » [[Pruning]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=389134 Authors of Kaissa on quiscence search] by [[Sergei Markoff|Sergei S. Markoff]], [[CCC]], September 26, 2004 » [[Kaissa]], [[Quiescence Search]]
==2005 ...==
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=470647 Secrets of Rybka and Fruit from my point of view] by [[Sergei Markoff|Sergei S. Markoff]], [[CCC]], December 15, 2005 » [[Rybka]], [[Fruit]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=29681 A way to improve PVS] by [[Sergei Markoff|Sergei S. Markoff]], [[CCC]], September 07, 2009 » [[Principal Variation Search]]
==2010 ...==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=40385 c# for chess engine] by [[Sergei Markoff|Sergei S. Markoff]], [[CCC]], September 13, 2011 » [[C sharp|C#]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=40384 Breadth-first search: revisiting] by [[Sergei Markoff|Sergei S. Markoff]], [[CCC]], September 13, 2011
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=40388 Repetitions/50 moves and TT] by [[Sergei Markoff|Sergei S. Markoff]], [[CCC]], September 13, 2011 » [[Repetitions]], [[Fifty-move Rule]], [[Transposition Table]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=45264 Probabilistic approach to optimize search tree] by [[Sergei Markoff|Sergei S. Markoff]], [[CCC]], September 22, 2012
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=50294 PSQ tables depending on king sides, pawn patterns etc.] by [[Sergei Markoff|Sergei S. Markoff]], [[CCC]], December 01, 2013 » [[Piece-Square tables]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=50512 Improved history heuristic] by [[Sergei Markoff|Sergei S. Markoff]], [[CCC]], December 16, 2013 » [[History Heuristic]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=50907 Pruning in PV nodes] by [[Sergei Markoff|Sergei S. Markoff]], [[CCC]], January 14, 2014 » [[Reductions]], [[Root]], [[Node Types]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=51284 Fail soft vs fail hard] by [[Sergei Markoff|Sergei S. Markoff]], [[CCC]], February 15, 2014 » [[Fail-Soft]], [[Fail-Hard]], [[Fail-Low]], [[Internal Iterative Deepening]]
==2015 ...==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=58771 SmarThink v1.80 is available] by [[Sergei Markoff|Sergei S. Markoff]], [[CCC]], January 02, 2016
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=55696&start=108 Re: txt: automated chess engine tuning] by [[Sergei Markoff|Sergei S. Markoff]], [[CCC]], February 15, 2016 » [[Automated Tuning]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=63847 New SmarThink website] by [[Sergei Markoff|Sergei S. Markoff]], [[CCC]], April 27, 2017
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=66775 Feed bayeselo with pure game results without PGN] by [[Sergei Markoff|Sergei S. Markoff]], [[CCC]], March 08, 2018
=External Links=
* [http://markoff.science/ Sergei S. Markoff homepage]
* [https://www.facebook.com/sergei.markoff Sergei Markoff - Facebook]
* [http://smarthink.ru/ SmarThink site]
* [http://www.sdchess.ru/smarthink.htm SmarThink by Sergei Markoff, Russia - sdchesss.ru]
* [http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/by_title/developerId,223424/ Sergei Markoff] from [http://www.mobygames.com/home mobygames]
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[[FILE:SergeiMarkoff.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=https://www.facebook.com/sergei.markoff|Sergei S. Markoff <ref>[https://www.facebook.com/sergei.markoff Sergei Markoff - Facebook]</ref> ]]
'''Sergei S. Markoff''', <ref>Due to different, but equally valid ways of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transliteration transliterating] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrillic_alphabet Cyrillic], also '''Sergei Markov''', see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markov_number Markov number from Wikipedia]</ref><br/>
a Russian computer scientist, computer chess and games programmer. He is author of the chess program [[SmarThink]] <ref>[http://www.sdchess.ru/smarthink.htm SmarThink by Sergei Markoff, Russia] from [http://www.sdchess.ru/ sdchess.ru]</ref> <ref>[http://www.aigroup.narod.ru/detailse.htm Some SmarThink details]</ref>. In 2003 Sergei introduced the [[Botvinnik-Markoff Extension]] <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=318833 The "same threat extension" as effective way to resolve horizon problem], Sergei Markoff introduced the extension, [[CCC]], October 01, 2003</ref>. Sergei is owner of ''Genesis'', a Software development venture with focus on Intellectual IT solutions and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_mining Data mining] <ref>[http://ru.linkedin.com/pub/sergei-markoff/2b/94/360?trk=pub-pbmap Sergei Markoff - Russian Federation | LinkedIn]</ref>.
=Forum Posts=
==2000 ...==
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=252677 PASSED_PAWN_PUSH extension scheme (and SmarThink)] by [[Sergei Markoff|Sergei S. Markoff]], [[CCC]], September 18, 2002 » [[Passed Pawn Extensions]], [[SmarThink]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=299987 Markoff - Botvinnik - Kaissa - Hsu - ABC - Berliner] by [[Walter Faxon]], [[CCC]], June 09, 2003
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=318833 The "same threat extension" as effective way to resolve horizon problem] by [[Sergei Markoff|Sergei S. Markoff]], [[CCC]], October 01, 2003 » [[Botvinnik-Markoff Extension]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=352384 Forward pruning and some related techniques] by [[Sergei Markoff|Sergei S. Markoff]], [[CCC]], March 02, 2004 » [[Pruning]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=353798 Search behavior in a case of root fail high/low] by [[Sergei Markoff|Sergei S. Markoff]], [[CCC]], March 10, 2004 » [[Fail-High]], [[Fail-Low]], [[MTD(f)]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=389135 Forward/HB/Null move pruning ideas] by [[Sergei Markoff|Sergei S. Markoff]], [[CCC]], September 25, 2004 » [[Pruning]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=389134 Authors of Kaissa on quiscence search] by [[Sergei Markoff|Sergei S. Markoff]], [[CCC]], September 26, 2004 » [[Kaissa]], [[Quiescence Search]]
==2005 ...==
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=470647 Secrets of Rybka and Fruit from my point of view] by [[Sergei Markoff|Sergei S. Markoff]], [[CCC]], December 15, 2005 » [[Rybka]], [[Fruit]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=29681 A way to improve PVS] by [[Sergei Markoff|Sergei S. Markoff]], [[CCC]], September 07, 2009 » [[Principal Variation Search]]
==2010 ...==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=40385 c# for chess engine] by [[Sergei Markoff|Sergei S. Markoff]], [[CCC]], September 13, 2011 » [[C sharp|C#]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=40384 Breadth-first search: revisiting] by [[Sergei Markoff|Sergei S. Markoff]], [[CCC]], September 13, 2011
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=40388 Repetitions/50 moves and TT] by [[Sergei Markoff|Sergei S. Markoff]], [[CCC]], September 13, 2011 » [[Repetitions]], [[Fifty-move Rule]], [[Transposition Table]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=45264 Probabilistic approach to optimize search tree] by [[Sergei Markoff|Sergei S. Markoff]], [[CCC]], September 22, 2012
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=50294 PSQ tables depending on king sides, pawn patterns etc.] by [[Sergei Markoff|Sergei S. Markoff]], [[CCC]], December 01, 2013 » [[Piece-Square tables]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=50512 Improved history heuristic] by [[Sergei Markoff|Sergei S. Markoff]], [[CCC]], December 16, 2013 » [[History Heuristic]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=50907 Pruning in PV nodes] by [[Sergei Markoff|Sergei S. Markoff]], [[CCC]], January 14, 2014 » [[Reductions]], [[Root]], [[Node Types]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=51284 Fail soft vs fail hard] by [[Sergei Markoff|Sergei S. Markoff]], [[CCC]], February 15, 2014 » [[Fail-Soft]], [[Fail-Hard]], [[Fail-Low]], [[Internal Iterative Deepening]]
==2015 ...==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=58771 SmarThink v1.80 is available] by [[Sergei Markoff|Sergei S. Markoff]], [[CCC]], January 02, 2016
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=55696&start=108 Re: txt: automated chess engine tuning] by [[Sergei Markoff|Sergei S. Markoff]], [[CCC]], February 15, 2016 » [[Automated Tuning]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=63847 New SmarThink website] by [[Sergei Markoff|Sergei S. Markoff]], [[CCC]], April 27, 2017
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=66775 Feed bayeselo with pure game results without PGN] by [[Sergei Markoff|Sergei S. Markoff]], [[CCC]], March 08, 2018
=External Links=
* [http://markoff.science/ Sergei S. Markoff homepage]
* [https://www.facebook.com/sergei.markoff Sergei Markoff - Facebook]
* [http://smarthink.ru/ SmarThink site]
* [http://www.sdchess.ru/smarthink.htm SmarThink by Sergei Markoff, Russia - sdchesss.ru]
* [http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/by_title/developerId,223424/ Sergei Markoff] from [http://www.mobygames.com/home mobygames]
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