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[[FILE:stuartcracraft.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuartcracraft/| Stuart Cracraft <ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuartcracraft/ Stuart Cracraft | LinkedIn]</ref> ]]
'''Stuart Cracraft''',<br/>
an American computer scientist and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing cloud] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DevOps DevOps], also affiliated with [[Apple|Apple Inc.]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wells_Fargo Wells Fargo] <ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/in/stuartcracraft Stuart Cracraft | LinkedIn]</ref>. As computer chess programmer, Stuart Cracraft is primary author of [[GNU Chess]] Version 1, starting the development in the mid 80s <ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.chess/browse_frm/thread/2828508553c00020 Re: request ...] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[GNU Chess#NewsGroup|gnu.chess]], June 16, 1995</ref>, and author of [[Gazebo]] <ref>[https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/Co_7iTrx7rM/5znIOUfvGy4J Re: The KISS Chess Program Project - Overview - ABSEARCH.TXT (0/1)] by [[Tom Kerrigan]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], August 12, 1997</ref> which was later incorporated into GNU Chess 5. In 1984, Stuart Cracraft published on [[Bitboards|bitboard]] [[Move Generation|move generation]] in the [[ICGA Journal#7_3|ICCA Journal]] <ref>[[Stuart Cracraft]] ('''1984'''). ''Bitmap move generation in Chess''. [[ICGA Journal#7_3|ICCA Journal, Vol. 7, No. 3]]</ref>.
=Publications=
<ref>[http://ilk.uvt.nl/icga/journal/docs/References.pdf ICGA Reference Database] (pdf)</ref> <ref>[https://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/c/Cracraft:Stuart dblp: Stuart Cracraft]</ref>
* [[Stuart Cracraft]] ('''1984'''). ''Bitmap move generation in Chess''. [[ICGA Journal#7_3|ICCA Journal, Vol. 7, No. 3]]
* [[Stuart Cracraft]] ('''1987'''). ''Microcomputer Chess: Has It Reached a New Milestone?'' [[ICGA Journal#10_1|ICCA Journal, Vol. 10, No. 1]] » [[Novag Expert]], [[Novag Forte]], [[Super Constellation]]
=Forum Posts=
==1985==
* [http://www.megalextoria.com/usenet-archive/news034f1/b54/mod/ai/00000003.html ACM Computer Chess Championship] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet Usenet], November 2, 1985 » [[ACM 1985]]
==1990 ...==
* [http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.chess/browse_frm/thread/6328395dfadd7b08 GNU Chess 1.55 ready] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[GNU Chess#NewsGroup|gnu.chess]], January 2, 1990
* [http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.chess/msg/583f6ed4f648bf90 GNU Chess 1.55 vs. Fidelity Mach 3] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[GNU Chess#NewsGroup|gnu.chess]], January 3, 1990
* [http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.chess/browse_frm/thread/f2cc2aff75c006bc Re: IBM PC front end for GNU chess] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[GNU Chess#NewsGroup|gnu.chess]], December 17, 1990
* [http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.chess/browse_frm/thread/09394d3e9b22b252 GNU Chess wins London computer chess tourney] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[GNU Chess#NewsGroup|gnu.chess]], August 17, 1992 » [[UPCCC 1992]]
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess/x79Ys8WSc-I/UdoCc_7AYNUJ Re: An Open Letter to Computer Chess Programmers] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgc]], January 02, 1994 » [[Gazebo]]
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess/Z7lx8jF7Grg/x8UQCYaJJsUJ Re: GNU Chess v4.0] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgc]], January 16, 1994
==1995 ...==
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/gnu.chess/KChQhVPAACA/ApFk4OeWlcYJ Re: request ...] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[GNU Chess#NewsGroup|gnu.chess]], June 16, 1995 » [[GNU Chess]]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/a97c78bd49c9c9e6 bitboard move generation question] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], September 05, 1997
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=13794 Deep Blue eval function tuning technique] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[CCC]], January 08, 1998 » [[Deep Blue]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=13968 Automated Tuning] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[CCC]], January 12, 1998 » [[Automated Tuning]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=14472 Pattern Matching -- Avoiding Hand-Tuning] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[CCC]], January 21, 1998
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=17373 King Safety] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[CCC]], April 22, 1998
==2000 ...==
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=379136 MTD(f)] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[CCC]], July 26, 2004 » [[MTD(f)]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=379495 Enhanced Transposition Cutoff] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[CCC]], July 28, 2004 » [[Enhanced Transposition Cutoff]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=381756 Delta Pruning] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[CCC]], August 10, 2004
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=383014 pawn structure, pawn hash, square-of-pawn, pawn-races] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[CCC]], August 19, 2004
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=387179 triangular pv vs. hash move pv] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[CCC]], September 11, 2004
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=387763 singular extension] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[CCC]], September 15, 2004 » [[Singular Extensions]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=389695 The Null Move Killer] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[CCC]], September 29, 2004
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=391540 Futility] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[CCC]], October 14, 2004
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=392021 Futility Prune question] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[CCC]], October 17, 2004
==2005 ...==
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=4467&p=23234 Chess program improvement project (copy at TalkChess/ICD)] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], March 07, 2006 » [[Win at Chess]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=131908 Where to put timeout() code in search?] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[CCC]], July 18, 2007 » [[Time Management]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=139285 How to Best Limit Checks in the Quiescence ?] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[CCC]], August 20, 2007 » [[Check]], [[Quiescence Search#Checks|Checks in Quiescence Search]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=160677 Null Move] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[CCC]], November 23, 2007 » [[Null Move Pruning]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=180064 Lisp chess] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[CCC]], March 15, 2008
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=209262 An Oldie but a Goodie] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[CCC]], August 16, 2008 » [[History]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=234786 future mobility evaluation term] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[CCC]], December 01, 2008 » [[Mobility]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=252279 Kudos to Tord on Glaurung for iPhone] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[CCC]], February 28, 2009 » [[Glaurung]]
==2010 ...==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=358600 hiatus good for bug-finding] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[CCC]], June 27, 2010 » [[Engine Testing]]
==2015 ...==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=63425 automated tuning] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[CCC]], March 13, 2017 » [[Automated Tuning]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=63562 Managing draws in the tree search] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[CCC]], March 26, 2017 » [[Draw]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=63803 random evaluation perturbation factor] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[CCC]], April 24, 2017
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=63863 horrid positional play in a solid tactical searcher] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[CCC]], April 29, 2017
=External Links=
* [https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuartcracraft/ Stuart Cracraft | LinkedIn]
* [https://acloud.guru/named/smcracraft Stuart Cracraft - A Cloud Guru Profile]
=References=
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[[FILE:stuartcracraft.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuartcracraft/| Stuart Cracraft <ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuartcracraft/ Stuart Cracraft | LinkedIn]</ref> ]]
'''Stuart Cracraft''',<br/>
an American computer scientist and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing cloud] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DevOps DevOps], also affiliated with [[Apple|Apple Inc.]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wells_Fargo Wells Fargo] <ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/in/stuartcracraft Stuart Cracraft | LinkedIn]</ref>. As computer chess programmer, Stuart Cracraft is primary author of [[GNU Chess]] Version 1, starting the development in the mid 80s <ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.chess/browse_frm/thread/2828508553c00020 Re: request ...] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[GNU Chess#NewsGroup|gnu.chess]], June 16, 1995</ref>, and author of [[Gazebo]] <ref>[https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/Co_7iTrx7rM/5znIOUfvGy4J Re: The KISS Chess Program Project - Overview - ABSEARCH.TXT (0/1)] by [[Tom Kerrigan]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], August 12, 1997</ref> which was later incorporated into GNU Chess 5. In 1984, Stuart Cracraft published on [[Bitboards|bitboard]] [[Move Generation|move generation]] in the [[ICGA Journal#7_3|ICCA Journal]] <ref>[[Stuart Cracraft]] ('''1984'''). ''Bitmap move generation in Chess''. [[ICGA Journal#7_3|ICCA Journal, Vol. 7, No. 3]]</ref>.
=Publications=
<ref>[http://ilk.uvt.nl/icga/journal/docs/References.pdf ICGA Reference Database] (pdf)</ref> <ref>[https://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/c/Cracraft:Stuart dblp: Stuart Cracraft]</ref>
* [[Stuart Cracraft]] ('''1984'''). ''Bitmap move generation in Chess''. [[ICGA Journal#7_3|ICCA Journal, Vol. 7, No. 3]]
* [[Stuart Cracraft]] ('''1987'''). ''Microcomputer Chess: Has It Reached a New Milestone?'' [[ICGA Journal#10_1|ICCA Journal, Vol. 10, No. 1]] » [[Novag Expert]], [[Novag Forte]], [[Super Constellation]]
=Forum Posts=
==1985==
* [http://www.megalextoria.com/usenet-archive/news034f1/b54/mod/ai/00000003.html ACM Computer Chess Championship] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet Usenet], November 2, 1985 » [[ACM 1985]]
==1990 ...==
* [http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.chess/browse_frm/thread/6328395dfadd7b08 GNU Chess 1.55 ready] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[GNU Chess#NewsGroup|gnu.chess]], January 2, 1990
* [http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.chess/msg/583f6ed4f648bf90 GNU Chess 1.55 vs. Fidelity Mach 3] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[GNU Chess#NewsGroup|gnu.chess]], January 3, 1990
* [http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.chess/browse_frm/thread/f2cc2aff75c006bc Re: IBM PC front end for GNU chess] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[GNU Chess#NewsGroup|gnu.chess]], December 17, 1990
* [http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.chess/browse_frm/thread/09394d3e9b22b252 GNU Chess wins London computer chess tourney] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[GNU Chess#NewsGroup|gnu.chess]], August 17, 1992 » [[UPCCC 1992]]
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess/x79Ys8WSc-I/UdoCc_7AYNUJ Re: An Open Letter to Computer Chess Programmers] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgc]], January 02, 1994 » [[Gazebo]]
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess/Z7lx8jF7Grg/x8UQCYaJJsUJ Re: GNU Chess v4.0] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgc]], January 16, 1994
==1995 ...==
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/gnu.chess/KChQhVPAACA/ApFk4OeWlcYJ Re: request ...] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[GNU Chess#NewsGroup|gnu.chess]], June 16, 1995 » [[GNU Chess]]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/a97c78bd49c9c9e6 bitboard move generation question] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], September 05, 1997
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=13794 Deep Blue eval function tuning technique] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[CCC]], January 08, 1998 » [[Deep Blue]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=13968 Automated Tuning] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[CCC]], January 12, 1998 » [[Automated Tuning]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=14472 Pattern Matching -- Avoiding Hand-Tuning] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[CCC]], January 21, 1998
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=17373 King Safety] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[CCC]], April 22, 1998
==2000 ...==
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=379136 MTD(f)] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[CCC]], July 26, 2004 » [[MTD(f)]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=379495 Enhanced Transposition Cutoff] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[CCC]], July 28, 2004 » [[Enhanced Transposition Cutoff]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=381756 Delta Pruning] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[CCC]], August 10, 2004
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=383014 pawn structure, pawn hash, square-of-pawn, pawn-races] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[CCC]], August 19, 2004
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=387179 triangular pv vs. hash move pv] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[CCC]], September 11, 2004
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=387763 singular extension] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[CCC]], September 15, 2004 » [[Singular Extensions]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=389695 The Null Move Killer] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[CCC]], September 29, 2004
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=391540 Futility] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[CCC]], October 14, 2004
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=392021 Futility Prune question] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[CCC]], October 17, 2004
==2005 ...==
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=4467&p=23234 Chess program improvement project (copy at TalkChess/ICD)] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], March 07, 2006 » [[Win at Chess]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=131908 Where to put timeout() code in search?] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[CCC]], July 18, 2007 » [[Time Management]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=139285 How to Best Limit Checks in the Quiescence ?] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[CCC]], August 20, 2007 » [[Check]], [[Quiescence Search#Checks|Checks in Quiescence Search]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=160677 Null Move] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[CCC]], November 23, 2007 » [[Null Move Pruning]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=180064 Lisp chess] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[CCC]], March 15, 2008
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=209262 An Oldie but a Goodie] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[CCC]], August 16, 2008 » [[History]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=234786 future mobility evaluation term] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[CCC]], December 01, 2008 » [[Mobility]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=252279 Kudos to Tord on Glaurung for iPhone] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[CCC]], February 28, 2009 » [[Glaurung]]
==2010 ...==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=358600 hiatus good for bug-finding] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[CCC]], June 27, 2010 » [[Engine Testing]]
==2015 ...==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=63425 automated tuning] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[CCC]], March 13, 2017 » [[Automated Tuning]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=63562 Managing draws in the tree search] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[CCC]], March 26, 2017 » [[Draw]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=63803 random evaluation perturbation factor] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[CCC]], April 24, 2017
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=63863 horrid positional play in a solid tactical searcher] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[CCC]], April 29, 2017
=External Links=
* [https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuartcracraft/ Stuart Cracraft | LinkedIn]
* [https://acloud.guru/named/smcracraft Stuart Cracraft - A Cloud Guru Profile]
=References=
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