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[[FILE:New York Comic Con 2013 - Khan (10275730183).jpg|border|right|thumb|200px| Khan Noonien Singh <ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1421990/ Shyaporn Theerakulstit] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosplay cosplaying] as Khan Noonien Singh (from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek_II:_The_Wrath_of_Khan Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan]) at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Comic_Con New York Comic Con] in 2013 (NYCC 2013), [https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Khan_Noonien_Singh Khan Noonien Singh - Wikiquote.it], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Commons Wikimedia Commons]</ref> ]]
'''NoonianChess''',<br/>
a [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol]] compliant chess program by [[Charles Roberson]], developed in the 90s and first released in 1999 <ref>[http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/details1/Noonian.html NoonianChess] from [[WBEC|WBEC Ridderkerk]]</ref>. NoonianChess [[Board Representation|represents the board]] with a [[8x8 Board|64 element]] [[Array|array]] and two [[Piece-Lists|piece-lists]] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=114517&t=13426 Re: Speedup with bitboards on 64-bit CPUs] by [[Charles Roberson]], [[CCC]], April 27, 2007</ref>. Its [[Search|search]] applies [[Extensions#FractionalExtensions|fractional extensions]] <ref>[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=34107 New version of NoonianChess Rev 3.0] by [[Charles Roberson]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], July 01, 2001</ref>, and its [[Evaluation|evaluation]] features [[King Safety|king safety]] considering [[King Safety#KingTropism|piece tropism]] and adjacent [[Open File|open files]], [[Pawn Structure|pawn structure]], in particular [[Backward Pawn|backward]], [[Isolated Pawn|isolated]], and [[Passed Pawn|passed pawns]] including [[Blockade of Stop|blockade of the stop]] and [[Tarrasch Rule|Tarrasch rule]], [[Trapped Pieces|trapped knight]] and [[Loose Piece|loose piece penalty]] <ref> [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=37265 NoonianChess 3.2.06 contents] by [[Charles Roberson]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], May 14, 2002</ref>.
=Tournament Play=
NoonianChess participated at the [[WCCC 2002]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maastricht Maastricht] over the board, and further played multiple [[CCT Tournaments]], the [[ACCA 2007]] and [[ACCA 2008]] [[ACCA Americas' Computer Chess Championship|Americas' Computer Chess Championships]], and four times the [[ACCA World Computer Rapid Chess Championship|ACCA World Computer Rapid Chess Championships]], [[WCRCC 2007]], [[WCRCC 2008]], [[WCRCC 2009]] and [[WCRCC 2010]].
=Selected Games=
[[WCCC 2002]], round 4, [[PostModernist]] - [[NoonianChess]] <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/round.php?tournament=20&round=4&id=5 Maastricht 2002 - Chess - Round 4 - Game 5 (ICGA Tournaments)]</ref> <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=239119 Re: Round 4 position (PM-NoonianChess)] by [[Will Singleton]], [[CCC]], July 08, 2002</ref>
<pre>
[Event "WCCC 2002"]
[Site "Maastricht, The Netherlands"]
[Date "2002.07.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "PostModernist"]
[Black "NoonianChess"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 Qa5 8.O-O O-O
9.Bb3 d6 10.h3 Bd7 11.f4 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Bc6 13.Nd5 Qd8 14.f5 Nxe4 15.fxg6 hxg6
16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Qd4+ Nf6 18.Nxf6 exf6 19.Rad1 Re8 20.Rf2 d5 21.Rdf1 Re6 22.Rd1
Qa5 23.Bxd5 Rd8 24.c4 Qxa2 25.Qc3 Bxd5 26.b3 Qa6 27.cxd5 Re5 28.Rfd2 Qb6+ 29.Kh2
Re3 30.Qa1 Rxb3 31.d6 a5 32.Qa2 Rd7 33.Rd4 Rb2 34.Qa3 Qb5 35.Rd5 Qe2 36.Qg3 a4
37.Re1 Qc4 38.Red1 b5 39.R1d4 Qe2 40.Rd3 b4 41.Re3 Qc4 42.Ra5 Qc2 43.Ra8 g5
44.Ree8 Qh7 45.Rxa4 Rd2 46.Rxb4 R7xd6 47.Rb7 Qf5 48.Rbb8 Qh7 49.Rb7 Rd7 50.Rxd7
Rxd7 51.Qa3 Qd3 52.Qf8+ Kh7 53.Qg8+ Kh6 54.Qh8+ Kg6 55.Qg8+ Kh6 56.Qh8+ Kg6
57.Qg8+ Kh6 58.Qh8+ 1/2-1/2
</pre>
=See also=
* [[Ares US|Ares]]
* [[Telepath]]
=Forum Posts=
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=30839 New WinBoard Engine "Noonian Chess 2.7" !] by [[Frank Quisinsky]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], February 06, 2000
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=34107 New version of NoonianChess Rev 3.0] by [[Charles Roberson]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], July 01, 2001
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=33189 New version of NoonianChess available] by [[Charles Roberson]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], February 18, 2001
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=37168 NoonianChess version 3.2c] by [[Charles Roberson]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], May 07, 2002
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=37265 NoonianChess 3.2.06 contents] by [[Charles Roberson]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], May 14, 2002
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=279374 CCT5 & NoonianChess] by [[Charles Roberson]], [[CCC]], January 25, 2003 » [[CCT5]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=114517&t=13426 Re: Speedup with bitboards on 64-bit CPUs] by [[Charles Roberson]], [[CCC]], April 27, 2007
=External Links=
==Chess Engine==
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=77 NoonianChess' ICGA Tournaments]
* [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=90124 The chess games of NoonianChess] from [http://www.chessgames.com/index.html chessgames.com]
* [http://www.computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:download:engine_download_list Engine Download List] from [[Ron Murawski|Ron Murawski's]] [http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=home Computer-Chess Wiki]
* [http://www.computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/404/cgi/engine_details.cgi?print=Details&each_game=1&eng=NoonianChess%203206P2 NoonianChess 3206P2] in [[CCRL|CCRL 40/4]]
* [http://org.elon.edu/compsci/newsletterf03.pdf NoonianChess Competes in World Chess Championships] (pdf), Interface, Vol. 2, December 2003, The Computing Sciences Department of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_University Elon University]
==Misc==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Star_Trek_characters_%28N%E2%80%93S%29#Noonien_Soong Noonien Soong - List of Star Trek characters (N–S) from Wikipedia] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation Star Trek: The Next Generation], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Star_Trek_characters_%28N%E2%80%93S%29#Noonien_Soong Noonien Soong], human [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybernetics cyberneticist] who created [[Data#StarTrek|Data]]</ref>
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khan_Noonien_Singh Khan Noonien Singh from Wikipedia]
=References=
<references />
'''[[Engines|Up one level]]'''
[[Category:WinBoard]]
[[Category:Star Trek]]
[[FILE:New York Comic Con 2013 - Khan (10275730183).jpg|border|right|thumb|200px| Khan Noonien Singh <ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1421990/ Shyaporn Theerakulstit] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosplay cosplaying] as Khan Noonien Singh (from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek_II:_The_Wrath_of_Khan Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan]) at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Comic_Con New York Comic Con] in 2013 (NYCC 2013), [https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Khan_Noonien_Singh Khan Noonien Singh - Wikiquote.it], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Commons Wikimedia Commons]</ref> ]]
'''NoonianChess''',<br/>
a [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol]] compliant chess program by [[Charles Roberson]], developed in the 90s and first released in 1999 <ref>[http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/details1/Noonian.html NoonianChess] from [[WBEC|WBEC Ridderkerk]]</ref>. NoonianChess [[Board Representation|represents the board]] with a [[8x8 Board|64 element]] [[Array|array]] and two [[Piece-Lists|piece-lists]] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=114517&t=13426 Re: Speedup with bitboards on 64-bit CPUs] by [[Charles Roberson]], [[CCC]], April 27, 2007</ref>. Its [[Search|search]] applies [[Extensions#FractionalExtensions|fractional extensions]] <ref>[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=34107 New version of NoonianChess Rev 3.0] by [[Charles Roberson]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], July 01, 2001</ref>, and its [[Evaluation|evaluation]] features [[King Safety|king safety]] considering [[King Safety#KingTropism|piece tropism]] and adjacent [[Open File|open files]], [[Pawn Structure|pawn structure]], in particular [[Backward Pawn|backward]], [[Isolated Pawn|isolated]], and [[Passed Pawn|passed pawns]] including [[Blockade of Stop|blockade of the stop]] and [[Tarrasch Rule|Tarrasch rule]], [[Trapped Pieces|trapped knight]] and [[Loose Piece|loose piece penalty]] <ref> [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=37265 NoonianChess 3.2.06 contents] by [[Charles Roberson]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], May 14, 2002</ref>.
=Tournament Play=
NoonianChess participated at the [[WCCC 2002]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maastricht Maastricht] over the board, and further played multiple [[CCT Tournaments]], the [[ACCA 2007]] and [[ACCA 2008]] [[ACCA Americas' Computer Chess Championship|Americas' Computer Chess Championships]], and four times the [[ACCA World Computer Rapid Chess Championship|ACCA World Computer Rapid Chess Championships]], [[WCRCC 2007]], [[WCRCC 2008]], [[WCRCC 2009]] and [[WCRCC 2010]].
=Selected Games=
[[WCCC 2002]], round 4, [[PostModernist]] - [[NoonianChess]] <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/round.php?tournament=20&round=4&id=5 Maastricht 2002 - Chess - Round 4 - Game 5 (ICGA Tournaments)]</ref> <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=239119 Re: Round 4 position (PM-NoonianChess)] by [[Will Singleton]], [[CCC]], July 08, 2002</ref>
<pre>
[Event "WCCC 2002"]
[Site "Maastricht, The Netherlands"]
[Date "2002.07.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "PostModernist"]
[Black "NoonianChess"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 Qa5 8.O-O O-O
9.Bb3 d6 10.h3 Bd7 11.f4 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Bc6 13.Nd5 Qd8 14.f5 Nxe4 15.fxg6 hxg6
16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Qd4+ Nf6 18.Nxf6 exf6 19.Rad1 Re8 20.Rf2 d5 21.Rdf1 Re6 22.Rd1
Qa5 23.Bxd5 Rd8 24.c4 Qxa2 25.Qc3 Bxd5 26.b3 Qa6 27.cxd5 Re5 28.Rfd2 Qb6+ 29.Kh2
Re3 30.Qa1 Rxb3 31.d6 a5 32.Qa2 Rd7 33.Rd4 Rb2 34.Qa3 Qb5 35.Rd5 Qe2 36.Qg3 a4
37.Re1 Qc4 38.Red1 b5 39.R1d4 Qe2 40.Rd3 b4 41.Re3 Qc4 42.Ra5 Qc2 43.Ra8 g5
44.Ree8 Qh7 45.Rxa4 Rd2 46.Rxb4 R7xd6 47.Rb7 Qf5 48.Rbb8 Qh7 49.Rb7 Rd7 50.Rxd7
Rxd7 51.Qa3 Qd3 52.Qf8+ Kh7 53.Qg8+ Kh6 54.Qh8+ Kg6 55.Qg8+ Kh6 56.Qh8+ Kg6
57.Qg8+ Kh6 58.Qh8+ 1/2-1/2
</pre>
=See also=
* [[Ares US|Ares]]
* [[Telepath]]
=Forum Posts=
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=30839 New WinBoard Engine "Noonian Chess 2.7" !] by [[Frank Quisinsky]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], February 06, 2000
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=34107 New version of NoonianChess Rev 3.0] by [[Charles Roberson]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], July 01, 2001
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=33189 New version of NoonianChess available] by [[Charles Roberson]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], February 18, 2001
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=37168 NoonianChess version 3.2c] by [[Charles Roberson]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], May 07, 2002
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=37265 NoonianChess 3.2.06 contents] by [[Charles Roberson]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], May 14, 2002
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=279374 CCT5 & NoonianChess] by [[Charles Roberson]], [[CCC]], January 25, 2003 » [[CCT5]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=114517&t=13426 Re: Speedup with bitboards on 64-bit CPUs] by [[Charles Roberson]], [[CCC]], April 27, 2007
=External Links=
==Chess Engine==
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=77 NoonianChess' ICGA Tournaments]
* [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=90124 The chess games of NoonianChess] from [http://www.chessgames.com/index.html chessgames.com]
* [http://www.computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:download:engine_download_list Engine Download List] from [[Ron Murawski|Ron Murawski's]] [http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=home Computer-Chess Wiki]
* [http://www.computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/404/cgi/engine_details.cgi?print=Details&each_game=1&eng=NoonianChess%203206P2 NoonianChess 3206P2] in [[CCRL|CCRL 40/4]]
* [http://org.elon.edu/compsci/newsletterf03.pdf NoonianChess Competes in World Chess Championships] (pdf), Interface, Vol. 2, December 2003, The Computing Sciences Department of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_University Elon University]
==Misc==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Star_Trek_characters_%28N%E2%80%93S%29#Noonien_Soong Noonien Soong - List of Star Trek characters (N–S) from Wikipedia] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation Star Trek: The Next Generation], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Star_Trek_characters_%28N%E2%80%93S%29#Noonien_Soong Noonien Soong], human [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybernetics cyberneticist] who created [[Data#StarTrek|Data]]</ref>
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khan_Noonien_Singh Khan Noonien Singh from Wikipedia]
=References=
<references />
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