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[[FILE:Pellkartoffeln mit Quark 2.JPG|border|right|thumb| Boiled [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato potatoes] with quark and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linseed_oil linseed oil] <ref>Pellkartoffeln mit Quark und Leinöl, Image by [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Dr._Bernd_Gross Dr. Bernd Gross], December 20, 2014, see [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diskussion:Quark_mit_Lein%C3%B6l/Archiv Diskussion:Quark mit Leinöl/Archiv] (German), [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Commons Wikimedia Commons]</ref> ]]
'''Quark''',<br/>
a [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol]] compatible chess engine by [[Thomas Mayer]], written in [[Cpp|C++]]. Beside using [[Alpha-Beta|alpha-beta]], Quark used to improve about 100 Elo in implementing a [[Transposition Table|transposition table]], [[Null Move Pruning|null move pruning]] and an advanced [[Evaluation|evaluation]] along with various speed improvements <ref>[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=4441&start=5 Re: Best feature?] by [[Thomas Mayer]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], March 02, 2006</ref>.
Over the board, Quark played the [[WCCC 2003|11th World Computer Chess Championship]] in Graz 2003 <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=120 Quark's ICGA Tournaments]</ref>,
as well as various [[IPCCC|IPCCCs]] in Paderborn, [[Dutch Open Computer Chess Championship]], [[International CSVN Tournament]] <ref>[http://www.quarkchess.de/csvn2001/body_index.html 1st CSVN-Tournament 2001]</ref> in Leiden and the [[BELCT 2001]] <ref>[http://www.quarkchess.de/belct/ BELCT 2001 Berlin is worth a trip!]</ref> in Berlin.
It further played multiple [[CCT Tournaments]].
=Source Code=
Quarks first lines, Quote by [[Thomas Mayer]] <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=210030 Re: CCT4 Tao/Quark] by [[Thomas Mayer]], [[CCC]], January 26, 2002</ref>:
<pre>
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// QuarkChess
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// My First Program in C++
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Author : Thomas Mayer
// eMail : thomas.j.mayer@t-online.de
// startet: 9th November 2000
// Previous versions: Some PommiChess - Basic and Pascal... Back to 1985
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Current Version: 1.68alpha
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Last Change: 7th January 2002
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</pre>
=See also=
* [[Cheese]]
* [[Querg]]
=Forum Posts=
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=159328 Quark v1.22] by [[Thomas Mayer]], [[CCC]], March 19, 2001
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=170671 Re: Leiden: Tao-Quark 1-0 stunning opening] by [[Theo van der Storm]], [[CCC]], May 20, 2001 » [[Tao]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=171133 The Game: Chessmaster - Quark] by [[Dann Corbit]], [[CCC]], May 22, 2001 » [[Chessmaster]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=188219 Quark v1.50] by [[Thomas Mayer]], [[CCC]], September 10, 2001
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=210007 CCT4 Tao/Quark] by [[Bas Hamstra]], [[CCC]], January 26, 2002 » [[CCT4]], [[Tao]]
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2112 Quark 2.35 draw claim bug] by [[Igor Korshunov]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], March 28, 2005 » [[Draw]]
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=4441&start=5 Re: Best feature?] by [[Thomas Mayer]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], March 02, 2006
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=50745 WinBoard & Chessclub.com] by [[Thomas Mayer]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], January 25, 2010 » [[WinBoard]]
=External Links=
==Chess Engine==
* [http://www.quarkchess.de/ Quark by Thomas Mayer]
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=120 Quark's ICGA Tournaments]
* [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=122438 The chess games of Quark (Computer)] from [http://www.chessgames.com/index.html chessgames.com]
* [http://kirr.homeunix.org/chess/engines/Norbert's%20collection/QuarkChess%20(Compilation)/ ndex of /chess/engines/Norbert's collection/QuarkChess (Compilation)] collected by [[Norbert Raimund Leisner]], hosted by [[Kirill Kryukov]]
==Misc==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quark_%28cheese%29 Quark (cheese) at Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quark Quark, a generic type of physical particle from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_resources Quarks - X resources from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quark_%28kernel%29 The Quark kernel from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quark%2C_Inc. Quark, Inc. from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quark_%28anthology_series%29 Quark (anthology series) from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quark_%28Star_Trek%29 Quark a fictional character in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Doctor_Who_robots#Quark List of Doctor Who robots from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peugeot_Quark Peugeot Quark from Wikipedia]
* [[:Category:Die Ärzte|Die Ärzte]] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quark_%28song%29 Quark] 1993, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video
: {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YA55XUOZV0|alignment=left|valignment=top}}
=References=
<references />
'''[[Engines|Up one level]]'''
[[Category:WinBoard]]
[[Category:Private]]
[[Category:Food]]
[[Category:Star Trek]]
[[Category:Die Ärzte]]
[[FILE:Pellkartoffeln mit Quark 2.JPG|border|right|thumb| Boiled [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato potatoes] with quark and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linseed_oil linseed oil] <ref>Pellkartoffeln mit Quark und Leinöl, Image by [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Dr._Bernd_Gross Dr. Bernd Gross], December 20, 2014, see [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diskussion:Quark_mit_Lein%C3%B6l/Archiv Diskussion:Quark mit Leinöl/Archiv] (German), [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Commons Wikimedia Commons]</ref> ]]
'''Quark''',<br/>
a [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol]] compatible chess engine by [[Thomas Mayer]], written in [[Cpp|C++]]. Beside using [[Alpha-Beta|alpha-beta]], Quark used to improve about 100 Elo in implementing a [[Transposition Table|transposition table]], [[Null Move Pruning|null move pruning]] and an advanced [[Evaluation|evaluation]] along with various speed improvements <ref>[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=4441&start=5 Re: Best feature?] by [[Thomas Mayer]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], March 02, 2006</ref>.
Over the board, Quark played the [[WCCC 2003|11th World Computer Chess Championship]] in Graz 2003 <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=120 Quark's ICGA Tournaments]</ref>,
as well as various [[IPCCC|IPCCCs]] in Paderborn, [[Dutch Open Computer Chess Championship]], [[International CSVN Tournament]] <ref>[http://www.quarkchess.de/csvn2001/body_index.html 1st CSVN-Tournament 2001]</ref> in Leiden and the [[BELCT 2001]] <ref>[http://www.quarkchess.de/belct/ BELCT 2001 Berlin is worth a trip!]</ref> in Berlin.
It further played multiple [[CCT Tournaments]].
=Source Code=
Quarks first lines, Quote by [[Thomas Mayer]] <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=210030 Re: CCT4 Tao/Quark] by [[Thomas Mayer]], [[CCC]], January 26, 2002</ref>:
<pre>
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// QuarkChess
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// My First Program in C++
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Author : Thomas Mayer
// eMail : thomas.j.mayer@t-online.de
// startet: 9th November 2000
// Previous versions: Some PommiChess - Basic and Pascal... Back to 1985
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Current Version: 1.68alpha
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Last Change: 7th January 2002
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</pre>
=See also=
* [[Cheese]]
* [[Querg]]
=Forum Posts=
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=159328 Quark v1.22] by [[Thomas Mayer]], [[CCC]], March 19, 2001
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=170671 Re: Leiden: Tao-Quark 1-0 stunning opening] by [[Theo van der Storm]], [[CCC]], May 20, 2001 » [[Tao]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=171133 The Game: Chessmaster - Quark] by [[Dann Corbit]], [[CCC]], May 22, 2001 » [[Chessmaster]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=188219 Quark v1.50] by [[Thomas Mayer]], [[CCC]], September 10, 2001
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=210007 CCT4 Tao/Quark] by [[Bas Hamstra]], [[CCC]], January 26, 2002 » [[CCT4]], [[Tao]]
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2112 Quark 2.35 draw claim bug] by [[Igor Korshunov]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], March 28, 2005 » [[Draw]]
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=4441&start=5 Re: Best feature?] by [[Thomas Mayer]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], March 02, 2006
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=50745 WinBoard & Chessclub.com] by [[Thomas Mayer]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], January 25, 2010 » [[WinBoard]]
=External Links=
==Chess Engine==
* [http://www.quarkchess.de/ Quark by Thomas Mayer]
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=120 Quark's ICGA Tournaments]
* [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=122438 The chess games of Quark (Computer)] from [http://www.chessgames.com/index.html chessgames.com]
* [http://kirr.homeunix.org/chess/engines/Norbert's%20collection/QuarkChess%20(Compilation)/ ndex of /chess/engines/Norbert's collection/QuarkChess (Compilation)] collected by [[Norbert Raimund Leisner]], hosted by [[Kirill Kryukov]]
==Misc==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quark_%28cheese%29 Quark (cheese) at Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quark Quark, a generic type of physical particle from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_resources Quarks - X resources from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quark_%28kernel%29 The Quark kernel from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quark%2C_Inc. Quark, Inc. from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quark_%28anthology_series%29 Quark (anthology series) from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quark_%28Star_Trek%29 Quark a fictional character in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Doctor_Who_robots#Quark List of Doctor Who robots from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peugeot_Quark Peugeot Quark from Wikipedia]
* [[:Category:Die Ärzte|Die Ärzte]] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quark_%28song%29 Quark] 1993, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video
: {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YA55XUOZV0|alignment=left|valignment=top}}
=References=
<references />
'''[[Engines|Up one level]]'''
[[Category:WinBoard]]
[[Category:Private]]
[[Category:Food]]
[[Category:Star Trek]]
[[Category:Die Ärzte]]
