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Chispa, a Chess Engine Communication Protocol and UCI compatible chess engine by Federico Andrés Corigliano, written in C++. Its development started in mid 2002, first released in January 2003 as pure WinBoard engine written in C, rewritten to C++ in 2004. Chispa uses the common negamax PVS alpha-beta with a two-level transposition table, null-move pruning with R = 2, static exchange evaluation, opening book, is able to probe Nalimov Tablebases, and was one of the first engines to play Chess960. Chispa is Arena partner engine.

=See also=
 * HeavyChess
 * Spark

=Forum Posts=

2003

 * New WB Engine: Chispa 1.0 (ARG) by Ed Seid, Winboard Forum, January 04, 2003
 * I send to Ed the new Chispa 1.54 by Federico Corigliano, Winboard Forum, January 18, 2003
 * Chispa 2.0 needs 2-3 betatesters by Federico Corigliano, Winboard Forum, March 03, 2003
 * Chispa 2.1 is available by Federico Corigliano, Winboard Forum, March 09, 2003
 * Chispa 3.0 beta 1 is available by Federico Corigliano, Winboard Forum, March 31, 2003
 * Chispa 3.0 beta 5 is available by Federico Corigliano, Winboard Forum, April 18, 2003
 * Chispa news by Federico Corigliano, Winboard Forum, August 18, 2003
 * Post Chispa questions here by Federico Corigliano, Winboard Forum, September 06, 2003
 * Chispa v3.93 released by Federico Corigliano, Winboard Forum, September 14, 2003
 * Chispa v3.95 released by Federico Corigliano, Winboard Forum, September 26, 2003
 * Chispa v3.98d released by Federico Corigliano, Winboard Forum, November 22, 2003
 * Nifty little feature in Chispa by Geoff, CCC, December 13, 2003
 * I use this in Chispa by Federico Corigliano, CCC, December 13, 2003

2004

 * Today is Chispa's First Birthday by Federico Corigliano, Winboard Forum, January 04, 2004
 * I really need your help testing Chispa by Federico Corigliano, Winboard Forum, January 10, 2004
 * Chispa 4.0 Pre-Release 1 is ready by Federico Corigliano, Winboard Forum, September 25, 2004
 * Chispa 4.0 released by Federico Corigliano, Winboard Forum, December 13, 2004

2005 ...

 * Chispa impressions and problems by Peter Berger, Winboard Forum, January 02, 2005
 * Chispa 4.0.3 for Linux static available by Federico Corigliano, Winboard Forum, February 12, 2005
 * Question about obtaining Chispa by James I, CCC, March 04, 2013

=External Links=

Chess Engine

 * Chispa Chess Engine
 * Index of /fedecorigliano/ajedrez/chispa
 * Chispa 4.0.3 in CCRL 40/2
 * Chispa 4.0.3 in CCRL 40/15
 * Chispa 4.0.3 in KCEC

Misc

 * chispa - Wiktionary
 * Descarga electrostática - Wikipedia.es (Spanish)

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