Bas Hamstra

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Bas Hamstra, a Dutch software developer, and as computer chess programmer, author of the Chess Engine Communication Protocol and later UCI compliant chess engine Tao. He was also involved in the early development of Bookbuilder.

=Photos= Elke Van Vlierberghe and Bas Hamstra, DOCCC 2004

=Forum Posts=

1997 ...

 * Question to Amir Ban by Bas Hamstra, CCC, November 05, 1997 » Amir Ban, C++
 * Singular extensions by Bas Hamstra, CCC, January 08, 1998 » Singular Extensions
 * What is the advantage of fail-soft? by Bas Hamstra, CCC, August 25, 1999 » Fail-Soft
 * Tao by Bas Hamstra, CCC, October 08, 1999

2000 ...

 * Fast BB move generation by Bas Hamstra, CCC, May 08, 2000 » Bitboards, Move Generation
 * Temporal Difference by Bas Hamstra, CCC, January 05, 2001 » Temporal Difference Learning
 * Tao update by Bas Hamstra, CCC, January 12, 2001
 * Aspiration window by Bas Hamstra, CCC, January 20, 2002 » Aspiration Windows
 * CCT4 Tao/Quark by Bas Hamstra, CCC, January 26, 2002 » CCT4, Quark
 * About Tao 5.2 by Bas Hamstra, CCC, July 25, 2002
 * WHAT is the definition of a backward pawn? by Bas Hamstra, CCC, December 23, 2002 » Backward Pawn, Backward Pawns (Bitboards)

2005 ...

 * LMR by Bas Hamstra, CCC, September 30, 2009 » Late Move Reductions

=External Links=
 * Bas Hamstra's ICGA Tournaments

=References= Up one level