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Chaturanga, a Chess Engine Communication Protocol aka WinBoard compatible chess engine by Stefano Malloggi. Chaturanga played the WCCC 2006, and various Italian Computer Chess Championship. The name Chaturanga is derived from the ancient Indian game which is presumed to be the common ancestor of the games of Chess, Shogi and Chinese Chess.

=Selected Games= WCCC 2006, round 3, Chaturanga - FIBChess [Event "WCCC 2006"] [Site "Turin, Italy"] [Date "2006.05.26"] [Round "3"] [White "Chaturanga"] [Black "FIBChess"] [Result "1-0"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.Nf3 Bd6 7.c4 O-O 8.Be2 Bg4 9.c5 Bc7 10.O-O Re8 11.Be3 f5 12.Re1 f4 13.Bd2 Re4 14.Qb3 b5 15.Rad1 Bxf3 16.Bxf3 Rxd4 17.Bxf4 Rxd1 18.Qxd1 Nd7 19.Bxc6 Bxf4 20.Bxa8 Qc8 21.Bb7 Qxb7 22.Re8+ Nf8 23.Rxf8+ Kxf8 24.Qd8# 1-0

=Photos= WCCC 2006 Blitz: Stefano Malloggi and Vasik Rajlich, Chaturanga - Rajlich 0-1

=Namesake=
 * Chaturanga by John Poduska, Jr.

=External Links=

Chess Engine

 * Chaturanga's ICGA Tournaments
 * Stefano Malloggi's home page | Chaturanga Chess Engine
 * Chaturanga 2.4.3 in CCRL 40/40

=Chess Variant=
 * Chaturanga from Wikipedia
 * Chaturanga from chessvariants.com

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