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[[FILE:Démosthène s'exerçant à la parole (1870) by Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ.jpg|border|right|thumb|250px| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demosthenes Demosthenes] Practicing [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oratory Oratory]
<ref>[[:Category:Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ|Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ]] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DemosthPracticing.jpg Demosthenes Practising Oratory] (1842–1923), [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demosthenes Demosthenes] used to study in an underground room he constructed himself. He also used to talk with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pebble pebbles] in his mouth and recited verses while running. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demosthenes Demosthenes from Wikipedia], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Commons Wikimedia Commons]</ref> ]]
'''Rhetoric''',<br/>
an [[UCI]] compliant chess engine by primary author [[Alberto Sanjuan]] supported by chess advisers [[Jose Antonio Morillas]] and [[Juan José Corbalán]]
<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180823125714/http://www.chessrhetoric.com/index.php/equipo Rhetoric - Equipo de Desarrollo] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine Wayback Machine], August 23, 2018)</ref>,
first released as free engine in April 2012. Rhetoric is written in [[Cpp|C++]],
and has been trained with [[Genetic Programming#GeneticAlgorithm|Genetic Algorithms]] to fit grandmaster moves from a collection of games played by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoly_Karpov Anatoly Karpov] versus strong grandmasters
<ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=43144 New engine: Rhetoric] by [[Alberto Sanjuan]], [[CCC]], April 03, 2012</ref>,
and therefor promises an interesting playing style.
Rhetoric '''1.2''', released in February 2014 <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=51431 Rhetoric 1.2 Released] by [[Alberto Sanjuan]], [[CCC]], February 28, 2014</ref>,
was a huge improvement due to the introduction of [[Singular Extensions|singular extensions]] and [[Futility Pruning#MoveCountBasedPruning|late move pruning]],
and further by performing [[Automated Tuning|evaluation tuning]] inspired by the [[Texel's Tuning Method|method]] proposed by [[Peter Österlund]]
<ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=51431&start=7 Re: Rhetoric 1.2 Released] by [[Alberto Sanjuan]], [[CCC]], February 28, 2014</ref>
<ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=555522&t=50823 The texel evaluation function optimization algorithm] by [[Peter Österlund]], [[CCC]], January 31, 2014</ref>.
=Technical Details=
<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180823125136/http://chessrhetoric.com/index.php/tecnicos Rhetoric - Detalles técnicos] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine Wayback Machine], August 23, 2018)</ref>
* [[Bitboards]]
** [[Magic Bitboards]] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=42291 Moving to Magic Bitboards... any advice?] by [[Alberto Sanjuan]], [[CCC]], February 03, 2012</ref>
* [[Evaluation]]
** [[Tapered Eval]]
** [[Material]]
** [[Piece-Square Tables]]
** [[Pawn Structure]]
** [[Mobility]]
** Occupation of strong squares
** [[King Safety]]
** [[Texel's Tuning Method|Tuning à la Texel]] (1.2)
* [[Search]]
** [[Principal Variation Search]]
** [[Quiescence Search]]
** [[Transposition Table]]
** [[Killer Heuristic]]
** [[Static Exchange Evaluation]]
** [[Razoring]]
** [[Null Move Pruning]]
** [[Late Move Reductions]]
** [[Futility Pruning#MoveCountBasedPruning|Late Move Pruning]] (1.2)
** [[Singular Extensions]] (1.2)
=Publications=
* Robert Wilcocks ('''1993'''). ''[https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1994-97241-000 Maelzel's Chess Player: Sigmund Freud and the Rhetoric of Deceit]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowman_%26_Littlefield Rowman & Littlefield], [https://www.amazon.com/Maelzels-Chess-Player-Rhetoric-1993-12-22/dp/B01K925A5I amazon] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maelzel%27s_Chess_Player Maelzel's Chess Player from Wikipedia]</ref> <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Freud Sigmund Freud from Wikipedia]</ref>
=Forum Posts=
==2012==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=42291 Moving to Magic Bitboards... any advice?] by [[Alberto Sanjuan]], [[CCC]], February 03, 2012 » [[Magic Bitboards]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=43144 New engine: Rhetoric] by [[Alberto Sanjuan]], [[CCC]], April 03, 2012
==2013==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=48418 Rhetoric 1.0, new version] by [[Alberto Sanjuan]], [[CCC]], June 25, 2013
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=48525 Test Rhetoric 1.0 x64] by [[Pedro Castro]], [[CCC]], July 03, 2013
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=48823 passed pawn question] by [[Alberto Sanjuan]], [[CCC]], August 02, 2013 » [[Passed Pawn]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=50581 Rhetoric 1.1] by [[Alberto Sanjuan]], [[CCC]], December 21, 2013
==2014==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=51431 Rhetoric 1.2 Released] by [[Alberto Sanjuan]], [[CCC]], February 28, 2014
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=51660 Steps to compile for Android] by [[Alberto Sanjuan]], [[CCC]], March 19, 2014 » [[Android]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=52699 Rhetoric 1.4] by [[Alberto Sanjuan]], [[CCC]], June 20, 2014
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=53783 Rhetoric 1.4.1 available] by [[Alberto Sanjuan]], [[CCC]], September 22, 2014
==2015 ...==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=58376 Rhetoric 1.4.3 Released] by [[Alberto Sanjuan]], [[CCC]], November 26, 2015
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=59792 Rhetoric (Dynamic Settings) Review] by [[Brendan J. Norman]], [[CCC]], April 08, 2016
=External Links=
==Chess Engine==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20180820102052/http://www.chessrhetoric.com/ Rhetoric, un nuevo estil] (Spanish, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine Wayback Machine], August 20, 2018)
* [http://www.computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/4040/cgi/compare_engines.cgi?family=Rhetoric&print=Rating+list&print=Results+table&print=LOS+table&print=Ponder+hit+table&print=Eval+difference+table&print=Comopp+gamenum+table&print=Overlap+table&print=Score+with+common+opponents Rhetoric] in [[CCRL|CCRL 40/15]]
==Misc==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetoric Rhetoric from Wikipedia]
* [http://www.bjurecords.com/nathan-parker-smith Nathan Parker Smith] - Rhetoric Machine, [http://www.bjurecords.com/store/bjur-048-nathan-parker-smith-not-dark-yet-320k-mp3-download Not Dark Yet] (2014), [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video
: {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QedEwDZt6c|alignment=left|valignment=top}}
=References=
<references />
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[[FILE:Démosthène s'exerçant à la parole (1870) by Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ.jpg|border|right|thumb|250px| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demosthenes Demosthenes] Practicing [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oratory Oratory]
<ref>[[:Category:Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ|Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ]] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DemosthPracticing.jpg Demosthenes Practising Oratory] (1842–1923), [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demosthenes Demosthenes] used to study in an underground room he constructed himself. He also used to talk with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pebble pebbles] in his mouth and recited verses while running. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demosthenes Demosthenes from Wikipedia], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Commons Wikimedia Commons]</ref> ]]
'''Rhetoric''',<br/>
an [[UCI]] compliant chess engine by primary author [[Alberto Sanjuan]] supported by chess advisers [[Jose Antonio Morillas]] and [[Juan José Corbalán]]
<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180823125714/http://www.chessrhetoric.com/index.php/equipo Rhetoric - Equipo de Desarrollo] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine Wayback Machine], August 23, 2018)</ref>,
first released as free engine in April 2012. Rhetoric is written in [[Cpp|C++]],
and has been trained with [[Genetic Programming#GeneticAlgorithm|Genetic Algorithms]] to fit grandmaster moves from a collection of games played by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoly_Karpov Anatoly Karpov] versus strong grandmasters
<ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=43144 New engine: Rhetoric] by [[Alberto Sanjuan]], [[CCC]], April 03, 2012</ref>,
and therefor promises an interesting playing style.
Rhetoric '''1.2''', released in February 2014 <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=51431 Rhetoric 1.2 Released] by [[Alberto Sanjuan]], [[CCC]], February 28, 2014</ref>,
was a huge improvement due to the introduction of [[Singular Extensions|singular extensions]] and [[Futility Pruning#MoveCountBasedPruning|late move pruning]],
and further by performing [[Automated Tuning|evaluation tuning]] inspired by the [[Texel's Tuning Method|method]] proposed by [[Peter Österlund]]
<ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=51431&start=7 Re: Rhetoric 1.2 Released] by [[Alberto Sanjuan]], [[CCC]], February 28, 2014</ref>
<ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=555522&t=50823 The texel evaluation function optimization algorithm] by [[Peter Österlund]], [[CCC]], January 31, 2014</ref>.
=Technical Details=
<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180823125136/http://chessrhetoric.com/index.php/tecnicos Rhetoric - Detalles técnicos] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine Wayback Machine], August 23, 2018)</ref>
* [[Bitboards]]
** [[Magic Bitboards]] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=42291 Moving to Magic Bitboards... any advice?] by [[Alberto Sanjuan]], [[CCC]], February 03, 2012</ref>
* [[Evaluation]]
** [[Tapered Eval]]
** [[Material]]
** [[Piece-Square Tables]]
** [[Pawn Structure]]
** [[Mobility]]
** Occupation of strong squares
** [[King Safety]]
** [[Texel's Tuning Method|Tuning à la Texel]] (1.2)
* [[Search]]
** [[Principal Variation Search]]
** [[Quiescence Search]]
** [[Transposition Table]]
** [[Killer Heuristic]]
** [[Static Exchange Evaluation]]
** [[Razoring]]
** [[Null Move Pruning]]
** [[Late Move Reductions]]
** [[Futility Pruning#MoveCountBasedPruning|Late Move Pruning]] (1.2)
** [[Singular Extensions]] (1.2)
=Publications=
* Robert Wilcocks ('''1993'''). ''[https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1994-97241-000 Maelzel's Chess Player: Sigmund Freud and the Rhetoric of Deceit]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowman_%26_Littlefield Rowman & Littlefield], [https://www.amazon.com/Maelzels-Chess-Player-Rhetoric-1993-12-22/dp/B01K925A5I amazon] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maelzel%27s_Chess_Player Maelzel's Chess Player from Wikipedia]</ref> <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Freud Sigmund Freud from Wikipedia]</ref>
=Forum Posts=
==2012==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=42291 Moving to Magic Bitboards... any advice?] by [[Alberto Sanjuan]], [[CCC]], February 03, 2012 » [[Magic Bitboards]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=43144 New engine: Rhetoric] by [[Alberto Sanjuan]], [[CCC]], April 03, 2012
==2013==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=48418 Rhetoric 1.0, new version] by [[Alberto Sanjuan]], [[CCC]], June 25, 2013
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=48525 Test Rhetoric 1.0 x64] by [[Pedro Castro]], [[CCC]], July 03, 2013
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=48823 passed pawn question] by [[Alberto Sanjuan]], [[CCC]], August 02, 2013 » [[Passed Pawn]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=50581 Rhetoric 1.1] by [[Alberto Sanjuan]], [[CCC]], December 21, 2013
==2014==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=51431 Rhetoric 1.2 Released] by [[Alberto Sanjuan]], [[CCC]], February 28, 2014
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=51660 Steps to compile for Android] by [[Alberto Sanjuan]], [[CCC]], March 19, 2014 » [[Android]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=52699 Rhetoric 1.4] by [[Alberto Sanjuan]], [[CCC]], June 20, 2014
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=53783 Rhetoric 1.4.1 available] by [[Alberto Sanjuan]], [[CCC]], September 22, 2014
==2015 ...==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=58376 Rhetoric 1.4.3 Released] by [[Alberto Sanjuan]], [[CCC]], November 26, 2015
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=59792 Rhetoric (Dynamic Settings) Review] by [[Brendan J. Norman]], [[CCC]], April 08, 2016
=External Links=
==Chess Engine==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20180820102052/http://www.chessrhetoric.com/ Rhetoric, un nuevo estil] (Spanish, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine Wayback Machine], August 20, 2018)
* [http://www.computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/4040/cgi/compare_engines.cgi?family=Rhetoric&print=Rating+list&print=Results+table&print=LOS+table&print=Ponder+hit+table&print=Eval+difference+table&print=Comopp+gamenum+table&print=Overlap+table&print=Score+with+common+opponents Rhetoric] in [[CCRL|CCRL 40/15]]
==Misc==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetoric Rhetoric from Wikipedia]
* [http://www.bjurecords.com/nathan-parker-smith Nathan Parker Smith] - Rhetoric Machine, [http://www.bjurecords.com/store/bjur-048-nathan-parker-smith-not-dark-yet-320k-mp3-download Not Dark Yet] (2014), [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video
: {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QedEwDZt6c|alignment=left|valignment=top}}
=References=
<references />
'''[[Engines|Up one level]]'''
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