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[[FILE:Muscle Beach and Chess Beach, Santa Monica (5847210301).jpg|border|right|thumb| Chess at the Beach <ref>Anything goes in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Monica,_California Santa Monica] - strenuous upper arm workouts, playing on swings, or brain workouts in the form of chess matches, source: [https://www.flickr.com/photos/skinnylawyer/5847210301/ Muscle Beach and Chess Beach, Santa Monica], [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Muscle_Beach_and_Chess_Beach,_Santa_Monica_(5847210301).jpg Image] by [https://www.flickr.com/people/56619626@N05?rb=1 InSapphoWeTrust], June 18, 2011, [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en CC BY-SA 2.0], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Commons Wikimedia Commons]</ref> ]]
'''Beaches''', (BeachesChess)<br/>
a [[WinBoard]] compliant chess engine by [[Robert Pope]], written in [[Cpp|C++]], first mentioned and hosted by [[Benny Antonsson]] in 2002 <ref>[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=38196 New WinBoard compatible engine - Beaches 0.96 by Robert Pope] by [[Benny Antonsson]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], July 16, 2002</ref>.
The later published source code with version history from 2006 until 2010 <ref>[https://sites.google.com/site/beacheschess/ BeachesChess], Here is the source code of a slightly later version of Beaches (2.32)</ref> refers a [[Bitboards|bitboard]] engine - despite processing many of them per node, using 8-bit occupied state [[Rotated Bitboards|rotated bitboard]] lookups for sliding pieces - the control structure of the [[Move Generation#Legal|legal move generator]] and [[Evaluation|evaluation]] reminds more on a [[Mailbox|mailbox]] approach without [[Piece-Lists|piece list]].
Search is plain [[Alpha-Beta|alpha-beta]] with [[Transposition Table|transposition table]], [[Null Move Pruning|null move pruning]] and [[Depth#FractionalPlies|fractional ply decrements]] with an conventional evaluation, taking [[Material|material]] and [[Piece-Square Tables|piece-square tables]] along with some [[Pawn Structure|pawn structure]] and [[King Safety|king safety]] terms into account, as well the [[Population Count|population]] of ored aggregated attacks per side.
=See also=
* [[Abbess]]
=Forum Posts=
==2002 ...==
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=38196 New WinBoard compatible engine - Beaches 0.96 by Robert Pope] by [[Benny Antonsson]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], July 16, 2002
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=240784 New WinBoard compatible engine - Beaches 0.96 by Robert Pope] by [[Benny Antonsson]], [[CCC]], July 16, 2002
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=38849 New version of Beaches] by [[Benny Antonsson]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], September 04, 2002
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=39377 BeaChes 1.2] by [[Benny Antonsson]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], October 03, 2002
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=40890 Beaches 1.5 download] by [[Robert Pope]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], January 22, 2003
==2005 ...==
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2476 Beaches playing random moves] by [[Olivier Deville]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], May 05, 2005
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=4641 make/unmake] by [[Robert Pope]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], April 08, 2006 » [[Unmake Move]]
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=49273 WAC 109] by [[Robert Pope]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], June 17, 2008 » [[Win at Chess]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=27680 0x88 engines] by [[Robert Pope]], [[CCC]], May 01, 2009
==2010 ...==
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=51278 Missing checkmates] by [[Robert Pope]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], October 28, 2010
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=57713 Beaches 1.20] by [[Robert Pope]], [[CCC]], September 21, 2015
=External Links=
==Chess Engine==
* [https://sites.google.com/site/beacheschess/ BeachesChess]
* [http://kirr.homeunix.org/chess/engines/Jim%20Ablett/BEACHES/ Beaches] compiled by [[Jim Ablett]], hosted by [[Kirill Kryukov]]
* [http://www.computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/404/cgi/engine_details.cgi?print=Details&eng=Beaches%202.32 Beaches 2.32] in [[CCRL|CCRL 40/4]]
==Misc==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beach Beach from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beach_(disambiguation) Beach (disambiguation) from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/beach beach - Wiktionary]
=References=
<references />
'''[[Engines|Up one Level]]'''
[[Category:Open Source]]
[[Category:WinBoard]]
[[FILE:Muscle Beach and Chess Beach, Santa Monica (5847210301).jpg|border|right|thumb| Chess at the Beach <ref>Anything goes in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Monica,_California Santa Monica] - strenuous upper arm workouts, playing on swings, or brain workouts in the form of chess matches, source: [https://www.flickr.com/photos/skinnylawyer/5847210301/ Muscle Beach and Chess Beach, Santa Monica], [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Muscle_Beach_and_Chess_Beach,_Santa_Monica_(5847210301).jpg Image] by [https://www.flickr.com/people/56619626@N05?rb=1 InSapphoWeTrust], June 18, 2011, [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en CC BY-SA 2.0], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Commons Wikimedia Commons]</ref> ]]
'''Beaches''', (BeachesChess)<br/>
a [[WinBoard]] compliant chess engine by [[Robert Pope]], written in [[Cpp|C++]], first mentioned and hosted by [[Benny Antonsson]] in 2002 <ref>[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=38196 New WinBoard compatible engine - Beaches 0.96 by Robert Pope] by [[Benny Antonsson]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], July 16, 2002</ref>.
The later published source code with version history from 2006 until 2010 <ref>[https://sites.google.com/site/beacheschess/ BeachesChess], Here is the source code of a slightly later version of Beaches (2.32)</ref> refers a [[Bitboards|bitboard]] engine - despite processing many of them per node, using 8-bit occupied state [[Rotated Bitboards|rotated bitboard]] lookups for sliding pieces - the control structure of the [[Move Generation#Legal|legal move generator]] and [[Evaluation|evaluation]] reminds more on a [[Mailbox|mailbox]] approach without [[Piece-Lists|piece list]].
Search is plain [[Alpha-Beta|alpha-beta]] with [[Transposition Table|transposition table]], [[Null Move Pruning|null move pruning]] and [[Depth#FractionalPlies|fractional ply decrements]] with an conventional evaluation, taking [[Material|material]] and [[Piece-Square Tables|piece-square tables]] along with some [[Pawn Structure|pawn structure]] and [[King Safety|king safety]] terms into account, as well the [[Population Count|population]] of ored aggregated attacks per side.
=See also=
* [[Abbess]]
=Forum Posts=
==2002 ...==
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=38196 New WinBoard compatible engine - Beaches 0.96 by Robert Pope] by [[Benny Antonsson]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], July 16, 2002
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=240784 New WinBoard compatible engine - Beaches 0.96 by Robert Pope] by [[Benny Antonsson]], [[CCC]], July 16, 2002
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=38849 New version of Beaches] by [[Benny Antonsson]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], September 04, 2002
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=39377 BeaChes 1.2] by [[Benny Antonsson]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], October 03, 2002
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=40890 Beaches 1.5 download] by [[Robert Pope]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], January 22, 2003
==2005 ...==
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2476 Beaches playing random moves] by [[Olivier Deville]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], May 05, 2005
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=4641 make/unmake] by [[Robert Pope]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], April 08, 2006 » [[Unmake Move]]
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=49273 WAC 109] by [[Robert Pope]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], June 17, 2008 » [[Win at Chess]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=27680 0x88 engines] by [[Robert Pope]], [[CCC]], May 01, 2009
==2010 ...==
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=51278 Missing checkmates] by [[Robert Pope]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], October 28, 2010
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=57713 Beaches 1.20] by [[Robert Pope]], [[CCC]], September 21, 2015
=External Links=
==Chess Engine==
* [https://sites.google.com/site/beacheschess/ BeachesChess]
* [http://kirr.homeunix.org/chess/engines/Jim%20Ablett/BEACHES/ Beaches] compiled by [[Jim Ablett]], hosted by [[Kirill Kryukov]]
* [http://www.computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/404/cgi/engine_details.cgi?print=Details&eng=Beaches%202.32 Beaches 2.32] in [[CCRL|CCRL 40/4]]
==Misc==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beach Beach from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beach_(disambiguation) Beach (disambiguation) from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/beach beach - Wiktionary]
=References=
<references />
'''[[Engines|Up one Level]]'''
[[Category:Open Source]]
[[Category:WinBoard]]
