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'''[[Main Page|Home]] * [[Engines]] * Jazz'''
[[FILE:ThatFunnyJasBandFromDixielandCover1916.jpeg|border|right|thumb| Origin of the word jazz <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_%28word%29 Jazz (word) from Wikipedia]</ref> ]]
'''Jazz''',<br/>
an [[:Category:Open Source|open source engine]] under the [[Free Software Foundation#GPL|GNU General Public Licence]] by [[Evert Glebbeek]], written in [[C]], first released in February 2011 <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=38176 Chess engine Jazz now available] by [[Evert Glebbeek]], [[CCC]], February 22, 2011</ref>.
Jazz supports both, the [[UCI|Universal Chess Interface]] and [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol]], and runs on [[Windows]] and [[Linux]] boxes, as well under [[Android]] using [[Aart Bik|Aart Bik's]] [[Chess for Android]] as [[GUI]].
=Description=
Jazz uses [[Bitboards|bitboards]], first [[Rotated Bitboards|rotated bitboards]], later [[Kindergarten Bitboards|Kindergarten bitboards]] to determine [[Sliding Piece Attacks|sliding piece attacks]] <ref>[http://www.eglebbk.dds.nl/program/chess-design.html Chess (Jazz & Sjaak) design]</ref>.
It performs [[Fail-Soft|fail-soft]] [[Alpha-Beta|alpha-beta]] with [[Null Move Pruning|null move pruning]] and [[Check Extensions|check extensions]].
[[Move Ordering|Move ordering]] considers [[Hash Move|hash move]], [[Mate Killers|mate killers]], [[Captures|winning captures]] and [[Promotions|promotions]].
Further, beside the [[Killer Heuristic|killer heuristic]] and [[Countermove Heuristic|countermove heuristic]], a so called '''Combo Move''' heuristics is used to possibly refute opponent moves along similar lines <ref>[http://www.eglebbk.dds.nl/program/chess-search.html Chess (Jazz & Sjaak) search]</ref> .
Jazz' [[Evaluation|evaluation]] takes [[Material|material]], [[Piece-Square Tables|piece-square tables]], [[Pawn Structure|pawn structure]], [[Mobility|mobility]], and [[King Safety|king safety]] into account.
=Forum Posts=
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=38176 Chess engine Jazz now available] by [[Evert Glebbeek]], [[CCC]], February 22, 2011
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=38333 Jazz r444] by [[Evert Glebbeek]], [[CCC]], March 08, 2011
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=40616 Jazz r501 (source only)] by [[Evert Glebbeek]], [[CCC]], October 02, 2011
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=46988 Jazz 640 released] by [[Evert Glebbeek]], [[CCC]], January 24, 2013
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=47820 Implementation of multithreaded search in Jazz] by [[Evert Glebbeek]], [[CCC]], April 20, 2013 » [[Parallel Search]], [[Thread]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=54668 Jazz r818] by [[Evert Glebbeek]], [[CCC]], December 17, 2014
=External Links=
==Chess Engine==
* [http://www.eglebbk.dds.nl/program/chess-index.html Chess (Jazz & Sjaak) home]
* [http://www.eglebbk.dds.nl/program/chess-hist.html Chess (Jazz & Sjaak) history]
* [http://www.eglebbk.dds.nl/program/chess-design.html Chess (Jazz & Sjaak) design]
* [http://www.eglebbk.dds.nl/program/chess-search.html Chess (Jazz & Sjaak) search]
* [http://www.eglebbk.dds.nl/program/chess-eval.html Chess (Jazz & Sjaak) evaluation]
* [http://ccrl.chessdom.com/ccrl/404/cgi/compare_engines.cgi?family=Jazz&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 Jazz] in [[CCRL|CCRL 40/4]]
==Jazz==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_%28disambiguation%29 Jazz (disambiguation) from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz Jazz from Wikipedia]
* [[:Category:Willem Breuker|Willem Breuker Kollektief]] - Amsterdamned Jazz, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video
: {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u60JyAFYe_M|alignment=left|valignment=top}}
=References=
<references />
'''[[Engines|Up one Level]]'''
[[Category:Open Source]]
[[Category:GPL]]
[[Category:WinBoard]]
[[Category:XBoard]]
[[Category:UCI]]
[[Category:Mac]]
[[Category:Willem Breuker]]
[[FILE:ThatFunnyJasBandFromDixielandCover1916.jpeg|border|right|thumb| Origin of the word jazz <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_%28word%29 Jazz (word) from Wikipedia]</ref> ]]
'''Jazz''',<br/>
an [[:Category:Open Source|open source engine]] under the [[Free Software Foundation#GPL|GNU General Public Licence]] by [[Evert Glebbeek]], written in [[C]], first released in February 2011 <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=38176 Chess engine Jazz now available] by [[Evert Glebbeek]], [[CCC]], February 22, 2011</ref>.
Jazz supports both, the [[UCI|Universal Chess Interface]] and [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol]], and runs on [[Windows]] and [[Linux]] boxes, as well under [[Android]] using [[Aart Bik|Aart Bik's]] [[Chess for Android]] as [[GUI]].
=Description=
Jazz uses [[Bitboards|bitboards]], first [[Rotated Bitboards|rotated bitboards]], later [[Kindergarten Bitboards|Kindergarten bitboards]] to determine [[Sliding Piece Attacks|sliding piece attacks]] <ref>[http://www.eglebbk.dds.nl/program/chess-design.html Chess (Jazz & Sjaak) design]</ref>.
It performs [[Fail-Soft|fail-soft]] [[Alpha-Beta|alpha-beta]] with [[Null Move Pruning|null move pruning]] and [[Check Extensions|check extensions]].
[[Move Ordering|Move ordering]] considers [[Hash Move|hash move]], [[Mate Killers|mate killers]], [[Captures|winning captures]] and [[Promotions|promotions]].
Further, beside the [[Killer Heuristic|killer heuristic]] and [[Countermove Heuristic|countermove heuristic]], a so called '''Combo Move''' heuristics is used to possibly refute opponent moves along similar lines <ref>[http://www.eglebbk.dds.nl/program/chess-search.html Chess (Jazz & Sjaak) search]</ref> .
Jazz' [[Evaluation|evaluation]] takes [[Material|material]], [[Piece-Square Tables|piece-square tables]], [[Pawn Structure|pawn structure]], [[Mobility|mobility]], and [[King Safety|king safety]] into account.
=Forum Posts=
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=38176 Chess engine Jazz now available] by [[Evert Glebbeek]], [[CCC]], February 22, 2011
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=38333 Jazz r444] by [[Evert Glebbeek]], [[CCC]], March 08, 2011
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=40616 Jazz r501 (source only)] by [[Evert Glebbeek]], [[CCC]], October 02, 2011
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=46988 Jazz 640 released] by [[Evert Glebbeek]], [[CCC]], January 24, 2013
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=47820 Implementation of multithreaded search in Jazz] by [[Evert Glebbeek]], [[CCC]], April 20, 2013 » [[Parallel Search]], [[Thread]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=54668 Jazz r818] by [[Evert Glebbeek]], [[CCC]], December 17, 2014
=External Links=
==Chess Engine==
* [http://www.eglebbk.dds.nl/program/chess-index.html Chess (Jazz & Sjaak) home]
* [http://www.eglebbk.dds.nl/program/chess-hist.html Chess (Jazz & Sjaak) history]
* [http://www.eglebbk.dds.nl/program/chess-design.html Chess (Jazz & Sjaak) design]
* [http://www.eglebbk.dds.nl/program/chess-search.html Chess (Jazz & Sjaak) search]
* [http://www.eglebbk.dds.nl/program/chess-eval.html Chess (Jazz & Sjaak) evaluation]
* [http://ccrl.chessdom.com/ccrl/404/cgi/compare_engines.cgi?family=Jazz&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 Jazz] in [[CCRL|CCRL 40/4]]
==Jazz==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_%28disambiguation%29 Jazz (disambiguation) from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz Jazz from Wikipedia]
* [[:Category:Willem Breuker|Willem Breuker Kollektief]] - Amsterdamned Jazz, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video
: {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u60JyAFYe_M|alignment=left|valignment=top}}
=References=
<references />
'''[[Engines|Up one Level]]'''
[[Category:Open Source]]
[[Category:GPL]]
[[Category:WinBoard]]
[[Category:XBoard]]
[[Category:UCI]]
[[Category:Mac]]
[[Category:Willem Breuker]]
