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[[FILE:Sherlock Holmes Portrait Paget.jpg|border|right|thumb|200px| I never guess. It is a shocking [https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Habit_(psychology) habit] — destructive to the [https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Logic logical] faculty <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes Sherlock Holmes] in a 1904 illustration by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Paget Sidney Paget], [https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes Sherlock Holmes - Wikiquote], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Commons Wikimedia Commons]</ref> ]]
'''Holmes''',<br/>
a [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol]] compliant chess engine by [[Andreas Herrmann]], written in [[Delphi]].
It applies [[NegaScout]] with [[Null Move Pruning|null move pruning]], and [[Move Generation|generate moves]] with the help of [[Piece-Lists|piece tables]].
Holmes played the [[IPCCC 2001]], [[IPCCC 2003]], and the [[ICT 2002]], and later evolved to [[BlackBishop]].
=Selected Games=
[[IPCCC 2001]], [[Comet|Comet B.31]] - [[Holmes]] <ref>[http://www.vrichey.de/pb2001/ 10th International Paderborn Computer Chess Championship 2001 - PGN download] by [[Volker Richey]]</ref>
<pre>
[Event "IPCCC 2001"]
[Site "Paderborn"]
[Date "2001.02.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Comet B.31"]
[Black "Holmes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6
9.Be3 O-O 10.Rc1 cxd4 11.cxd4 Qa5+ 12.Kf1 Bd7 13.h4 Rac8 14.h5 e5 15.hxg6 hxg6
16.d5 Nd4 17.Nxd4 exd4 18.Bd2 Qb6 19.Rb1 Ba4 20.Qe1 Qf6 21.Qe2 Rc7 22.Rb4 Bc2
23.Be1 a5 24.Rb5 Bxe4 25.Qxe4 Rxc4 26.Rh3 Rc1 27.Rb2 Qa6+ 28.Re2 Rd8 29.Kg1 Rc5
30.Bd2 Rcxd5 31.Qe7 Bf6 32.Qe8+ Rxe8 33.Rxe8+ Kg7 34.Bh6+ Kh7 35.Bg5+ 1/2-1/2
</pre>
=See also=
* [[ChessFiz]]
* [[BlackBishop]]
=Publications=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle Arthur Conan Doyle] ('''1887-1927'''). ''[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:Arthur_Conan_Doyle/Sherlock_Holmes Sherlock Holmes stories]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikisource Wikisource] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle_bibliography Arthur Conan Doyle bibliography - Wikipedia]</ref>
* [[Raymond Smullyan]] ('''1979'''). ''[http://www.amazon.com/Chess-Mysteries-Sherlock-Holmes/dp/0394737571 The Chess Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_A._Knopf Knopf] <ref>[https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/MyFmpXxqccg/Z6WgNuoF-hcJ Smullyan Problem in Sherlock Holmes book] by Christopher Heckman, [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], January 18, 2013</ref>
=Forum Posts=
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=125515 new Winboard engine Holmes] by [[Andreas Herrmann]], [[CCC]], August 21, 2000
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=252353 Holmes 0.8.2v and 0.8.4k] by [[Andreas Herrmann]], [[CCC]], September 16, 2002
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=352385 Matheus and Holmes] by [[Matthias Gemuh]], [[CCC]], March 02, 2004 » [[Matheus]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17489 OT - Comet 17P Holmes] by [[Charles Roberson]], [[CCC]], October 31, 2007 » [[Comet]] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_Holmes Comet Holmes from Wikipedia]</ref>
=External Links=
==Chess Engine==
* [http://www.computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:download:engine_download_list Engine Download List] from [[Ron Murawski|Ron Murawski's]] [http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=home Computer-Chess Wiki]
==Misc==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holmes_%28surname%29 Holmes (surname) from Wikipedia]
: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Holmes_%28astronomer%29 Edwin Holmes (astronomer) from Wikipedia]
: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._H._Holmes H. H. Holmes from Wikipedia]
: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycroft_Holmes Mycroft Holmes from Wikipedia]
: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes Sherlock Holmes from Wikipedia]
* [http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/holmes.html Chess and Sherlock Holmes] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Winter_%28chess_historian%29 Edward Winter]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_Holmes Comet 17P/Holmes from Wikipedia]
=References=
<references />
'''[[Engines|Up one Level]]'''
[[Category:WinBoard]]
[[Category:Delphi]]
[[Category:Astronomy]]
[[Category:Fiction]]
[[FILE:Sherlock Holmes Portrait Paget.jpg|border|right|thumb|200px| I never guess. It is a shocking [https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Habit_(psychology) habit] — destructive to the [https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Logic logical] faculty <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes Sherlock Holmes] in a 1904 illustration by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Paget Sidney Paget], [https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes Sherlock Holmes - Wikiquote], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Commons Wikimedia Commons]</ref> ]]
'''Holmes''',<br/>
a [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol]] compliant chess engine by [[Andreas Herrmann]], written in [[Delphi]].
It applies [[NegaScout]] with [[Null Move Pruning|null move pruning]], and [[Move Generation|generate moves]] with the help of [[Piece-Lists|piece tables]].
Holmes played the [[IPCCC 2001]], [[IPCCC 2003]], and the [[ICT 2002]], and later evolved to [[BlackBishop]].
=Selected Games=
[[IPCCC 2001]], [[Comet|Comet B.31]] - [[Holmes]] <ref>[http://www.vrichey.de/pb2001/ 10th International Paderborn Computer Chess Championship 2001 - PGN download] by [[Volker Richey]]</ref>
<pre>
[Event "IPCCC 2001"]
[Site "Paderborn"]
[Date "2001.02.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Comet B.31"]
[Black "Holmes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6
9.Be3 O-O 10.Rc1 cxd4 11.cxd4 Qa5+ 12.Kf1 Bd7 13.h4 Rac8 14.h5 e5 15.hxg6 hxg6
16.d5 Nd4 17.Nxd4 exd4 18.Bd2 Qb6 19.Rb1 Ba4 20.Qe1 Qf6 21.Qe2 Rc7 22.Rb4 Bc2
23.Be1 a5 24.Rb5 Bxe4 25.Qxe4 Rxc4 26.Rh3 Rc1 27.Rb2 Qa6+ 28.Re2 Rd8 29.Kg1 Rc5
30.Bd2 Rcxd5 31.Qe7 Bf6 32.Qe8+ Rxe8 33.Rxe8+ Kg7 34.Bh6+ Kh7 35.Bg5+ 1/2-1/2
</pre>
=See also=
* [[ChessFiz]]
* [[BlackBishop]]
=Publications=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle Arthur Conan Doyle] ('''1887-1927'''). ''[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:Arthur_Conan_Doyle/Sherlock_Holmes Sherlock Holmes stories]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikisource Wikisource] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle_bibliography Arthur Conan Doyle bibliography - Wikipedia]</ref>
* [[Raymond Smullyan]] ('''1979'''). ''[http://www.amazon.com/Chess-Mysteries-Sherlock-Holmes/dp/0394737571 The Chess Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_A._Knopf Knopf] <ref>[https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/MyFmpXxqccg/Z6WgNuoF-hcJ Smullyan Problem in Sherlock Holmes book] by Christopher Heckman, [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], January 18, 2013</ref>
=Forum Posts=
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=125515 new Winboard engine Holmes] by [[Andreas Herrmann]], [[CCC]], August 21, 2000
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=252353 Holmes 0.8.2v and 0.8.4k] by [[Andreas Herrmann]], [[CCC]], September 16, 2002
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=352385 Matheus and Holmes] by [[Matthias Gemuh]], [[CCC]], March 02, 2004 » [[Matheus]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17489 OT - Comet 17P Holmes] by [[Charles Roberson]], [[CCC]], October 31, 2007 » [[Comet]] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_Holmes Comet Holmes from Wikipedia]</ref>
=External Links=
==Chess Engine==
* [http://www.computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:download:engine_download_list Engine Download List] from [[Ron Murawski|Ron Murawski's]] [http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=home Computer-Chess Wiki]
==Misc==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holmes_%28surname%29 Holmes (surname) from Wikipedia]
: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Holmes_%28astronomer%29 Edwin Holmes (astronomer) from Wikipedia]
: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._H._Holmes H. H. Holmes from Wikipedia]
: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycroft_Holmes Mycroft Holmes from Wikipedia]
: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes Sherlock Holmes from Wikipedia]
* [http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/holmes.html Chess and Sherlock Holmes] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Winter_%28chess_historian%29 Edward Winter]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_Holmes Comet 17P/Holmes from Wikipedia]
=References=
<references />
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