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− | an [[:Category:Open Source|open source chess engine]] by [[Zach Wegner]], written in [[C]], in development since June 1, 2005 and first released April 29, 2008 under the [[Free Software Foundation#GPL|GNU GPL]]. The latest version is 0.3.2500. ZCT is both [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol]] and [[UCI]] compliant. | + | an [[:Category:Open Source|open source chess engine]] by [[Zach Wegner]], written in [[C]], in development since June 1, 2005 and first released April 29, 2008 under the [[Free Software Foundation#GPL|GNU GPL]]. The latest version is 0.3.2500. ZCT is both [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol]] and [[UCI]] compliant. As of the release of ZCT 0.3.2500 on June 1, 2009 <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=28212 ZCT 0.3.2500 released] by [[Zach Wegner]], [[CCC]], June 02, 2009</ref>, the ZCT project is inactive. |
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− | ZCT played [[CCT10]] and [[CCT11]] tournaments, the [[ACCA 2008]] and [[ACCA 2009]] Annual ACCA Americas' Computer Chess Championships, and the [[WCRCC 2008]] and [[WCRCC 2009]] Annual ACCA World Computer Rapid Chess Championships | + | ZCT played [[CCT10]] and [[CCT11]] tournaments, the [[ACCA 2008]] and [[ACCA 2009]] Annual ACCA Americas' Computer Chess Championships, and the [[WCRCC 2008]] and [[WCRCC 2009]] Annual ACCA World Computer Rapid Chess Championships. |
=Forum Posts= | =Forum Posts= |
Latest revision as of 02:25, 20 February 2020
ZCT, (Zach's Chess Test)
an open source chess engine by Zach Wegner, written in C, in development since June 1, 2005 and first released April 29, 2008 under the GNU GPL. The latest version is 0.3.2500. ZCT is both Chess Engine Communication Protocol and UCI compliant. As of the release of ZCT 0.3.2500 on June 1, 2009 [2], the ZCT project is inactive.
Contents
Features
Main features are the use of bitboards, an efficient process based parallel search using DTS, and a crappy evaluation.
Board Representation
Search
- Dynamic Tree Splitting
- Iterative Deepening
- Iterative Principal Variation Search
- Shared Hash Table
- Fail-Soft
- Selectivity
- Move Ordering
Evaluation
Misc
Tournament Play
ZCT played CCT10 and CCT11 tournaments, the ACCA 2008 and ACCA 2009 Annual ACCA Americas' Computer Chess Championships, and the WCRCC 2008 and WCRCC 2009 Annual ACCA World Computer Rapid Chess Championships.
Forum Posts
- ZCTACCAWCRCC by Zach Wegner, CCC, July 02, 2008
- ZCT 0.3.2500 released by Zach Wegner, CCC, June 02, 2009
External Links
Chess Engine
Misc
- Frank Zappa - Zomby Woof (1982), album Cheap Thrills (1998), YouTube Video
References
- ↑ ZCT's home page
- ↑ ZCT 0.3.2500 released by Zach Wegner, CCC, June 02, 2009