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'''Alvaro Jose Povoa Cardoso''',<br/>
a Portuguese [[Checkers|checkers]] programmer, and author of the Portuguese checkers (Spanish checkers, classical checkers, Jogo de Damas Clássicas
<ref>[https://checkers.fandom.com/wiki/Jogo_de_Damas_Cl%C3%A1ssicas Jogo de Damas Clássicas - Checkers & Draughts Wiki]</ref>) engine ''Profound'', initially written in [[Basic|Powerbasic 2.1]] augmented with many [[Assembly|assembly]] instructions <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=492099 Re: Board Representation. Any strong chess engine uses this method?] by [[Alvaro Cardoso|Alvaro Jose Povoa Cardoso]], [[CCC]], March 08, 2006</ref>, considered as one of the strongest classical checkers engines <ref>[[João Guerra]] ('''2011'''). ''Classical Checkers''. Masters thesis, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_University_of_Lisbon Technical University of Lisbon], [https://dspace.ist.utl.pt/bitstream/2295/1051359/1/dissertacao.pdf pdf], pp. 5</ref> <ref>[http://damasclasicas.blogspot.com/ Programas de Damas Clásicas] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galician_language Galician])</ref>. Alvaro is long term member in [[CCC]].
=Forum Posts=
==2000 ...==
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=152959 Using just Upperbounds and Lowerbounds] by [[Alvaro Cardoso|Alvaro Jose Povoa Cardoso]], [[CCC]], February 01, 2001 » [[Bound]], [[Upper Bound]], [[Lower Bound]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=156310 Iterative deepening deep increment] by [[Alvaro Cardoso|Alvaro Jose Povoa Cardoso]], [[CCC]], February 27, 2001 » [[Iterative Deepening]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=214125 Non power of two hash table sizes] by [[Alvaro Cardoso|Alvaro Jose Povoa Cardoso]], [[CCC]], February 18, 2002 [[Hash Table]], [[Transposition Table]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=285939 ALL node definition] by [[Alvaro Cardoso|Alvaro Jose Povoa Cardoso]], [[CCC]], February 21, 2003 » [[Node Types]]
==2005 ...==
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=441449 DTC EGTB algorithms needed] by [[Alvaro Cardoso|Alvaro Jose Povoa Cardoso]], [[CCC]], August 12, 2005
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=445457 History based pruning question] by [[Alvaro Cardoso|Alvaro Jose Povoa Cardoso]], [[CCC]], August 26, 2005 » [[Late Move Reductions]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=446349 Counter move heuristic] by [[Alvaro Cardoso|Alvaro Jose Povoa Cardoso]], [[CCC]], August 30, 2005 » [[Countermove Heuristic]]
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=6302&p=29956 Wu / Beal retrograde analisys algorithm] by [[Alvaro Cardoso|Alvaro Jose Povoa Cardoso]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], March 10, 2007 » [[Retrograde Analysis]] <ref>[[Ren Wu]], [[Don Beal]] ('''2001'''). ''[http://ilk.uvt.nl/icga/journal/contents/content24-3.htm#FAST Fast, Memory-efficient Retrograde Algorithms]''. [[ICGA Journal#24_3|ICGA Journal, Vol. 24, No. 3]]</ref>
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21754 A simple book learning method] by [[Alvaro Cardoso]], [[CCC]], June 12, 2008 » [[Book Learning]], [[Persistent Hash Table]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=27017 Extensions: everywhere or near the tips?] by [[Alvaro Cardoso]], [[CCC]], March 15, 2009 » [[Extensions]]
==2010 ...==
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/deep-profound/1orssru9D30/WPKRPC2r_-oJ Re: questão do profound] by [[Alvaro Cardoso]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Groups Google Groups], July 11, 2010
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=367283 Extended Null-Move Reductions] by [[Alvaro Cardoso]], [[CCC]], August 20, 2010 » [[Null Move Pruning]], [[Null Move Reductions]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=43658 File size for files > 4Gb] by [[Alvaro Cardoso]], [[CCC]], May 11, 2012
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=49388 MEM_LARGE_PAGES] by [[Alvaro Cardoso]], [[CCC]], September 18, 2013 » [[Memory]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=49592 Multithreaded LRU] by [[Alvaro Cardoso]], [[CCC]], October 06, 2013 » [[Endgame Tablebases]], [[Memory]], [[Thread]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=49719 evaluating color agnostic terms] by [[Alvaro Cardoso]], [[CCC]], October 15, 2013 » [[Asymmetric Evaluation]]
==2015 ...==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=58758 crafty eval cache] by [[Alvaro Cardoso]], [[CCC]], January 01, 2016 » [[Crafty]], [[Evaluation Hash Table]]
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=75 Neural networks for Spanish checkers and beyond] by [[Alvaro Cardoso|Alvaro]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Game-AI Forum]], January 01, 2016 » [[Neural Networks]]
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=87 AlphaGo] by [[Alvaro Cardoso|Alvaro]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Game-AI Forum]], January 29, 2016 » [[AlphaGo]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=60194 LMR problems] by [[Alvaro Cardoso]], [[CCC]], May 16, 2016 » [[Late Move Reductions]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=65365 Unordered moves phenomenon] by [[Alvaro Cardoso]], [[CCC]], October 03, 2017 » [[Move Ordering]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=66302 Is chess still 99% tactics?] by [[Alvaro Cardoso]], [[CCC]], January 11, 2018 » [[Tactics]]
=External Links=
* [https://www.youtube.com/user/ajpc66 Alvaro Cardoso - YouTube]
* <span id="Profound"></span>Apresentação de Profound, software para jogar damas classicas, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video
: {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9iXnJppDX0|alignment=left|valignment=top}}
=References=
<references />
'''[[People|Up one level]]'''
[[Category:Checkers Programmer|Cardoso]]
'''Alvaro Jose Povoa Cardoso''',<br/>
a Portuguese [[Checkers|checkers]] programmer, and author of the Portuguese checkers (Spanish checkers, classical checkers, Jogo de Damas Clássicas
<ref>[https://checkers.fandom.com/wiki/Jogo_de_Damas_Cl%C3%A1ssicas Jogo de Damas Clássicas - Checkers & Draughts Wiki]</ref>) engine ''Profound'', initially written in [[Basic|Powerbasic 2.1]] augmented with many [[Assembly|assembly]] instructions <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=492099 Re: Board Representation. Any strong chess engine uses this method?] by [[Alvaro Cardoso|Alvaro Jose Povoa Cardoso]], [[CCC]], March 08, 2006</ref>, considered as one of the strongest classical checkers engines <ref>[[João Guerra]] ('''2011'''). ''Classical Checkers''. Masters thesis, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_University_of_Lisbon Technical University of Lisbon], [https://dspace.ist.utl.pt/bitstream/2295/1051359/1/dissertacao.pdf pdf], pp. 5</ref> <ref>[http://damasclasicas.blogspot.com/ Programas de Damas Clásicas] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galician_language Galician])</ref>. Alvaro is long term member in [[CCC]].
=Forum Posts=
==2000 ...==
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=152959 Using just Upperbounds and Lowerbounds] by [[Alvaro Cardoso|Alvaro Jose Povoa Cardoso]], [[CCC]], February 01, 2001 » [[Bound]], [[Upper Bound]], [[Lower Bound]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=156310 Iterative deepening deep increment] by [[Alvaro Cardoso|Alvaro Jose Povoa Cardoso]], [[CCC]], February 27, 2001 » [[Iterative Deepening]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=214125 Non power of two hash table sizes] by [[Alvaro Cardoso|Alvaro Jose Povoa Cardoso]], [[CCC]], February 18, 2002 [[Hash Table]], [[Transposition Table]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=285939 ALL node definition] by [[Alvaro Cardoso|Alvaro Jose Povoa Cardoso]], [[CCC]], February 21, 2003 » [[Node Types]]
==2005 ...==
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=441449 DTC EGTB algorithms needed] by [[Alvaro Cardoso|Alvaro Jose Povoa Cardoso]], [[CCC]], August 12, 2005
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=445457 History based pruning question] by [[Alvaro Cardoso|Alvaro Jose Povoa Cardoso]], [[CCC]], August 26, 2005 » [[Late Move Reductions]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=446349 Counter move heuristic] by [[Alvaro Cardoso|Alvaro Jose Povoa Cardoso]], [[CCC]], August 30, 2005 » [[Countermove Heuristic]]
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=6302&p=29956 Wu / Beal retrograde analisys algorithm] by [[Alvaro Cardoso|Alvaro Jose Povoa Cardoso]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], March 10, 2007 » [[Retrograde Analysis]] <ref>[[Ren Wu]], [[Don Beal]] ('''2001'''). ''[http://ilk.uvt.nl/icga/journal/contents/content24-3.htm#FAST Fast, Memory-efficient Retrograde Algorithms]''. [[ICGA Journal#24_3|ICGA Journal, Vol. 24, No. 3]]</ref>
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21754 A simple book learning method] by [[Alvaro Cardoso]], [[CCC]], June 12, 2008 » [[Book Learning]], [[Persistent Hash Table]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=27017 Extensions: everywhere or near the tips?] by [[Alvaro Cardoso]], [[CCC]], March 15, 2009 » [[Extensions]]
==2010 ...==
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/deep-profound/1orssru9D30/WPKRPC2r_-oJ Re: questão do profound] by [[Alvaro Cardoso]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Groups Google Groups], July 11, 2010
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=367283 Extended Null-Move Reductions] by [[Alvaro Cardoso]], [[CCC]], August 20, 2010 » [[Null Move Pruning]], [[Null Move Reductions]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=43658 File size for files > 4Gb] by [[Alvaro Cardoso]], [[CCC]], May 11, 2012
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=49388 MEM_LARGE_PAGES] by [[Alvaro Cardoso]], [[CCC]], September 18, 2013 » [[Memory]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=49592 Multithreaded LRU] by [[Alvaro Cardoso]], [[CCC]], October 06, 2013 » [[Endgame Tablebases]], [[Memory]], [[Thread]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=49719 evaluating color agnostic terms] by [[Alvaro Cardoso]], [[CCC]], October 15, 2013 » [[Asymmetric Evaluation]]
==2015 ...==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=58758 crafty eval cache] by [[Alvaro Cardoso]], [[CCC]], January 01, 2016 » [[Crafty]], [[Evaluation Hash Table]]
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=75 Neural networks for Spanish checkers and beyond] by [[Alvaro Cardoso|Alvaro]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Game-AI Forum]], January 01, 2016 » [[Neural Networks]]
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=87 AlphaGo] by [[Alvaro Cardoso|Alvaro]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Game-AI Forum]], January 29, 2016 » [[AlphaGo]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=60194 LMR problems] by [[Alvaro Cardoso]], [[CCC]], May 16, 2016 » [[Late Move Reductions]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=65365 Unordered moves phenomenon] by [[Alvaro Cardoso]], [[CCC]], October 03, 2017 » [[Move Ordering]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=66302 Is chess still 99% tactics?] by [[Alvaro Cardoso]], [[CCC]], January 11, 2018 » [[Tactics]]
=External Links=
* [https://www.youtube.com/user/ajpc66 Alvaro Cardoso - YouTube]
* <span id="Profound"></span>Apresentação de Profound, software para jogar damas classicas, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video
: {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9iXnJppDX0|alignment=left|valignment=top}}
=References=
<references />
'''[[People|Up one level]]'''
[[Category:Checkers Programmer|Cardoso]]
