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'''BBchess''',<br/>
a chess program by [[Bernard Brioit]]. The engine part was written in [[Pascal]], its own [[GUI]] written in [[Delphi]].
BBchess uses the [[0x88]] [[Board Representation|Board representation]] and performs an improved [[MTD(f)|MTD(f) search]] on top of [[Iterative Deepening|iterative deepening]] and applies [[Null Move Pruning|Null move pruning]] with a [[Depth Reduction R|depth reduction]] of 3 <ref>[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=32639&start=1 Re: ZChess getting much stronger...] by [[Franck Zibi]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], November 10, 2000</ref>.
It uses two [[Transposition Table|transposition tables]], and supports the [[Thompson's Databases|Thompson endgame databases]] with three and four pieces <ref>[http://www.chessprogram.de/messages/19513.htm Interview with BBChess programmer Bernhard Brioit ...] (May 31th, 2002 Deutsch, Français, English) by [[Frank Quisinsky]] from the Schachwerkstatt Archives, September 4, 2006 (dead link)</ref>.
=Tournament Play=
BBchess played all [[French Computer Chess Championship|French Computer Chess Championships]] from [[FCCC 1996]] until its last occurence at the [[FCCC 2004]], as well the [[French Programmers Tournament|French Programmers Tournaments]] from [[Massy 2001]] until [[Massy 2006]].
=Namesake=
* [[BBChess (SI)|BBChess]] by [[Borko Bošković]]
=See also=
* [[BB]]
* [[Bebe]]
=Forum Posts=
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=32639&start=1 Re: ZChess getting much stronger...] by [[Franck Zibi]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], November 10, 2000 » [[ZChess]], [[FCCC 2000]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=233358 El Chinito and BBChess, information in English available ...] by [[Frank Quisinsky]], [[CCC]], June 01, 2002 » [[Chinito]]
=References=
<references />
'''[[Engines|Up one Level]]'''
[[Category:Pascal]]
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[[Category:Namesake]]
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'''BBchess''',<br/>
a chess program by [[Bernard Brioit]]. The engine part was written in [[Pascal]], its own [[GUI]] written in [[Delphi]].
BBchess uses the [[0x88]] [[Board Representation|Board representation]] and performs an improved [[MTD(f)|MTD(f) search]] on top of [[Iterative Deepening|iterative deepening]] and applies [[Null Move Pruning|Null move pruning]] with a [[Depth Reduction R|depth reduction]] of 3 <ref>[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=32639&start=1 Re: ZChess getting much stronger...] by [[Franck Zibi]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], November 10, 2000</ref>.
It uses two [[Transposition Table|transposition tables]], and supports the [[Thompson's Databases|Thompson endgame databases]] with three and four pieces <ref>[http://www.chessprogram.de/messages/19513.htm Interview with BBChess programmer Bernhard Brioit ...] (May 31th, 2002 Deutsch, Français, English) by [[Frank Quisinsky]] from the Schachwerkstatt Archives, September 4, 2006 (dead link)</ref>.
=Tournament Play=
BBchess played all [[French Computer Chess Championship|French Computer Chess Championships]] from [[FCCC 1996]] until its last occurence at the [[FCCC 2004]], as well the [[French Programmers Tournament|French Programmers Tournaments]] from [[Massy 2001]] until [[Massy 2006]].
=Namesake=
* [[BBChess (SI)|BBChess]] by [[Borko Bošković]]
=See also=
* [[BB]]
* [[Bebe]]
=Forum Posts=
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=32639&start=1 Re: ZChess getting much stronger...] by [[Franck Zibi]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], November 10, 2000 » [[ZChess]], [[FCCC 2000]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=233358 El Chinito and BBChess, information in English available ...] by [[Frank Quisinsky]], [[CCC]], June 01, 2002 » [[Chinito]]
=References=
<references />
'''[[Engines|Up one Level]]'''
[[Category:Pascal]]
[[Category:Delphi]]
[[Category:DosEngine]]
[[Category:Namesake]]
[[Category:Chess Suffix]]
