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'''Buzz''',<br/>
a [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol]] compliant chess engine written by [[Pradu Kannan]] in [[Cpp|C++]]. An early version is available as [[:Category:Open Source Engines|open source engine]] under the [[Free Software Foundation#GPL|GPL]] <ref>[http://www.pradu.us/old/Nov27_2008/Buzz/ Buzz - A Winboard Chess Engine]</ref>, intended to be an example program for new chess programmers.
Buzz is a [[Bitboards|bitboard]] engine and applies Pradu Kannan's main stream implementation of [[Magic Bitboards]] with individual table sizes for each square, later dubbed [[Magic Bitboards#Fancy|Fancy Magic Bitboards]], the generator is available as open source from the Buzz site. Buzz got a 2.2 x speedup from 32-bits to 64-bits on [[x86|Core2]] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13426&start=5 Re: Speedup with bitboards on 64-bit CPUs] by [[Pradu Kannan]], [[CCC]], April 27, 2007</ref>. It uses a kind of [[Principal Variation Search|principal variation search]], dubbed Node-Type Search (NTS), explicitly considering [[Node Types|node types]] <ref>[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=6558 Slight enhancement to PVS] by [[Pradu Kannan]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], June 10, 2007</ref>, and utilizes multiple [[Thread|threads]] for a [[Parallel Search|parallel search]]. In collaboration with [[Andres Valverde]] and [[Fonzy Bluemers]], Buzz' search was incorporated into the team effort [[Dirty]].
=Photos & Games=
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[[ACCA 2008]]: [[Robert Hyatt|Bob Hyatt]], [[Charles Roberson]], [[Pradu Kannan]], [[Brian Richardson]] and [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=608 [Ted Summers]] <ref>[http://aigames.net/ACCA/ACCAChampionships/ACCA2008Championships/SitePics.html The 2008 Third Annual ACCA Americas' Computer Chess Chamionships] Site Pics from [[University of Alabama at Birmingham|UAB]] » [[ACCA Americas' Computer Chess Championship]], [[ACCA 2008]]</ref> <br/>[[Buzz]] - [[Tinker]] <ref>[http://aigames.net/ACCA/ACCAChampionships/ACCA2008Championships/2008ACCCResults.html The 2008 Third Annual ACCA Americas' Computer Chess Championships - Results]</ref>
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[Event "ACCA 2008"]
=See also=
* [[Various Classifications#:Category:Arthropod|Arthropod]]
* [[Dirty]]
* [[Magic Bitboards]]
==Chess Engine==
* [http://www.pradu.us/old/Nov27_2008/Buzz/ Buzz - A Winboard Chess Engine]
* [http://www.computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/404/cgi/engine_details.cgi?match_length=30&print=Details+%28text%29&eng=Buzz%200.08%2064-bit Buzz 0.08 64-bit] in [[CCRL|CCRL 40/4]]
* [http://www.computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/4040/cgi/engine_details.cgi?print=Details&each_game=1&eng=Buzz%200.08%2032-bit#Buzz_0_08_32-bit Buzz 0.08 32-bit] in [[CCRL|CCRL 40/40]]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Buzz The Buzz (disambiguation) from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzzer Buzzer from Wikipedia]
* [[:Category:Shocking Blue|Shocking Blue]] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Buzz Love Buzz] (1969), [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shocking_Blue Shocking BlueYouTube YouTube] - Video: Excerpt from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Buzz Love BuzzAt_Land At Land](1944) directed by, and starring [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTubeMaya_Deren Maya Deren] Video
: {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0U47ExaucQ|alignment=left|valignment=top}}
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