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'''ChessBrainVB''',<br/>
an [[:Category:Open Source|open source chess engine]] by [[Roger Zuehlsdorf]], written in [[Basic#VB|Visual Basic]] to run under 32-bit [[Windows]], first announced and released in September 2015 <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=57705 My new exotic engine: ChessBrainVB for OfficeVBA (1950 ELO)] by [[Roger Zuehlsdorf]], [[CCC]], September 20, 2015</ref>. The common source subset could either compiled using [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_Basic#1990s Visual Basic 6.0] to create a [[WinboardWinBoard]] compliant executable - or, albeit about 15 times slower, may be interpreted by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_Basic_for_Applications Visual Basic for Applications] to run under [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Office Microsoft Office] applications, that is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Word Word], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Excel Excel], or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_PowerPoint PowerPoint], along with an own [[GUI]] based on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Forms Windows Forms].
ChessBrainVB was initially based on the source code of [[LarsenVB]] by [[Luca Dormio]], which in turn was inspired by the [[C]] program [[Faile|Faile 0.6]] by [[Adrien Regimbald|Adrien M. Regimbald]]. Still using the [[10x12 Board|10x12]] [[Mailbox|mailbox]] [[Board Representation|board representation]], ChessBrainVB's [[Search|search]] <ref>[https://github.com/RZulu54/ChessBrainVB/blob/master/Development/Modules/Search.bas ChessBrainVB/Search.bas at master · RZulu54/ChessBrainVB · GitHub]</ref> and [[Evaluation|evaluation]] subsequently improved influenced by ideas from open source programs such as [[CuckooChess]], [[Sjeng]], [[Protector]] and [[Stockfish]] combined with own ideas <ref>[https://github.com/RZulu54/ChessBrainVB/blob/master/Development/ChessBrainVB_Notes.txt ChessBrainVB/ChessBrainVB_Notes.txt at master · RZulu54/ChessBrainVB · GitHub]</ref>.
[[Category:Open Source]]
[[Category:Basic]]
[[Category:WinboardWinBoard]]
[[Category:Brain]]
