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[[FILE:Hamster in hand-cropped.jpg|border|right|thumb| Hamster Egbert <ref>A short-haired hamster (named "Egbert") sitting in its owner's hand and eating a piece of carrot, Photo by Keith Pomakis on July 27, 2003, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamster Hamster from Wikipedia]</ref> ]]
'''Hamsters''',<br/>
an [[UCI]] compliant multi-hamster chess engine by [[Alessandro Scotti]] with the goal of a program that has a full-featured and correct implementation of the UCI protocol, and that is able to play standard chess as well as [[Chess960]].
It applies a [[Parallel Search|parallel search]] utilizing up to 8 [[Thread|threads]]. Binaries are available for [[Windows]] and [[Mac OS|Mac OS X]] <ref>[http://walkofmind.com/programming/chess/hamsters.htm Hamsters Homepage]</ref>. Hamsters played the [[CIPS 2007]], and was runner-up behind [[Delfi]] at the [[CCC 2008]].
=Selected Games=
[[CCC 2008]], round 3, [[Hamsters]] - [[Chiron]] <ref>[http://www.scaccomasco.com/tornei/2008/wwwCCC3/crosstbl.html Chess Computer Cup 2008 (PGN)]</ref>
<pre>
[Event "Chess Computer Cup 2008"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2008.12.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hamsters, 0.7.1."]
[Black "Chiron, v0.8.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 a6 8.Qb3 b5
9.e5 Nfd7 10.e6 fxe6 11.Qxe6+ Kh8 12.Qe4 Nb6 13.Qh4 Nc6 14.Bd3 Bf5 15.Ng5 h5
16.Bxf5 Rxf5 17.Be3 Bxd4 18.g4 Bxc3+ 19.bxc3 Qd5 20.O-O Qc4 21.f4 Rf6 22.gxh5
Kg7 23.hxg6 Rh8 24.Qg3 Nd5 25.Rae1 e6 26.Bc1 Nd8 27.Rf2 Qxc3 28.Rg2 Qxg3
29.Rxg3 Rh6 30.Bb2 Rhxg6 31.Nxe6+ Nxe6 32.Bxf6+ Kxf6 33.Rxg6+ Kxg6 34.Rxe6+
Kf7 35.Rc6 b4 36.Rxa6 Ke7 37.f5 Nb6 38.Ra5 Nd7 39.h4 Nf6 40.Ra6 Nh5 41.Kf2
Kd7 42.Kf3 c6 43.Kg4 Nf6+ 44.Kg5 Ne4+ 45.Kg6 Nc5 46.Ra7+ Kd6 47.h5 b3 48.axb3
Nd3 49.h6 Kc5 50.h7 Nf4+ 51.Kg5 Nh3+ 52.Kh4 Nf4 53.h8=Q Nd5 54.Ra4 Kd6 55.Qb8+
Ke7 56.Qe5+ Kf7 57.Ra7+ Nc7 58.Rxc7+ Kf8 59.Qh8# 1-0
</pre>
=See also=
* [[Gerbil]]
* [[Kiwi]]
* [[Rodent]]
* [[Sungorus]]
=Forum Posts=
==2007==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13490 Hamsters 0.3 beta 3: HUMAN testers needed!] by [[Alessandro Scotti]], [[CCC]], April 30, 2007
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13632 Hamsters 0.3 : 2418] by [[Patrick Buchmann]], [[CCC]], May 08, 2007
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14239 Hamsters randomizer in action] by [[Alessandro Scotti]], [[CCC]], June 03, 2007
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15540 An interesting bug in Hamsters] by [[Alessandro Scotti]], [[CCC]], August 02, 2007 » [[Pawn Hash Table]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15597 Hamsters 0.4 is out] by [[Alessandro Scotti]], [[CCC]], August 05, 2007
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16131 Hamsters CCRL rating] by [[Uri Blass]], [[CCC]], August 30, 2007
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16535 Hamsters 0.5 released] by [[Alessandro Scotti]], [[CCC]], September 18, 2007
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16550 Hamsters 0.5 : 2450] by [[Patrick Buchmann]], [[CCC]], September 19, 2007
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18256 Hamsters 0.6 released] by [[Alessandro Scotti]], [[CCC]], December 07, 2007
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18345 LMR: history or not?] by [[Alessandro Scotti]], [[CCC]], December 13, 2007 » [[Late Move Reductions]]
==2008==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19206 Hamsters 0.6 - 2665 in CCRL 40/4 blitz] by [[Kirill Kryukov]], [[CCC]], January 26, 2008
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=23686 Hamsters 0.7 released] by [[Alessandro Scotti]], [[CCC]], September 12, 2008
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=23713 Hamsters 0.7 : 2507] by [[Patrick Buchmann]], [[CCC]], September 14, 2008
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24757 Hamsters 0.7.1 released] by [[Alessandro Scotti]], [[CCC]], November 06, 2008
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24781 Hamsters 0.7.1 : 2510] by [[Patrick Buchmann]], [[CCC]], November 08, 2008
=External Links=
==Chess Engine==
* [https://walkofmind.com/programming/chess/hamsters.htm Hamsters Homepage] by [[Alessandro Scotti]]
: [https://walkofmind.com/programming/chess/hamsters_story_1.htm Hamsters - The story (part 1)]
* [http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/kcec/cgi/engine_details.cgi?match_length=20&print=Details&each_game=1&eng=Hamsters%200.6 Hamsters 0.6] in [[KCEC]]
* [http://ccrl.chessdom.com/ccrl/4040/cgi/compare_engines.cgi?family=Hamsters&print=Rating+list&print=Results+table&print=LOS+table&print=Ponder+hit+table&print=Eval+difference+table&print=Comopp+gamenum+table&print=Overlap+table&print=Score+with+common+opponents Hamsters] in [[CCRL|CCRL 40/4]]
==Misc==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamster Hamster from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamster_racing Hamster racing from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamster_wheel Hamster wheel from Wikipedia]
=References=
<references />
'''[[Engines|Up one level]]'''
[[Category:Chess960]]
[[Category:UCI]]
[[Category:Mammal]]
[[FILE:Hamster in hand-cropped.jpg|border|right|thumb| Hamster Egbert <ref>A short-haired hamster (named "Egbert") sitting in its owner's hand and eating a piece of carrot, Photo by Keith Pomakis on July 27, 2003, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamster Hamster from Wikipedia]</ref> ]]
'''Hamsters''',<br/>
an [[UCI]] compliant multi-hamster chess engine by [[Alessandro Scotti]] with the goal of a program that has a full-featured and correct implementation of the UCI protocol, and that is able to play standard chess as well as [[Chess960]].
It applies a [[Parallel Search|parallel search]] utilizing up to 8 [[Thread|threads]]. Binaries are available for [[Windows]] and [[Mac OS|Mac OS X]] <ref>[http://walkofmind.com/programming/chess/hamsters.htm Hamsters Homepage]</ref>. Hamsters played the [[CIPS 2007]], and was runner-up behind [[Delfi]] at the [[CCC 2008]].
=Selected Games=
[[CCC 2008]], round 3, [[Hamsters]] - [[Chiron]] <ref>[http://www.scaccomasco.com/tornei/2008/wwwCCC3/crosstbl.html Chess Computer Cup 2008 (PGN)]</ref>
<pre>
[Event "Chess Computer Cup 2008"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2008.12.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hamsters, 0.7.1."]
[Black "Chiron, v0.8.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 a6 8.Qb3 b5
9.e5 Nfd7 10.e6 fxe6 11.Qxe6+ Kh8 12.Qe4 Nb6 13.Qh4 Nc6 14.Bd3 Bf5 15.Ng5 h5
16.Bxf5 Rxf5 17.Be3 Bxd4 18.g4 Bxc3+ 19.bxc3 Qd5 20.O-O Qc4 21.f4 Rf6 22.gxh5
Kg7 23.hxg6 Rh8 24.Qg3 Nd5 25.Rae1 e6 26.Bc1 Nd8 27.Rf2 Qxc3 28.Rg2 Qxg3
29.Rxg3 Rh6 30.Bb2 Rhxg6 31.Nxe6+ Nxe6 32.Bxf6+ Kxf6 33.Rxg6+ Kxg6 34.Rxe6+
Kf7 35.Rc6 b4 36.Rxa6 Ke7 37.f5 Nb6 38.Ra5 Nd7 39.h4 Nf6 40.Ra6 Nh5 41.Kf2
Kd7 42.Kf3 c6 43.Kg4 Nf6+ 44.Kg5 Ne4+ 45.Kg6 Nc5 46.Ra7+ Kd6 47.h5 b3 48.axb3
Nd3 49.h6 Kc5 50.h7 Nf4+ 51.Kg5 Nh3+ 52.Kh4 Nf4 53.h8=Q Nd5 54.Ra4 Kd6 55.Qb8+
Ke7 56.Qe5+ Kf7 57.Ra7+ Nc7 58.Rxc7+ Kf8 59.Qh8# 1-0
</pre>
=See also=
* [[Gerbil]]
* [[Kiwi]]
* [[Rodent]]
* [[Sungorus]]
=Forum Posts=
==2007==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13490 Hamsters 0.3 beta 3: HUMAN testers needed!] by [[Alessandro Scotti]], [[CCC]], April 30, 2007
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13632 Hamsters 0.3 : 2418] by [[Patrick Buchmann]], [[CCC]], May 08, 2007
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14239 Hamsters randomizer in action] by [[Alessandro Scotti]], [[CCC]], June 03, 2007
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15540 An interesting bug in Hamsters] by [[Alessandro Scotti]], [[CCC]], August 02, 2007 » [[Pawn Hash Table]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15597 Hamsters 0.4 is out] by [[Alessandro Scotti]], [[CCC]], August 05, 2007
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16131 Hamsters CCRL rating] by [[Uri Blass]], [[CCC]], August 30, 2007
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16535 Hamsters 0.5 released] by [[Alessandro Scotti]], [[CCC]], September 18, 2007
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16550 Hamsters 0.5 : 2450] by [[Patrick Buchmann]], [[CCC]], September 19, 2007
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18256 Hamsters 0.6 released] by [[Alessandro Scotti]], [[CCC]], December 07, 2007
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18345 LMR: history or not?] by [[Alessandro Scotti]], [[CCC]], December 13, 2007 » [[Late Move Reductions]]
==2008==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19206 Hamsters 0.6 - 2665 in CCRL 40/4 blitz] by [[Kirill Kryukov]], [[CCC]], January 26, 2008
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=23686 Hamsters 0.7 released] by [[Alessandro Scotti]], [[CCC]], September 12, 2008
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=23713 Hamsters 0.7 : 2507] by [[Patrick Buchmann]], [[CCC]], September 14, 2008
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24757 Hamsters 0.7.1 released] by [[Alessandro Scotti]], [[CCC]], November 06, 2008
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24781 Hamsters 0.7.1 : 2510] by [[Patrick Buchmann]], [[CCC]], November 08, 2008
=External Links=
==Chess Engine==
* [https://walkofmind.com/programming/chess/hamsters.htm Hamsters Homepage] by [[Alessandro Scotti]]
: [https://walkofmind.com/programming/chess/hamsters_story_1.htm Hamsters - The story (part 1)]
* [http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/kcec/cgi/engine_details.cgi?match_length=20&print=Details&each_game=1&eng=Hamsters%200.6 Hamsters 0.6] in [[KCEC]]
* [http://ccrl.chessdom.com/ccrl/4040/cgi/compare_engines.cgi?family=Hamsters&print=Rating+list&print=Results+table&print=LOS+table&print=Ponder+hit+table&print=Eval+difference+table&print=Comopp+gamenum+table&print=Overlap+table&print=Score+with+common+opponents Hamsters] in [[CCRL|CCRL 40/4]]
==Misc==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamster Hamster from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamster_racing Hamster racing from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamster_wheel Hamster wheel from Wikipedia]
=References=
<references />
'''[[Engines|Up one level]]'''
[[Category:Chess960]]
[[Category:UCI]]
[[Category:Mammal]]
