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Holmes,
a Chess Engine Communication Protocol compliant chess engine by Andreas Herrmann, written in Delphi. It applies NegaScout with null move pruning, and generate moves with the help of piece tables. Holmes played the IPCCC 2001, IPCCC 2003, and the ICT 2002, and later evolved to BlackBishop.

Selected Games

IPCCC 2001, Comet B.31 - Holmes

[Event "IPCCC 2001"]
[Site "Paderborn"]
[Date "2001.02.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Comet B.31"]
[Black "Holmes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6 
9.Be3 O-O 10.Rc1 cxd4 11.cxd4 Qa5+ 12.Kf1 Bd7 13.h4 Rac8 14.h5 e5 15.hxg6 hxg6 
16.d5 Nd4 17.Nxd4 exd4 18.Bd2 Qb6 19.Rb1 Ba4 20.Qe1 Qf6 21.Qe2 Rc7 22.Rb4 Bc2 
23.Be1 a5 24.Rb5 Bxe4 25.Qxe4 Rxc4 26.Rh3 Rc1 27.Rb2 Qa6+ 28.Re2 Rd8 29.Kg1 Rc5 
30.Bd2 Rcxd5 31.Qe7 Bf6 32.Qe8+ Rxe8 33.Rxe8+ Kg7 34.Bh6+ Kh7 35.Bg5+ 1/2-1/2

See also

• ChessFiz
• BlackBishop

Publications

• Arthur Conan Doyle (1887-1927). Sherlock Holmes stories. Wikisource
• Raymond Smullyan (1979). The Chess Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes. Knopf

Forum Posts

• new Winboard engine Holmes by Andreas Herrmann, CCC, August 21, 2000
• Holmes 0.8.2v and 0.8.4k by Andreas Herrmann, CCC, September 16, 2002
• Matheus and Holmes by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, March 02, 2004 » Matheus
• OT - Comet 17P Holmes by Charles Roberson, CCC, October 31, 2007 » Comet

External Links

Chess Engine

• Engine Download List from Ron Murawski's Computer-Chess Wiki

Misc

• Holmes (surname) from Wikipedia

Edwin Holmes (astronomer) from Wikipedia

H. H. Holmes from Wikipedia

Mycroft Holmes from Wikipedia

Sherlock Holmes from Wikipedia

• Chess and Sherlock Holmes by Edward Winter
• Comet 17P/Holmes from Wikipedia
• The Sherman Holmes Project feat. Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley - Breaking Up Somebody’s Home

Music City Roots Live From the Factory, Franklin, Tennessee, February 8, 2017, YouTube Video

References

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