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'''Hopeless''', (Hopeless Chess)<br/>
a Winboard compliant [[:Category:Open Source|open source chess engine]] by [[Pawel Koziol]], written in [[Pascal]], early versions were incorporated inside the stand-alone chess program [[Clericus]] written in [[Delphi]], featuring an own [[GUI]] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=14880 hopeless chess / clericus release] by [[Pawel Koziol]], {{CCC]], July 05, 2007</ref>.
Hopeless played the [[PCCC 2006]]. In 2020 Hopeless and Clericus were revived by [[Roland Chastain]], using [[Pascal#FreePascal|Free Pascal]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus_(IDE) Lazarus] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=74648 Clericus/Hopeless ported to Lazarus] by [[Roland Chastain]], {{CCC]], August 01, 2020</ref>
=Features=
==[[Board Representation]]==
* [[Piece-Lists]]
* [[0x88|0x88 Board]] indexing the Piece-List
==[[Search]]==
* [[Iterative Deepening]]
* [[Aspiration Windows]]
* [[Principal Variation Search]]
* [[Transposition Table]]
* [[Move Ordering]]
** [[MVV-LVA|MVV/LVA]]
** [[Internal Iterative Deepening]]
** [[Killer Heuristic]]
** [[History Heuristic]]
* [[Selectivity]]
** [[Null Move Pruning]]
** [[Check Extensions]]
** [[Passed Pawn Extensions]]
* [[Quiescence Search]]
==[[Evaluation]]==
<ref>[http://pkoziol.cal24.pl/clericus/eval.htm Clericus Chess - Evaluation Function]</ref>
* [[Material]]
* [[Asymmetric Evaluation]]
* [[Piece-Square Tables]]
* [[Mobility]]
** [[Trapped Pieces]]
* [[Evaluation of Pieces]]
** [[Outposts|Knight Outposts]]
** [[Rook on Open File|Rooks on (Semi) Open Files]]
* [[Pawn Structure]]
** [[Weak Pawns]]
** [[Doubled Pawn|Doubled Pawns]]
** [[Pawn Center]]
** [[Passed Pawn|Passed Pawns]]
* [[King Safety]]
** [[King Safety#PawnShield|Pawn Shelter]]
** [[King Safety#Attacking|Attacking King Zone]]
* [[Evaluation Patterns|Patterns]]
** [[Fianchetto]]
** [[Tactics|Tacticcal Patterns]]
=See also=
* [[Brainless]]
* [[Clericus]]
=Forum Posts=
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=14880 hopeless chess / clericus release] by [[Pawel Koziol]], {{CCC]], July 05, 2007
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=15803 Re: new hopeless/clericus release] by [[Pawel Koziol]], {{CCC]], August 15, 2007
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=18062 new hopeless / clericus and new www] by [[Pawel Koziol]], {{CCC]], November 27, 2007
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=74648 Clericus/Hopeless ported to Lazarus] by [[Roland Chastain]], {{CCC]], August 01, 2020
=External Links=
==Chess Engine==
* [http://pkoziol.cal24.pl/clericus/index.htm Clericus Chess]
* [http://pkoziol.cal24.pl/clericus/eval.htm Clericus Chess - Evaluation Function]
* [https://gitlab.com/rchastain/hopeless-lazarus Hopeless Lazarus · GitLab] hosted by [[Roland Chastain]]
==Misc==
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hopeless hopeless - Wiktionary]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopeless Hopeless from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopeless_(Lichtenstein) Hopeless (Lichtenstein) from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Weinert Susan Weinert], Martin Weinert, [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardy_Fisch%C3%B6tter Hardy Fischötter] - Hopeless Case, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumanovo Kumanovo] Jazz Festival, August 2004, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video
: {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciAzUAjbukE|alignment=left|valignment=top}}
=References=
<references />
'''[[Engines|Up one level]]'''
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[[Category:Windows]]
[[Category:Music]]
'''Hopeless''', (Hopeless Chess)<br/>
a Winboard compliant [[:Category:Open Source|open source chess engine]] by [[Pawel Koziol]], written in [[Pascal]], early versions were incorporated inside the stand-alone chess program [[Clericus]] written in [[Delphi]], featuring an own [[GUI]] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=14880 hopeless chess / clericus release] by [[Pawel Koziol]], {{CCC]], July 05, 2007</ref>.
Hopeless played the [[PCCC 2006]]. In 2020 Hopeless and Clericus were revived by [[Roland Chastain]], using [[Pascal#FreePascal|Free Pascal]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus_(IDE) Lazarus] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=74648 Clericus/Hopeless ported to Lazarus] by [[Roland Chastain]], {{CCC]], August 01, 2020</ref>
=Features=
==[[Board Representation]]==
* [[Piece-Lists]]
* [[0x88|0x88 Board]] indexing the Piece-List
==[[Search]]==
* [[Iterative Deepening]]
* [[Aspiration Windows]]
* [[Principal Variation Search]]
* [[Transposition Table]]
* [[Move Ordering]]
** [[MVV-LVA|MVV/LVA]]
** [[Internal Iterative Deepening]]
** [[Killer Heuristic]]
** [[History Heuristic]]
* [[Selectivity]]
** [[Null Move Pruning]]
** [[Check Extensions]]
** [[Passed Pawn Extensions]]
* [[Quiescence Search]]
==[[Evaluation]]==
<ref>[http://pkoziol.cal24.pl/clericus/eval.htm Clericus Chess - Evaluation Function]</ref>
* [[Material]]
* [[Asymmetric Evaluation]]
* [[Piece-Square Tables]]
* [[Mobility]]
** [[Trapped Pieces]]
* [[Evaluation of Pieces]]
** [[Outposts|Knight Outposts]]
** [[Rook on Open File|Rooks on (Semi) Open Files]]
* [[Pawn Structure]]
** [[Weak Pawns]]
** [[Doubled Pawn|Doubled Pawns]]
** [[Pawn Center]]
** [[Passed Pawn|Passed Pawns]]
* [[King Safety]]
** [[King Safety#PawnShield|Pawn Shelter]]
** [[King Safety#Attacking|Attacking King Zone]]
* [[Evaluation Patterns|Patterns]]
** [[Fianchetto]]
** [[Tactics|Tacticcal Patterns]]
=See also=
* [[Brainless]]
* [[Clericus]]
=Forum Posts=
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=14880 hopeless chess / clericus release] by [[Pawel Koziol]], {{CCC]], July 05, 2007
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=15803 Re: new hopeless/clericus release] by [[Pawel Koziol]], {{CCC]], August 15, 2007
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=18062 new hopeless / clericus and new www] by [[Pawel Koziol]], {{CCC]], November 27, 2007
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=74648 Clericus/Hopeless ported to Lazarus] by [[Roland Chastain]], {{CCC]], August 01, 2020
=External Links=
==Chess Engine==
* [http://pkoziol.cal24.pl/clericus/index.htm Clericus Chess]
* [http://pkoziol.cal24.pl/clericus/eval.htm Clericus Chess - Evaluation Function]
* [https://gitlab.com/rchastain/hopeless-lazarus Hopeless Lazarus · GitLab] hosted by [[Roland Chastain]]
==Misc==
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hopeless hopeless - Wiktionary]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopeless Hopeless from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopeless_(Lichtenstein) Hopeless (Lichtenstein) from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Weinert Susan Weinert], Martin Weinert, [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardy_Fisch%C3%B6tter Hardy Fischötter] - Hopeless Case, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumanovo Kumanovo] Jazz Festival, August 2004, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video
: {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciAzUAjbukE|alignment=left|valignment=top}}
=References=
<references />
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