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[[FILE:Laughing Fool.jpg|border|right|thumb|220px| Laughing jester <ref>Netherlandish (possibly [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Cornelisz_van_Oostsanen Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen]) Laughing Fool ca. 1500 Oil on panel, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davis_Museum_at_Wellesley_College Davis Museum at Wellesley College], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jester Jester from Wikipedia]</ref> ]]
'''Jester''',<br/>
a chess engine by [[Stéphane Nguyen]], written in [[Java]], distributed as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Careware helpware] <ref>[http://www.ludochess.com/helpware/helpware.php3 LudoChess - helpware]</ref>.
As [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_applet Java applet], Jesper is launched from a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_page web page] and executed within a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Virtual_Machine Java Virtual Machine (JVM)] in a [[Process|process]] separate from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser web browser] itself.
Jester uses the [[icsdrone|ICS protocol]] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_chess_server#Protocol_and_access Internet chess server - ICS protocol - Wikipedia]</ref> allowing it playing on [[Free Internet Chess Server|free chess servers]] <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=256885 Re: To Stephane N B Nguyen (Jester)] by [[Stéphane Nguyen]], [[CCC]], October 07, 2002</ref>.
Jester played various [[French Computer Chess Championship|French Computer Chess Championships]] and [[French Programmers Tournament|French Programmers Tournaments]] from 1998 until 2003.
=Selected Games=
[[FCCC 2002]], round 6, [[Jester|Jester 2.0]] - [[Chess Tiger|Chess Tiger 15]] <ref>[http://www.ludochess.com/fccc2002/tournoi.php3 Massy, France - 5 & 6 Oct 2002 - 9ème Championnat Français de Programmes d'Echecs]</ref>
<pre>
[Event "FCCC 2002"]
[Site "Massy, FR"]
[Date "2002-10-05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jester 2.0"]
[Black "Chess Tiger 15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Bb3 Nc6 8.Nc3
cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.e4 Qc7 11.Be3 Bd6 12.f4 Bc5 13.e5 Ng4 14.Qxg4 Nxd4
15.Ba4 b5 16.Bd1 O-O 17.Ne4 Ba7 18.Nf6+ Kh8 19.Qh4 gxf6 20.Qxf6+ Kg8
21.Qg5+ Kh8 22.Qf6+ Kg8 23.Qg5+ Kh8 24.Qf6+ 1/2-1/2
</pre>
=Namesake=
* [[Jester US|Jester]] based on [[TSCP]] by [[Marty Franz]] <ref>[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=51193 Fixing Jester] by [[Olivier Deville]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], September 19, 2010</ref> <ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20030204061953/http://www.eiganic.com/ Jester Chess Pages]</ref>
=See also=
* [[Various Classifications#Comics|Comics]]
* [[Dorpsgek]]
* [[Joker]] by [[Marc-François Baudot]] and [[Jean-Christophe Weill]]
* [[Joker IT|Joker]] by [[Manlio Morini]]
* [[Joker NL|Joker]] by [[Harm Geert Muller]]
=Forum Posts=
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=30347 Jester for Download] by [[Đorđe Vidanović]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], September 17, 1999
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=256879 To Stephane N B Nguyen (Jester)] by ludicrous, [[CCC]], October 07, 2002
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=275426 I Assume Jester Is Not Compiled...] by Graham Laight, [[CCC]], January 07, 2003
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=45774 Jester Program by S Nguyen] by [[Swaminathan Natarajan]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], December 27, 2003
=External Links=
==Chess engine==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100331121826/http://www.ludochess.com/ LudoChess - Jester, the strongest pure java chess program] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine Wayback Machine])
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120331134747/http://www.ludochess.com/dotcom/download.php3 LudoChess - Les jeux d'Echecs 100% pur Java - Downloads] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine Wayback Machine])
* [https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=76165 The chess games of Jester] from [https://www.chessgames.com/index.html chessgames.com]
==Misc==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jester Jester from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jester_%28disambiguation%29 Jester (disambiguation) from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jester_%28Marvel_Comics%29 Jester (Marvel Comics) from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jester_%28Quality_Comics%29 Jester (Quality Comics) from Wikipedia]
* [http://www.jazzalavillette.com/evenement.aspx?id=13842 Tigran Shadow Theater] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Court_Jester The Court Jester], [http://www.jazzalavillette.com/ Jazz à la Villette, 2013], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video
: [[:Category:Tigran Hamasyan|Tigran Hamasyan]], [http://arenismiles.com/bio/ Areni Agbabian], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Wendel Ben Wendel], [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Tordini Chris Tordini], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nate_Wood Nate Wood], Video art by [http://www.rubenvanleer.com/ Ruben van Leer]
: {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anhSiBt33iI|alignment=left|valignment=top}}
=References=
<references />
'''[[Engines|Up one Level]]'''
[[Category:Java]]
[[Category:Namesake]]
[[Category:Tigran Hamasyan]]
[[FILE:Laughing Fool.jpg|border|right|thumb|220px| Laughing jester <ref>Netherlandish (possibly [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Cornelisz_van_Oostsanen Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen]) Laughing Fool ca. 1500 Oil on panel, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davis_Museum_at_Wellesley_College Davis Museum at Wellesley College], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jester Jester from Wikipedia]</ref> ]]
'''Jester''',<br/>
a chess engine by [[Stéphane Nguyen]], written in [[Java]], distributed as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Careware helpware] <ref>[http://www.ludochess.com/helpware/helpware.php3 LudoChess - helpware]</ref>.
As [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_applet Java applet], Jesper is launched from a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_page web page] and executed within a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Virtual_Machine Java Virtual Machine (JVM)] in a [[Process|process]] separate from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser web browser] itself.
Jester uses the [[icsdrone|ICS protocol]] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_chess_server#Protocol_and_access Internet chess server - ICS protocol - Wikipedia]</ref> allowing it playing on [[Free Internet Chess Server|free chess servers]] <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=256885 Re: To Stephane N B Nguyen (Jester)] by [[Stéphane Nguyen]], [[CCC]], October 07, 2002</ref>.
Jester played various [[French Computer Chess Championship|French Computer Chess Championships]] and [[French Programmers Tournament|French Programmers Tournaments]] from 1998 until 2003.
=Selected Games=
[[FCCC 2002]], round 6, [[Jester|Jester 2.0]] - [[Chess Tiger|Chess Tiger 15]] <ref>[http://www.ludochess.com/fccc2002/tournoi.php3 Massy, France - 5 & 6 Oct 2002 - 9ème Championnat Français de Programmes d'Echecs]</ref>
<pre>
[Event "FCCC 2002"]
[Site "Massy, FR"]
[Date "2002-10-05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jester 2.0"]
[Black "Chess Tiger 15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Bb3 Nc6 8.Nc3
cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.e4 Qc7 11.Be3 Bd6 12.f4 Bc5 13.e5 Ng4 14.Qxg4 Nxd4
15.Ba4 b5 16.Bd1 O-O 17.Ne4 Ba7 18.Nf6+ Kh8 19.Qh4 gxf6 20.Qxf6+ Kg8
21.Qg5+ Kh8 22.Qf6+ Kg8 23.Qg5+ Kh8 24.Qf6+ 1/2-1/2
</pre>
=Namesake=
* [[Jester US|Jester]] based on [[TSCP]] by [[Marty Franz]] <ref>[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=51193 Fixing Jester] by [[Olivier Deville]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], September 19, 2010</ref> <ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20030204061953/http://www.eiganic.com/ Jester Chess Pages]</ref>
=See also=
* [[Various Classifications#Comics|Comics]]
* [[Dorpsgek]]
* [[Joker]] by [[Marc-François Baudot]] and [[Jean-Christophe Weill]]
* [[Joker IT|Joker]] by [[Manlio Morini]]
* [[Joker NL|Joker]] by [[Harm Geert Muller]]
=Forum Posts=
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=30347 Jester for Download] by [[Đorđe Vidanović]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], September 17, 1999
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=256879 To Stephane N B Nguyen (Jester)] by ludicrous, [[CCC]], October 07, 2002
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=275426 I Assume Jester Is Not Compiled...] by Graham Laight, [[CCC]], January 07, 2003
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=45774 Jester Program by S Nguyen] by [[Swaminathan Natarajan]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], December 27, 2003
=External Links=
==Chess engine==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100331121826/http://www.ludochess.com/ LudoChess - Jester, the strongest pure java chess program] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine Wayback Machine])
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120331134747/http://www.ludochess.com/dotcom/download.php3 LudoChess - Les jeux d'Echecs 100% pur Java - Downloads] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine Wayback Machine])
* [https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=76165 The chess games of Jester] from [https://www.chessgames.com/index.html chessgames.com]
==Misc==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jester Jester from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jester_%28disambiguation%29 Jester (disambiguation) from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jester_%28Marvel_Comics%29 Jester (Marvel Comics) from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jester_%28Quality_Comics%29 Jester (Quality Comics) from Wikipedia]
* [http://www.jazzalavillette.com/evenement.aspx?id=13842 Tigran Shadow Theater] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Court_Jester The Court Jester], [http://www.jazzalavillette.com/ Jazz à la Villette, 2013], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video
: [[:Category:Tigran Hamasyan|Tigran Hamasyan]], [http://arenismiles.com/bio/ Areni Agbabian], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Wendel Ben Wendel], [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Tordini Chris Tordini], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nate_Wood Nate Wood], Video art by [http://www.rubenvanleer.com/ Ruben van Leer]
: {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anhSiBt33iI|alignment=left|valignment=top}}
=References=
<references />
'''[[Engines|Up one Level]]'''
[[Category:Java]]
[[Category:Namesake]]
[[Category:Tigran Hamasyan]]
