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and alias and successor of the native [[Windows]] program [[Techno Chess]]. KnightX, supporting [[WinBoard]], was first published in December 1999, and since 2004, KnightX '''1.86''' runs under [[Linux]] via [[XBoard]] <ref>[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=479 KnightX 1.86 released] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], November 03, 2004</ref>.  
 
and alias and successor of the native [[Windows]] program [[Techno Chess]]. KnightX, supporting [[WinBoard]], was first published in December 1999, and since 2004, KnightX '''1.86''' runs under [[Linux]] via [[XBoard]] <ref>[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=479 KnightX 1.86 released] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], November 03, 2004</ref>.  
 
KnightX played the [[Massy 2003]] [[French Programmers Tournament]], and the [[FCCC 2003]] [[French Computer Chess Championship]].
 
KnightX played the [[Massy 2003]] [[French Programmers Tournament]], and the [[FCCC 2003]] [[French Computer Chess Championship]].
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After a long break from 2005 with KnightX '''1.92''', Christophe Jolly had his comeback in February 2019, when he released Knightx '''1.93''' <ref>[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=54309 Knightx 1.93 released] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], February 23, 2019</ref>, continueing with subsequent versions.
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After a long break from 2005 with KnightX '''1.92''', Christophe Jolly had his comeback in February 2019, when he released Knightx '''1.93''' <ref>[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=54309 Knightx 1.93 released] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], February 23, 2019</ref>, continuing with subsequent versions.
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=Selected Features=
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<ref>as mentioned in [http://technochess.free.fr/readme.txt KnightX aka Techno Chess engine for Winboard - readme.txt]</ref>
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==[[Search]]==
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* [[Iterative Deepening]]
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* [[Aspiration Windows]]
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* [[Alpha-Beta]]
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* [[Transposition Table]]
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* [[Null Move Pruning]]
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* [[Quiescence Search]]
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==[[Evaluation]]==
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* [[Bishop Pair]]
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* [[Mobility]]
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* [[Pawn Structure]]
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* [[Passed Pawn|Passed Pawns]]
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* [[King Safety]]
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* [[Tarrasch Rule]]
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==Misc==
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* [[Opening Book]]
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* [[Book Learning]]
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* [[Nalimov Tablebases]]
  
 
=Selected Games=
 
=Selected Games=
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==1999==
 
==1999==
 
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=30618 New Knightx (Techno Chess) version !] by [[Frank Quisinsky]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], December 08, 1999
 
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=30618 New Knightx (Techno Chess) version !] by [[Frank Quisinsky]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], December 08, 1999
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==2000==
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==2000 ...==
 
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=88993 Knightx 1.51 (Techno Chess) by Christophe Jolly is available !] by [[Frank Quisinsky]], [[CCC]], January 15, 2000
 
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=88993 Knightx 1.51 (Techno Chess) by Christophe Jolly is available !] by [[Frank Quisinsky]], [[CCC]], January 15, 2000
 
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=97672 Knightx 1.52 (aka Techno Chess) by Christophe Jolly is available !] by [[Frank Quisinsky]], [[CCC]], February 16, 2000
 
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=97672 Knightx 1.52 (aka Techno Chess) by Christophe Jolly is available !] by [[Frank Quisinsky]], [[CCC]], February 16, 2000
 
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=101978 Knightx 1.53 by Christophe Jolly is available !] by [[Frank Quisinsky]], [[CCC]], March 15, 2000
 
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=101978 Knightx 1.53 by Christophe Jolly is available !] by [[Frank Quisinsky]], [[CCC]], March 15, 2000
 
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=32334 Knightx 1.55 by Christophe Jolly is available !]  by [[Frank Quisinsky]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], September 01, 2000
 
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=32334 Knightx 1.55 by Christophe Jolly is available !]  by [[Frank Quisinsky]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], September 01, 2000
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==2001==
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'''2001'''
 
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=34990 Knightx book v2 is out] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], November 07, 2001
 
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=34990 Knightx book v2 is out] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], November 07, 2001
 
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=35029 Knightx 1.8x book generator] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], November 11, 2001
 
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=35029 Knightx 1.8x book generator] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], November 11, 2001
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* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=35197 KnightX 1.73 is out] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], November 30, 2001
 
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=35197 KnightX 1.73 is out] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], November 30, 2001
 
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=35386 KnightX 1.74 is out] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], December 20, 2001
 
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=35386 KnightX 1.74 is out] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], December 20, 2001
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==2002==
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'''2002'''
 
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=36114 KnightX 1.75 is downloadable] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], February 11, 2002
 
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=36114 KnightX 1.75 is downloadable] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], February 11, 2002
 
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=36161 Knightx 1.75A update] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], February 12, 2002
 
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=36161 Knightx 1.75A update] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], February 12, 2002
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* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=39566 Knightx 1.76a is downloadable] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], October 16, 2002
 
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=39566 Knightx 1.76a is downloadable] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], October 16, 2002
 
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=40418 KnightX 1.77 released] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], December 21, 2002
 
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=40418 KnightX 1.77 released] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], December 21, 2002
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==2003==
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'''2003'''
 
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=43007 Knightx 1.78 winboard engine is available] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], June 15, 2003
 
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=43007 Knightx 1.78 winboard engine is available] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], June 15, 2003
 
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=43100 Knightx 1.78a (update) is available] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], June 22, 2003
 
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=43100 Knightx 1.78a (update) is available] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], June 22, 2003
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* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=44871 KnightX 1.80A released] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], October 28, 2003
 
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=44871 KnightX 1.80A released] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], October 28, 2003
 
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=45702 KnightX 1.81 released] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], December 21, 2003
 
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=45702 KnightX 1.81 released] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], December 21, 2003
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==2004==
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'''2004'''
 
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=48213 KnightX 1.84 released] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], July 15, 2004
 
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=48213 KnightX 1.84 released] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], July 15, 2004
 
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=218 KnightX 1.85 is released] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], October 09, 2004
 
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=218 KnightX 1.85 is released] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], October 09, 2004
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* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=54416 Knightx 1.94 Bug fixes (for Arena)] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], June 11, 2019
 
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=54416 Knightx 1.94 Bug fixes (for Arena)] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], June 11, 2019
 
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=54444 Knightx 1.95 released] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastille_Day July 14], 2019
 
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=54444 Knightx 1.95 released] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastille_Day July 14], 2019
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* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=54485 KnightX 1.96 winboard engine has been released],by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], September 19, 2019
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* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=54485 KnightX 1.96 winboard engine has been released] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], September 19, 2019
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* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=54502 KnightX 1.97 released] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], October 23, 2019
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==2020 ...==
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* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=54579 KnightX 1.98 released] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], February 01, 2020
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* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=54654 KnightX 1.99 Winboard engine released] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], May 10, 2020
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* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=54665 KnightX 2.0 Winboard engine released] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], May 31, 2020
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* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=54676 KnightX 2.2 Winboard engine released] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], June 14, 2020
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* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=54688 KnightX 2.3 Winboard engine released] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], June 28, 2020
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* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=74401 KnightX v2.1b, June 2020] by [[Norbert Raimund Leisner]], [[CCC]], July 07, 2020
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* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=54738 KnightX 2.4 Winboard engine released] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], September 26, 2020
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* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=54793 KnightX 2.5 Winboard engine released] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], December 14, 2020
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'''2021'''
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* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=76613 KnightX 2.61 Winboard engine released] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[CCC]], February 16, 2021
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* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=77010 KnightX 2.7 engine released] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[CCC]], April 05, 2021
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* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=77362 KnightX engine released] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[CCC]], May 23, 2021
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* [https://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=78052 KnightX 2.9 Winboard engine released] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[CCC]], August 29, 2021
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* [https://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=78172 KnightX 2.91 Winboard engine released] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[CCC]], September 14, 2021
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* [https://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=78663 KnightX 3.1 engine released] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[CCC]], November 14, 2021
  
 
=External Links=
 
=External Links=
 
==Chess Engine==
 
==Chess Engine==
 
* [http://technochess.free.fr/ Computer chess, the KnightX chess program]
 
* [http://technochess.free.fr/ Computer chess, the KnightX chess program]
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* [http://technochess.free.fr/readme.txt KnightX 1.92 aka Techno Chess engine for Winboard - readme.txt]
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* [http://technochess.free.fr/readme.txt KnightX aka Techno Chess engine for Winboard - readme.txt]
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* [http://computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/4040/cgi/compare_engines.cgi?family=KnightX&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 KnightX] in [[CCRL|CCRL 40/40]]
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* [http://computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/4040/cgi/compare_engines.cgi?family=KnightX&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 KnightX] in [[CCRL|CCRL 40/15]]
 
==Misc==
 
==Misc==
 
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/knight knight - Wiktionary]
 
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/knight knight - Wiktionary]
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Latest revision as of 12:33, 19 November 2021

Home * Engines * KnightX

The Accolade [1]

KnightX,
a Chess Engine Communication Protocol compliant chess engine by Christophe Jolly, written in C, and alias and successor of the native Windows program Techno Chess. KnightX, supporting WinBoard, was first published in December 1999, and since 2004, KnightX 1.86 runs under Linux via XBoard [2]. KnightX played the Massy 2003 French Programmers Tournament, and the FCCC 2003 French Computer Chess Championship. After a long break from 2005 with KnightX 1.92, Christophe Jolly had his comeback in February 2019, when he released Knightx 1.93 [3], continuing with subsequent versions.

Selected Features

[4]

Search

Evaluation

Misc

Selected Games

Massy 2003, round 5, KnightX - Chinito [5] 

[Event "Massy 2003"]
[Site "Massy, FRA"]
[Date "2003.06.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "KnightX 1.78"]
[Black "Chinito"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 a6 3.Bg5 d5 4.e3 Ne4 5.Bh4 Bg4 6.Be2 Nd6 7.Nc3 Nf5 
8.Bg5 h6 9.Bf4 e6 10.Ne5 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 Bb4 12.O-O Bxc3 13.bxc3 O-O 
14.Rab1 b5 15.Qf3 Nd7 16.Nc6 Qe8 17.c4 dxc4 18.Bxc7 Nf6 19.Ba5 Nh4 
20.Qg3 Nf5 21.Qf3 Nh4 22.Qg3 Nf5 23.Qf3 1/2-1/2

See also

Forum Posts

1999

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2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2019

2020 ...

2021

External Links

Chess Engine

Misc

References

  1. ↑ Edmund Leighton - The Accolade, 1901, oil on canvas, Wikimedia Commons
  2. ↑ KnightX 1.86 released by Christophe Jolly, Winboard Forum, November 03, 2004
  3. ↑ Knightx 1.93 released by Christophe Jolly, Winboard Forum, February 23, 2019
  4. ↑ as mentioned in KnightX aka Techno Chess engine for Winboard - readme.txt
  5. ↑ Massy 2003/06/15 - Tournoi de programmes d'Echecs - Parties en pgn

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