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'''MinimalChess''',<br/>
an [[UCI]] compliant, didactic [[:Category:Open Source|open source chess program]] by [[Thomas Jahn]], written in [[C sharp|C#]], and first released as MinimalChess '''0.2''' in February 2021 <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=76560 MinimalChess 0.2 released] by [[Thomas Jahn]], [[CCC]], February 12, 2021</ref>.
The games playing entity consists of the library ''MinimalChess'', and using that library, the UCI engine ''MinimalChessEngine'' and, if no external [[GUI]] is used, the [[CLI|Command Line Interface]] ''MinimalChessBoard''.
=Features=
<ref>[https://github.com/lithander/MinimalChessEngine GitHub - lithander/MinimalChessEngine]</ref>
==[[Board Representation]]==
* [[8x8 Board]]
==[[Search]]==
* [[Iterative Deepening]]
* [[Alpha-Beta]]
* [[Quiescence Search]]
* [[Move Ordering]]
** [[PV-Move]]
** [[Captures]] by [[MVV-LVA|MVV/LVA]]
** [[Killer Heuristic]]
==[[Evaluation]]==
* [[Piece-Square Tables]]
=Forum Posts=
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=76225 Testing strategies for my engines playing strength] by [[Thomas Jahn]], [[CCC]], January 04, 2021
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=76398 My Beginner’s Guide to Chess Programming] by [[Thomas Jahn]], [[CCC]], January 23, 2021
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=76560 MinimalChess 0.2 released] by [[Thomas Jahn]], [[CCC]], February 12, 2021
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=76823 MinimalChess 0.3 released] by [[Thomas Jahn]], [[CCC]], March 09, 2021
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=77089 PST-only Evaluation for MinimalChess 0.4] by [[Thomas Jahn]], [[CCC]], April 15, 2021
=External Links=
==Chess Engine==
* [https://github.com/lithander/MinimalChessEngine GitHub - lithander/MinimalChessEngine]
==Misc==
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/minimal minimal - Wiktionary]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimal Minimal from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimalism Minimalism from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pet_Shop_Boys Pet Shop Boys] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimal_(song) Minimal] (2005), [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video
: {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ywk3vA8Y8xY|alignment=left|valignment=top}}
=References=
<references />
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[[Category:Open Source]]
[[Category:Didactic]
[[Category:C sharp]]
[[Category:UCI]]
[[Category:PC]]
[[Category:Linux]]
[[Category:Mac]]
[[Category:Windows]]
[[Category:X86]]
[[Category:X64]]
[[Category:Chess Suffix]]
[[Category:Alfio Giuffrida]]
[[Category:Music]]
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'''MinimalChess''',<br/>
an [[UCI]] compliant, didactic [[:Category:Open Source|open source chess program]] by [[Thomas Jahn]], written in [[C sharp|C#]], and first released as MinimalChess '''0.2''' in February 2021 <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=76560 MinimalChess 0.2 released] by [[Thomas Jahn]], [[CCC]], February 12, 2021</ref>.
The games playing entity consists of the library ''MinimalChess'', and using that library, the UCI engine ''MinimalChessEngine'' and, if no external [[GUI]] is used, the [[CLI|Command Line Interface]] ''MinimalChessBoard''.
=Features=
<ref>[https://github.com/lithander/MinimalChessEngine GitHub - lithander/MinimalChessEngine]</ref>
==[[Board Representation]]==
* [[8x8 Board]]
==[[Search]]==
* [[Iterative Deepening]]
* [[Alpha-Beta]]
* [[Quiescence Search]]
* [[Move Ordering]]
** [[PV-Move]]
** [[Captures]] by [[MVV-LVA|MVV/LVA]]
** [[Killer Heuristic]]
==[[Evaluation]]==
* [[Piece-Square Tables]]
=Forum Posts=
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=76225 Testing strategies for my engines playing strength] by [[Thomas Jahn]], [[CCC]], January 04, 2021
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=76398 My Beginner’s Guide to Chess Programming] by [[Thomas Jahn]], [[CCC]], January 23, 2021
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=76560 MinimalChess 0.2 released] by [[Thomas Jahn]], [[CCC]], February 12, 2021
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=76823 MinimalChess 0.3 released] by [[Thomas Jahn]], [[CCC]], March 09, 2021
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=77089 PST-only Evaluation for MinimalChess 0.4] by [[Thomas Jahn]], [[CCC]], April 15, 2021
=External Links=
==Chess Engine==
* [https://github.com/lithander/MinimalChessEngine GitHub - lithander/MinimalChessEngine]
==Misc==
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/minimal minimal - Wiktionary]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimal Minimal from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimalism Minimalism from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pet_Shop_Boys Pet Shop Boys] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimal_(song) Minimal] (2005), [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video
: {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ywk3vA8Y8xY|alignment=left|valignment=top}}
=References=
<references />
'''[[Engines|Up one level]]'''
[[Category:Open Source]]
[[Category:Didactic]
[[Category:C sharp]]
[[Category:UCI]]
[[Category:PC]]
[[Category:Linux]]
[[Category:Mac]]
[[Category:Windows]]
[[Category:X86]]
[[Category:X64]]
[[Category:Chess Suffix]]
[[Category:Alfio Giuffrida]]
[[Category:Music]]
