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'''Naraku''',<br/>
an [[UCI]] compatible chess engine by [[Marco Meloni]], written in [[Cpp|C++]], first released in July 2010.
Naraku is a [[Bitboards|bitboard]] engine, applying standard [[Search|search]] techniques such as [[Alpha-Beta|alpha-beta]] with [[Transposition Table|transposition table]] inside an [[Iterative Deepening|iterative deepening]] framework, enhanced by
[[Null Move Pruning|null move pruning]], [[Futility Pruning|futility pruning]], [[Late Move Reductions|late move reductions]] and [[Quiescence Search|quiescence search]] <ref>[http://www.miroku79.info/blog/?page_id=88 Miro's blog » Naraku Chess Engine] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine Wayback Machine], November 27, 2013)</ref>.
Naraku had a strong tournament debut, winning [[TCEC Season 2#Division F|TCEC Season 2, Division F]]in February 2011. After clone suspicionsappeared <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=35909&start=26 Re: Naraku Chess 1.12] by [[Christopher Conkie]], [[CCC]], March 25, 2011</ref>, and admitting taking ideas from [[Fruit]], [[Crafty]], [[Ippolit]] (bitboard infrastrucreinfrastructure) and [[Stockfish]],the author stopped working on Naraku <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/2013110403273120110923045531/http://www.miroku79.info/blog/?p=218 Miro's blog » Stopped working on Naraku] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine Wayback Machine], November 04September 23, 20132011)</ref>.
=Etymology=
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?t=35909 Naraku Chess 1.12] by [[Tony Mokonen]], [[CCC]], August 27, 2010
: [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=35909&start=22 Re: Naraku Chess 1.12] by [[Graham Banks]], [[CCC]], September 01, 2010
: [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=35909&start=26 Re: Naraku Chess 1.12] by [[Christopher Conkie]], [[CCC]], March 25, 2011
: [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=35909&start=32 Re: Naraku Chess 1.12] by [[Graham Banks]], [[CCC]], March 28, 2011
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=36046 STS <nowiki>[1-12]</nowiki> Naraku v1.12] by [[Swaminathan Natarajan]], [[CCC]], September 11, 2010 » [[Strategic Test Suite]]
* [http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1289 Naraku: clone or not???] by noctiferus, [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], March 26, 2011
: [http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1289&start=8 Re: Naraku: clone or not???] by [[Mark Watkins|BB+]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], March 27, 2011
=External Links=
==Chess Engine==
* [http://www.melonimarco.it/en/chess/ Chess – MeloniMarco.it]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131127184857/http://www.miroku79.info/blog/?page_id=88 Miro's blog » Naraku Chess Engine] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine Wayback Machine], November 27, 2013)
: [https://web.archive.org/web/2013110403273120110921042532/http://www.miroku79.info/blog/?p=157 Naraku 1.2] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine Wayback Machine], September 21, 2011): [https://web.archive.org/web/20110921063407/http://www.miroku79.info/blog/?p=176 Naraku 1.3] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine Wayback Machine], September 21, 2011): [https://web.archive.org/web/20110921101112/http://www.miroku79.info/blog/?p=185 Naraku 1.3 bugged] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine Wayback Machine], September 21, 2011): [https://web.archive.org/web/20110921063214/http://www.miroku79.info/blog/?p=190 Naraku 1.31] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine Wayback Machine], September 21, 2011): [https://web.archive.org/web/20110921100709/http://www.miroku79.info/blog/?p=202 Naraku 1.4 released!] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine Wayback Machine], September 21, 2011): [https://web.archive.org/web/20110923045531/http://www.miroku79.info/blog/?p=218 Miro's blog » Stopped working on Naraku] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine Wayback Machine], November 04September 23, 20132011)
* [https://ccrl.chessdom.com/ccrl/4040/cgi/engine_details.cgi?match_length=30&each_game=1&print=Details&each_game=1&eng=Naraku%201.4#Naraku_1_4 Naraku 1.4] in [[CCRL|CCRL 40/15]]
==Misc==
