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a [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol]] compliant [[:Category:Open Source|open source chess engine]] by [[Pallav Nawani]], written in [[Cpp|C++]] and released under the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology#License|MIT license]]. Natwarlal played the [[CCT9]] with respectable 4/7.
The name of the engine was inspired by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natwarlal Mithilesh Kumar Srivastava], better known as Natwarlal, a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India Indian] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confidence_trick con man] <ref>[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2178&p=10172#p10172 Re: New Engine classifications] by [[Pallav Nawani]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], April 08, 2005</ref> known for having repeatedly "sold" the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taj_Mahal Taj Mahal], the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Fort Red Fort], and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashtrapati_Bhavan Rashtrapati Bhavan] and also the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sansad_Bhavan Parliament House of India] along with its 545 sitting members. He was a living-legend in his lifetime and a legend even after his death <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natwarlal Natwarlal from Wikipedia]</ref>.
=Credits=
<ref>readme.txt</ref>
* [[Marcel van Kervinck]] for [[MSCP]] <ref>Initial version of Natwarlal was greatly influenced by [[MSCP]]</ref>
* [[Tom Kerrigan]] for [[TSCP]]
* [[Colin Frayn]] for [[Beowulf]] and his [[Colin Frayn#Theory|chess programming theory site]]
* [[Dušan Dobeš]] for [[Phalanx]]
* [[Bruce Moreland]] for [[Gerbil]] and his [[Bruce Moreland#Topics|chess programming topics]]
* [[Adrien Regimbald]] for [[Faile]]
* [[Robert Hyatt]] for [[Crafty]]
* [[Olivier Deville]] for Natwarlal's [[Opening Book]]
* Gaurav Nawani for Natwarlal's Logo [[FILE:natwarlal_logo.jpg|none|border|text-bottom]]
=Features=
<ref>[http://www.oocities.org/pallavnawani/chess-natwarlal.html Pallav's Domain - Natwarlal]and source files</ref>
==[[Board Representation]]==
* [[0x88]]
** [[Null Move Pruning]]
** [[Futility Pruning]]
** [[Static Exchange Evaluation|See SEE Pruning]]
** [[Quiescence Search]]
==[[Evaluation]]==
** [[King Safety#KingTropism|King Piece Tropism]]
** [[King]] close to [[Open File|open]] or [[Half-open File|half-open files]]
==Misc==
* [[Opening Book]]
* [[Perft]]
* [[Pondering]]
=Selected Games=
* [https://ccrl.chessdom.com/ccrl/4040/cgi/engine_details.cgi?match_length=30&each_game=1&print=Details&each_game=1&eng=Natwarlal%200.14#Natwarlal_0_14 Natwarlal 0.14] in [[CCRL|CCRL 40/15]]
==Misc==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natwarlal Natwarlal from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Natwarlal Mr. Natwarlal from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja_Natwarlal Raja Natwarlal from Wikipedia]
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