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'''ProChess''',<br/>
an [[UCI]] compliant [[:Category:Open Source|open source chess engine]] by [[Edoardo Manino]], written in [[Basic#VB|Visual Basic]], first released in November 2011, in October 2012 with source code <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=45745 ProChess 102 A "doctor" released] by [[Edoardo Manino]], [[CCC]], October 26, 2012</ref>.
ProChess features a [[0x88]] board representation, [[Negamax|negamax]] [[Alpha-Beta|alpha-beta]] [[Principal Variation Search|PVS]] with [[Iterative Deepening|iterative deepening]], [[Transposition Table|transposition table]], [[Null Move Pruning|null move pruning]], [[Futility Pruning|futility pruning]], [[Internal Iterative Deepening|IID]] and a [[Captures|capture]] and [[Promotions|promotion]] only [[Quiescence Search|quiescence search]]. [[Move Ordering|Move ordering]] considers [[MVV-LVA]], [[Static Exchange Evaluation|SEE]] and [[History Heuristic|history heuristic]]. Only safe [[Check|checks]] with positive SEE are [[Check Extensions|extended]] .
A [[Tapered Eval|tapered eval]] interpolates between [[Opening|opening]] and [[Endgame|endgame]] [[Score|scores]], primarily based on [[Piece-Square Tables|piece-square tables]] <ref>[https://www.g-sei.org/prochess/prochess102ad/ ProChess102AD.zip | readme.txt]</ref>.

=Tournament Play=
ProChess played the [[IOCSC 2011]] and the [[IOCSC 2012]] Italian Open Chess Software Cup, the latter as best Original program, and the [[CCT15]] scoring 50%. At the [[IGT 2013]], ProChess lost the [[IGT 2013#Final|final]] from [[Chexa]].

=Selected Games=
[[CCT15]], round 6, [[ProChess IT|ProChess]] - [[Tinker]] <ref>[https://cctchess.com/cct15-results/ CCT15 Results | PGN download]</ref>
<pre>
[Event "CCT15"]
[Site "Variant-ICS, Amsterdam, NL"]
[Date "2013.02.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "ProChess"]
[Black "Tinker"]
[Result "1-0"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Nd5 Bc5 6.d3 O-O 7.Bg2 h6 8.Be3 d6
9.Bxc5 dxc5 10.Nd2 Be6 11.Nxf6+ Qxf6 12.Nb3 e4 13.Bxe4 Qxb2 14.Qc1 Qf6
15.Nxc5 Bf5 16.O-O b6 17.Bxf5 Qxf5 18.Nb3 Rfe8 19.c5 b5 20.e4 Qf6 21.Rd1 a5
22.a4 Rab8 23.Qc2 Red8 24.axb5 Rxb5 25.Kg2 Ne5 26.f4 Ng4 27.Qe2 Rxb3 28.Qxg4
Qd4 29.Ra2 Rxd3 30.Rxd3 Qxd3 31.Qe2 Qxe2+ 32.Rxe2 Rb8 33.e5 a4 34.Kf3 Ra8
35.Ke4 a3 36.Ra2 Kf8 37.Kd5 Ke7 38.Kc6 Ra7 39.f5 g6 40.g4 Ra5 41.h3 g5
42.Kb7 Rxc5 43.Rxa3 Rxe5 44.Kxc7 Rc5+ 45.Kb6 1-0
</pre>

=Namesake=
* [[Prochess]] by [[Tom Pronk]]

=See also=
* [[RamJet]]

=Forum Posts=
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=44422 ProChess 101 C "prime" released] by [[Edoardo Manino]], [[CCC]], July 14, 2012
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=45745 ProChess 102 A "doctor" released] by [[Edoardo Manino]], [[CCC]], October 26, 2012

=External Links=
* [https://www.g-sei.org/prochess/ ProChess « G 6]
* [http://www.scacchisticatorinese.it/nuovo_portale/argomento_det.php?codice_argomento=367 ProChess | SST - Società Scacchistica Torinese]
* [http://ccrl.chessdom.com/ccrl/404/cgi/compare_engines.cgi?family=ProChess&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 ProChess] in [[CCRL|CCRL 40/4]]

=References=
<references />
'''[[Engines|Up one Level]]'''
[[Category:Open Source]]
[[Category:Namesake]]
[[Category:Basic]]
[[Category:Chess Suffix]]

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