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'''PsycoChess''', (Psyco Chess)<br/>
an [[:Category:Open Source|open source chess engine]] by [[Massimo Zizi]], written in [[Java]] and released in June 2004 under the [[Free Software Foundation#GPL|GPL]].
PsycoChess applies [[Rotated Bitboards|rotated bitboards]], and a 4 [[Ply|ply]] fixed [[Depth|depth]] [[Alpha-Beta|alpha-beta]] without [[Iterative Deepening|iterative deepening]] and [[Quiescence Search|quiescence]].
A [[Transposition Table|transposition table]] is used a the [[Root|root]] only. Instead of [[Negamax|negamax]] or indirect [[Recursion|recursion]] via max and min-routines, a boolean parameter is passed to the direct recursive search whether it is a max or min player
<ref>[https://sourceforge.net/projects/psycochess/ Psyco Chess - A GNU Java Chess Engine download | SourceForge.net], PsycoChess.tar.gz/BestMove.java</ref>.
The rudimentary [[Evaluation]] considers [[Material|material]], and [[Piece-Square Tables|piece-square tables]] and some [[Pawn Structure|pawn structure]] terms
<ref>[https://sourceforge.net/projects/psycochess/ Psyco Chess - A GNU Java Chess Engine download | SourceForge.net], PsycoChess.tar.gz/Scacchiera.java</ref>.
=See also=
* [[Psycho]]
* [[Psycho-Chess]]
=Forum Posts=
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=48185 Java xboard/winboard chess engine psychochess] by [[Dann Corbit]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], July 14, 2004
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=723 Does somebody have a win compatible compile of PsycoChess] by [[Dr. Axel Schumacher]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], November 25, 2004
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=50114 New engines: PsycoChess and Tarrasch Toy Engine] by [[Ron Murawski]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], April 25, 2009
=External Links=
==Chess Program==
* [https://sourceforge.net/projects/psycochess/ Psyco Chess - A GNU Java Chess Engine download | SourceForge.net] (PsycoChess 1.38)
==Misc==
* [https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psyco Psyco - Wikipedia.it]
: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho_%281960_film%29 Psycho (1960 film) from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psyco Psyco from Wikipedia] ([[Python]])
* [[:Category:Achim Zepezauer|Achim Zepezauer]] - Psycow, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video
: {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMPcI7SKHzs|alignment=left|valignment=top}}
=References=
<references />
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'''PsycoChess''', (Psyco Chess)<br/>
an [[:Category:Open Source|open source chess engine]] by [[Massimo Zizi]], written in [[Java]] and released in June 2004 under the [[Free Software Foundation#GPL|GPL]].
PsycoChess applies [[Rotated Bitboards|rotated bitboards]], and a 4 [[Ply|ply]] fixed [[Depth|depth]] [[Alpha-Beta|alpha-beta]] without [[Iterative Deepening|iterative deepening]] and [[Quiescence Search|quiescence]].
A [[Transposition Table|transposition table]] is used a the [[Root|root]] only. Instead of [[Negamax|negamax]] or indirect [[Recursion|recursion]] via max and min-routines, a boolean parameter is passed to the direct recursive search whether it is a max or min player
<ref>[https://sourceforge.net/projects/psycochess/ Psyco Chess - A GNU Java Chess Engine download | SourceForge.net], PsycoChess.tar.gz/BestMove.java</ref>.
The rudimentary [[Evaluation]] considers [[Material|material]], and [[Piece-Square Tables|piece-square tables]] and some [[Pawn Structure|pawn structure]] terms
<ref>[https://sourceforge.net/projects/psycochess/ Psyco Chess - A GNU Java Chess Engine download | SourceForge.net], PsycoChess.tar.gz/Scacchiera.java</ref>.
=See also=
* [[Psycho]]
* [[Psycho-Chess]]
=Forum Posts=
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=48185 Java xboard/winboard chess engine psychochess] by [[Dann Corbit]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], July 14, 2004
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=723 Does somebody have a win compatible compile of PsycoChess] by [[Dr. Axel Schumacher]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], November 25, 2004
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=50114 New engines: PsycoChess and Tarrasch Toy Engine] by [[Ron Murawski]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], April 25, 2009
=External Links=
==Chess Program==
* [https://sourceforge.net/projects/psycochess/ Psyco Chess - A GNU Java Chess Engine download | SourceForge.net] (PsycoChess 1.38)
==Misc==
* [https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psyco Psyco - Wikipedia.it]
: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho_%281960_film%29 Psycho (1960 film) from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psyco Psyco from Wikipedia] ([[Python]])
* [[:Category:Achim Zepezauer|Achim Zepezauer]] - Psycow, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video
: {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMPcI7SKHzs|alignment=left|valignment=top}}
=References=
<references />
'''[[Engines|Up one level]]'''
[[Category:Open Source]]
[[Category:GPL]]
[[Category:Java]]
[[Category:WinBoard]]
[[Category:XBoard]]
[[Category:Disease]]
[[Category:Fiction]]
[[Category:Chess Suffix]]
[[Category:Achim Zepezauer]]
