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* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=159328 Quark v1.22] by [[Thomas Mayer]], [[CCC]], March 19, 2001
 
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=159328 Quark v1.22] by [[Thomas Mayer]], [[CCC]], March 19, 2001
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=170671 Re: Leiden: Tao-Quark 1-0 stunning opening] by [[Theo van der Storm]], [[CCC]], May 20, 2001 » [[Tao]]
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* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=33797 Quark and Leiden] by [[Stefan Knappe]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], May 18, 2001 » [[ICT 2001]]
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* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=170671 Re: Leiden: Tao-Quark 1-0 stunning opening] by [[Theo van der Storm]], [[CCC]], May 20, 2001 » [[ICT 2001]], [[Tao]]
 
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=171133 The Game: Chessmaster - Quark] by [[Dann Corbit]], [[CCC]], May 22, 2001 » [[Chessmaster]]
 
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=171133 The Game: Chessmaster - Quark] by [[Dann Corbit]], [[CCC]], May 22, 2001 » [[Chessmaster]]
 
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=188219 Quark v1.50] by [[Thomas Mayer]], [[CCC]], September 10, 2001
 
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=188219 Quark v1.50] by [[Thomas Mayer]], [[CCC]], September 10, 2001
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Boiled potatoes with quark and linseed oil [1]

Quark,
a Chess Engine Communication Protocol compatible chess engine by Thomas Mayer, written in C++. Beside using alpha-beta, Quark used to improve about 100 Elo each in implementing a transposition table, null move pruning and an advanced evaluation along with various speed improvements [2]. Over the board, Quark played the 11th World Computer Chess Championship in Graz 2003 [3], as well as various IPCCCs in Paderborn, Dutch Open Computer Chess Championship, International CSVN Tournament [4] in Leiden and the BELCT 2001 [5] in Berlin. It further played multiple CCT Tournaments.

Source Code

Quarks first lines, Quote by Thomas Mayer [6]:

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// QuarkChess
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// My First Program in C++
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Author : Thomas Mayer
// eMail  : thomas.j.mayer@t-online.de
// startet: 9th November 2000
// Previous versions: Some PommiChess - Basic and Pascal... Back to 1985
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Current Version: 1.68alpha
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Last Change: 7th January 2002
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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