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[[FILE:TheKnightAtTheCrossroads.jpg|border|right|thumb| A Knight at the Crossroads by [[Arts#Vasnetsov|Viktor Vasnetsov]] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quest Quest from Wikipedia]</ref> <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bold_Knight,_the_Apples_of_Youth,_and_the_Water_of_Life The Bold Knight, the Apples of Youth, and the Water of Life - from Wikipedia]</ref> ]]
'''Quest''',<br/>
a chess engine by [[Frans Morsch]] which evolved from [[Nona]] to became the code base for various commercial programs and [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated computers]], most notably the famous [[ChessBase]] engine [[Fritz]] in 1991, and the [[TASC]] engine [[Chessica]] in 1995, after Fritz sensationally won the [[WCCC 1995]]. The 6502 version of [[Quest]] was further commercialized as 8 bit [[CXG Sphinx#6502|Sphinx]] by [[Newcrest Technology]] <ref>[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/CXG_Sphinx_Dominator CXG Sphinx Dominator] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki]</ref> <ref>[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/CXG_Sphinx_Galaxy CXG Sphinx Galaxy] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki]</ref> , and was also ported to the [[H8]] processor, as used in many dedicated units of various manufacturers in the early 90s, such as the [[Saitek Brute Force]] and [[GK 2100]]. Later, Quest was often used as experimental version of Fritz in tournaments. Quest was the strongest chess program at [[Aegon 1996]] <ref>[http://www.csvn.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=122&Itemid=50 Aegon 1996], [[CSVN]] site</ref> . It won the [[DOCCC 1988]], [[DOCCC 1994]], and the [[DOCCC 1999]], while during the [[DOCCC 2001]] there was an attempt of an name change from Fritz to Quest <ref>[http://www.chessbase.de/events/events.asp?pid=114 Niederländische Computerschach Meisterschaft 2001 Leiden - Erster Teil] by [[Eric van Reem]], [[ChessBase|ChessBase.de Events]] (German) (Fritz 7)</ref> <ref>[http://www.chessbase.de/events/events.asp?pid=116 Niederländische Computerschach Meisterschaft 2001 Leiden - Zweiter Teil] by [[Eric van Reem]], [[ChessBase|ChessBase.de Events]] (German) (Quest)</ref> .
=Null Move=
Frans Morsch, as well as other Dutch computer chess programmers like [[Bart Weststrate]] and [[Dap Hartmann]] <ref>[[Chrilly Donninger]] ('''1994'''). ''Die Kunst des Nichtstuns''. [[Computerschach und Spiele|CSS]] 2/94, [http://www.mustrum.de/chrilly/nullmove.pdf pdf] (German)</ref> , did early experiments with [[Recursion|recursive]] [[Null Move Pruning|null move pruning]] in the late 80s, likely after it was discussed at the panel workshop during the [[WCCC 1986]] after [[Don Beal|Don Beal's]] talk covering null move <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=288321&t=28775 Re: SOMA] by [[Ed Schroder]], [[CCC]], August 26, 2009</ref> . Frans Morsch told [[Chrilly Donninger]] about recursive null move, who popularized it by his ''Null Move and Deep Search'' paper in the [[ICGA Journal|ICCA Journal]] 1993 <ref>[[Chrilly Donninger]]. ('''1993'''). ''Null Move and Deep Search: Selective-Search Heuristics for Obtuse Chess Programs.'' [[ICGA Journal|ICCA Journal]], [http://people.csail.mit.edu/heinz/iccaj_db/node4.html Vol. 16, No. 3], pp. 137-143</ref> .
=Selected Games=
[[DOCCC 1988]], round 03, [[Quest]] - [[Rebel]] <ref>[http://www.csvn.nl/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=37&Itemid=26&lang=en&limitstart=20 Downloads | Open Dutch Computer Chess Championships | Games]</ref>
<pre>
[Event "DOCCC 1988"]
[Site "Leiden NED"]
[Date "1988.10.??"]
[Round "03"]
[White "Quest"]
[Black "Rebel"]
[Result "1-0"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 d5 3.Nf3 Nbd7 4.h3 c5 5.e3 Qb6 6.b3 Nh5 7.Bh2 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nhf6
9.Bb5 a6 10.Bxd7+ Bxd7 11.O-O e6 12.c4 dxc4 13.bxc4 Rc8 14.Nd2 Bb4 15.a3 Bxd2
16.Qxd2 Rxc4 17.Rfb1 Qa7 18.Be5 b5 19.a4 Ne4 20.Qb2 f6 21.axb5 fxe5 22.Nf3 O-O
23.bxa6 Ra4 24.Rxa4 Bxa4 25.Qxe5 Nc5 26.Ng5 Bd7 27.Qd4 Ra8 28.Rc1 Rc8 29.Ne4 e5
30.Qd5+ Ne6 31.Rb1 Rc7 32.Rb7 Qa8 33.Ng5 Qc8 34.Rxc7 Qxc7 35.Nxe6 Bxe6 36.Qxe6+
Kf8 37.Kf1 h6 38.Ke2 h5 39.Kf3 h4 40.Kg4 Qd8 41.Kf5 Qb8 42.Qxe5 Qb1+ 43.Kg5 Qb6
44.Qf4+ Kg8 45.Qc4+ Kh8 46.Kxh4 Qd8+ 47.Kg4 Qd7+ 48.Kf3 Qd1+ 49.Ke4 Qd7 50.Kf4
Qd6+ 51.Kf5 Kh7 52.Qe6 Qf8+ 53.Kg5 Qd8+ 54.Kg4 Qa8 55.e4 Kh8 56.f4 Qd8 57.a7
Qa8 58.Qb6 Kh7 59.Kf3 Kg8 60.Qb8+ 1-0
</pre>
Game and short analyze on Lichess.org : [https://fr.lichess.org/8KCoX1lG]
=See also=
* [[Chessica]]
* [[CXG Sphinx]]
* [[Fritz]]
* [[GK 2100]]
* [[Nona]]
* [[Saitek Brute Force]]
=Forum Posts=
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/msg/f0866cfd16eb7563 Re: Fritz vs Mchess pro] by [[Chris Whittington]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], May 21, 1996
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/f14614c6bdebff95 Killer Books] by [[Andreas Mader]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], October 29, 1996, [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/msg/12ce323b1ff65580 post 8] by [[Tord Romstad|Tord Kallqvist Romstad]], November 05, 1996
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=183537 Quest] by [[Jouni Uski]], [[CCC]], August 14, 2001
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=236740 Quest??? Identical to Fritz?] by Robert Henry Durrett, [[CCC]], June 21, 2002
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=239979 Fritz or Quest ?] by Anatoli, [[CCC]], July 12, 2002
=External Links=
==Chess Engine==
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=27 Fritz' ICGA Tournaments] (includes Quest)
==Misc==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quest_%28disambiguation%29 Quest (disambiguation) from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quest Quest from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quest_%28band%29 Quest] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softly,_as_in_a_Morning_Sunrise Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise], Quest 1981, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video
: [[Videos#DaveLiebman|Dave Liebman]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richie_Beirach Richie Beirach], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Mraz George Mraz], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Foster Al Foster]
: {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VASkTrskwmI|alignment=left|valignment=top}}
=References=
<references />
'''[[Engines|Up one level]]'''
[[FILE:TheKnightAtTheCrossroads.jpg|border|right|thumb| A Knight at the Crossroads by [[Arts#Vasnetsov|Viktor Vasnetsov]] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quest Quest from Wikipedia]</ref> <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bold_Knight,_the_Apples_of_Youth,_and_the_Water_of_Life The Bold Knight, the Apples of Youth, and the Water of Life - from Wikipedia]</ref> ]]
'''Quest''',<br/>
a chess engine by [[Frans Morsch]] which evolved from [[Nona]] to became the code base for various commercial programs and [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated computers]], most notably the famous [[ChessBase]] engine [[Fritz]] in 1991, and the [[TASC]] engine [[Chessica]] in 1995, after Fritz sensationally won the [[WCCC 1995]]. The 6502 version of [[Quest]] was further commercialized as 8 bit [[CXG Sphinx#6502|Sphinx]] by [[Newcrest Technology]] <ref>[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/CXG_Sphinx_Dominator CXG Sphinx Dominator] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki]</ref> <ref>[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/CXG_Sphinx_Galaxy CXG Sphinx Galaxy] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki]</ref> , and was also ported to the [[H8]] processor, as used in many dedicated units of various manufacturers in the early 90s, such as the [[Saitek Brute Force]] and [[GK 2100]]. Later, Quest was often used as experimental version of Fritz in tournaments. Quest was the strongest chess program at [[Aegon 1996]] <ref>[http://www.csvn.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=122&Itemid=50 Aegon 1996], [[CSVN]] site</ref> . It won the [[DOCCC 1988]], [[DOCCC 1994]], and the [[DOCCC 1999]], while during the [[DOCCC 2001]] there was an attempt of an name change from Fritz to Quest <ref>[http://www.chessbase.de/events/events.asp?pid=114 Niederländische Computerschach Meisterschaft 2001 Leiden - Erster Teil] by [[Eric van Reem]], [[ChessBase|ChessBase.de Events]] (German) (Fritz 7)</ref> <ref>[http://www.chessbase.de/events/events.asp?pid=116 Niederländische Computerschach Meisterschaft 2001 Leiden - Zweiter Teil] by [[Eric van Reem]], [[ChessBase|ChessBase.de Events]] (German) (Quest)</ref> .
=Null Move=
Frans Morsch, as well as other Dutch computer chess programmers like [[Bart Weststrate]] and [[Dap Hartmann]] <ref>[[Chrilly Donninger]] ('''1994'''). ''Die Kunst des Nichtstuns''. [[Computerschach und Spiele|CSS]] 2/94, [http://www.mustrum.de/chrilly/nullmove.pdf pdf] (German)</ref> , did early experiments with [[Recursion|recursive]] [[Null Move Pruning|null move pruning]] in the late 80s, likely after it was discussed at the panel workshop during the [[WCCC 1986]] after [[Don Beal|Don Beal's]] talk covering null move <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=288321&t=28775 Re: SOMA] by [[Ed Schroder]], [[CCC]], August 26, 2009</ref> . Frans Morsch told [[Chrilly Donninger]] about recursive null move, who popularized it by his ''Null Move and Deep Search'' paper in the [[ICGA Journal|ICCA Journal]] 1993 <ref>[[Chrilly Donninger]]. ('''1993'''). ''Null Move and Deep Search: Selective-Search Heuristics for Obtuse Chess Programs.'' [[ICGA Journal|ICCA Journal]], [http://people.csail.mit.edu/heinz/iccaj_db/node4.html Vol. 16, No. 3], pp. 137-143</ref> .
=Selected Games=
[[DOCCC 1988]], round 03, [[Quest]] - [[Rebel]] <ref>[http://www.csvn.nl/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=37&Itemid=26&lang=en&limitstart=20 Downloads | Open Dutch Computer Chess Championships | Games]</ref>
<pre>
[Event "DOCCC 1988"]
[Site "Leiden NED"]
[Date "1988.10.??"]
[Round "03"]
[White "Quest"]
[Black "Rebel"]
[Result "1-0"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 d5 3.Nf3 Nbd7 4.h3 c5 5.e3 Qb6 6.b3 Nh5 7.Bh2 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nhf6
9.Bb5 a6 10.Bxd7+ Bxd7 11.O-O e6 12.c4 dxc4 13.bxc4 Rc8 14.Nd2 Bb4 15.a3 Bxd2
16.Qxd2 Rxc4 17.Rfb1 Qa7 18.Be5 b5 19.a4 Ne4 20.Qb2 f6 21.axb5 fxe5 22.Nf3 O-O
23.bxa6 Ra4 24.Rxa4 Bxa4 25.Qxe5 Nc5 26.Ng5 Bd7 27.Qd4 Ra8 28.Rc1 Rc8 29.Ne4 e5
30.Qd5+ Ne6 31.Rb1 Rc7 32.Rb7 Qa8 33.Ng5 Qc8 34.Rxc7 Qxc7 35.Nxe6 Bxe6 36.Qxe6+
Kf8 37.Kf1 h6 38.Ke2 h5 39.Kf3 h4 40.Kg4 Qd8 41.Kf5 Qb8 42.Qxe5 Qb1+ 43.Kg5 Qb6
44.Qf4+ Kg8 45.Qc4+ Kh8 46.Kxh4 Qd8+ 47.Kg4 Qd7+ 48.Kf3 Qd1+ 49.Ke4 Qd7 50.Kf4
Qd6+ 51.Kf5 Kh7 52.Qe6 Qf8+ 53.Kg5 Qd8+ 54.Kg4 Qa8 55.e4 Kh8 56.f4 Qd8 57.a7
Qa8 58.Qb6 Kh7 59.Kf3 Kg8 60.Qb8+ 1-0
</pre>
Game and short analyze on Lichess.org : [https://fr.lichess.org/8KCoX1lG]
=See also=
* [[Chessica]]
* [[CXG Sphinx]]
* [[Fritz]]
* [[GK 2100]]
* [[Nona]]
* [[Saitek Brute Force]]
=Forum Posts=
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/msg/f0866cfd16eb7563 Re: Fritz vs Mchess pro] by [[Chris Whittington]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], May 21, 1996
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/f14614c6bdebff95 Killer Books] by [[Andreas Mader]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], October 29, 1996, [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/msg/12ce323b1ff65580 post 8] by [[Tord Romstad|Tord Kallqvist Romstad]], November 05, 1996
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=183537 Quest] by [[Jouni Uski]], [[CCC]], August 14, 2001
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=236740 Quest??? Identical to Fritz?] by Robert Henry Durrett, [[CCC]], June 21, 2002
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=239979 Fritz or Quest ?] by Anatoli, [[CCC]], July 12, 2002
=External Links=
==Chess Engine==
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=27 Fritz' ICGA Tournaments] (includes Quest)
==Misc==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quest_%28disambiguation%29 Quest (disambiguation) from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quest Quest from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quest_%28band%29 Quest] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softly,_as_in_a_Morning_Sunrise Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise], Quest 1981, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video
: [[Videos#DaveLiebman|Dave Liebman]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richie_Beirach Richie Beirach], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Mraz George Mraz], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Foster Al Foster]
: {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VASkTrskwmI|alignment=left|valignment=top}}
=References=
<references />
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