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[[FILE:tbase-2.jpg|border|right|thumb|320px|link=http://www.ismenio.com/tasc/tbase-2.gif| TascBase GUI <ref>Chess program Screenshot from [http://www.ismenio.com/tasc/tascbase.html TascBase 2.0 Chess database program] (archived version by [[Ismenio Sousa]])</ref> ]]
'''TascBase''',<br/>
a chess database program by [[TASC]], developed since 1993 by former [[NICBase]] developers [[Hans Kuijf|Hans]] and [[Nico Kuijf]], the [[GUI]] by [[Marc Derksen]] was based on the [[ChessMachine]] GUI. TascBase requires a [[x86|80386]] [[IBM PC|PC]] with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_Graphics_Array VGA-display] and at least 4 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mebibyte Mebibyte] of [[Memory|memory]], running as 32-bit program either under [[MS-DOS]] using the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOS_extender DOS extender] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOS/4G DOS/4G], or [[Windows]]. TascBase '''1.0''' was released in October 1994, soon followed by version '''1.1''', incorporating [[The King]] engine by [[Johan de Koning]] as analysis tool. TascBase '''2.0''', released in 1996, features [[Ken Thompson|Ken Thompson's]] 5-men [[Thompson's Databases|endgame databases]], followed by TascBase '''2.1''' in 1997. TascBase was compliant with the [[TASC SmartBoard]], and was also shipped under the name ''PerfectBase'' without EGTBs <ref>[http://scleinzell.schachvereine.de/p_datenbanken/perfectbase.shtml PerfectBase 98] by [[Peter Schreiner]] (German), [http://scleinzell.schachvereine.de/home/news.shtml Schachclub Leinzell]</ref>.
=Database=
The native multi-indexed database structure always connects two consecutive key positions by one chess move. TascBase will find piece and pawn formations, material distribution, or specific combinations. Query results could either represented in a list view of all games in the current key - or as key structure as tree of variations. TascBase supports various formats for import and export, beside its native TascBase format, [[ChessBase (Database)|ChessBase]] ([[ChessBase (Database)#CBF|CBF]]), [[NICBase]], and [[Portable Game Notation|PGN]] and customizable text formats <ref>[[Marc Derksen]] ('''1996'''). ''TascBase 2.0''. [[Computer Chess Reports]], Vol. 5, Nos. 3+4</ref>.
=Tree View=
[[FILE:tbase-3.gif|none|border|text-bottom|link=http://www.ismenio.com/tasc/tbase-3.gif]]
[[Opening Book|Opening book]], tree view <ref>Database tree view Screenshot from [http://www.ismenio.com/tasc/tascbase.html TascBase 2.0 Chess database program] (archived version by [[Ismenio Sousa]])</ref>
=See also=
* [[Chess Assistant]]
* [[ChessBase (Database)]]
* [[ECO]]
* [[NICBase]]
=Publications=
* [[Marc Derksen]] ('''1996'''). ''TascBase 2.0''. [[Computer Chess Reports]], Vol. 5, Nos. 3+4
* [[Wil Sparreboom]], [[Hans Kuijf]], [[Ken Thompson]] et al. ('''1996'''). ''[http://www.worldcat.org/title/tascbase/oclc/71522348&referer=brief_results TascBase]''. [[TASC|Rotterdam : Tasc B.V.]]
=Forum Posts=
==1994 ...==
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess/1FAmoUqt2hY/GUDiYqcJ-QkJ what is TASCBASE?] by U31..., [[Computer Chess Forums|rgc]], May 18, 1994
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess/4KoE17Tx46Q/Qksu1ZJrRRkJ TASCBASE] by Richard Reich, [[Computer Chess Forums|rgc]], June 25, 1995
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/SqpdfBSAyJE/WxXzKWSQ4WwJ TASC FIDECHESS Encyclopedia and TASC PerfectBase?] by Richard Reich, [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], December 06, 1995
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/v2lQxs8Wiio/1OX9bvgl3EsJ TascBase 1.0 & 2.0 data formats] by [[Steve Lopez]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], December 20, 1996
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/dU3no0qV6n8/fV2p0_vKhqkJ Chessbase 6.0 vs Tascbase 2.0] by John Clarke, [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], January 05, 1997
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/5DVUJwvSUUE/3zKo2Wt9lkUJ Tascbase 2.0 - worth it?] by [[Mig Greengard]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], January 11, 1997
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/1oAV0RUu8bI/nzUwsc-IassJ TASC Perfect Base Question] by Len, [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], January 25, 1997
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/ZeJDRSbQurA/_FetyNlCqtoJ TascBase 2.1 - a presentation] by [[Mats Winther]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], January 29, 1997
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/3JR-Pb0BOV0/ZG43igrYQWkJ TascBase 2] by Gerald Creed, [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], March 01, 1997
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/c92BS6_d5Yw/h4sgYzNQAY0J Q: Converting chessbase games to TASCBASE 2.0] by Enrico, [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], May 18, 1997
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/UqiAeztwFg0/n86HRT35yGMJ Tascbase copyprotection] by Oddi Hestnes, [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], November 05, 1997
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/53_EmdJZ0JY/QyIFFjES_8MJ TascBase lesson: copy-trees] by [[Mats Winther]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], December 10, 1997
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/yhfFAvASvgM/2-we4e1U8pkJ TascBase lesson: analysing] by [[Mats Winther]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], December 11, 1997
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=19601 What are the best benefits given by ChessBase or TascBase?] by Eran, [[CCC]], May 31, 1998
==2000 ...==
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/dyDZbv9ySD0/IR4jd52ENqgJ TascBase] by [[Mats Winther]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], November 24, 2006
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/X-DmI-mg3DY/-cs3FGErfmsJ TascBase in DOSBox] by [[Mats Winther]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], July 25, 2007
==2010 ...==
* [http://www.foro.meca-web.es/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=72&start=50#p9302 Re: La Máquina Preservadora. Programas de Ajedrez] by Luis a, [[Computer Chess Forums|Meca Foro]], May 12, 2016 (Spanish)
=External Links=
* [http://www.ismenio.com/tasc/tascbase.html TascBase 2.0 Chess database program] (archived version by [[Ismenio Sousa]])
* [http://mlwi.magix.net/bg/tasc21.htm TascBase 2.1, chess database for DOS/Windows] by [[Mats Winther]]
* [http://scleinzell.schachvereine.de/p_datenbanken/perfectbase.shtml PerfectBase 98] by [[Peter Schreiner]] (German), [http://scleinzell.schachvereine.de/home/news.shtml Schachclub Leinzell]
* [https://www.schachversand.de/e/detail/software/113.html TascBase 2.0 Diskettenversion - Database] from [[Schachversand Niggemann]]
=References=
<references />
'''[[Databases|Up one Level]]'''
[[FILE:tbase-2.jpg|border|right|thumb|320px|link=http://www.ismenio.com/tasc/tbase-2.gif| TascBase GUI <ref>Chess program Screenshot from [http://www.ismenio.com/tasc/tascbase.html TascBase 2.0 Chess database program] (archived version by [[Ismenio Sousa]])</ref> ]]
'''TascBase''',<br/>
a chess database program by [[TASC]], developed since 1993 by former [[NICBase]] developers [[Hans Kuijf|Hans]] and [[Nico Kuijf]], the [[GUI]] by [[Marc Derksen]] was based on the [[ChessMachine]] GUI. TascBase requires a [[x86|80386]] [[IBM PC|PC]] with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_Graphics_Array VGA-display] and at least 4 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mebibyte Mebibyte] of [[Memory|memory]], running as 32-bit program either under [[MS-DOS]] using the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOS_extender DOS extender] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOS/4G DOS/4G], or [[Windows]]. TascBase '''1.0''' was released in October 1994, soon followed by version '''1.1''', incorporating [[The King]] engine by [[Johan de Koning]] as analysis tool. TascBase '''2.0''', released in 1996, features [[Ken Thompson|Ken Thompson's]] 5-men [[Thompson's Databases|endgame databases]], followed by TascBase '''2.1''' in 1997. TascBase was compliant with the [[TASC SmartBoard]], and was also shipped under the name ''PerfectBase'' without EGTBs <ref>[http://scleinzell.schachvereine.de/p_datenbanken/perfectbase.shtml PerfectBase 98] by [[Peter Schreiner]] (German), [http://scleinzell.schachvereine.de/home/news.shtml Schachclub Leinzell]</ref>.
=Database=
The native multi-indexed database structure always connects two consecutive key positions by one chess move. TascBase will find piece and pawn formations, material distribution, or specific combinations. Query results could either represented in a list view of all games in the current key - or as key structure as tree of variations. TascBase supports various formats for import and export, beside its native TascBase format, [[ChessBase (Database)|ChessBase]] ([[ChessBase (Database)#CBF|CBF]]), [[NICBase]], and [[Portable Game Notation|PGN]] and customizable text formats <ref>[[Marc Derksen]] ('''1996'''). ''TascBase 2.0''. [[Computer Chess Reports]], Vol. 5, Nos. 3+4</ref>.
=Tree View=
[[FILE:tbase-3.gif|none|border|text-bottom|link=http://www.ismenio.com/tasc/tbase-3.gif]]
[[Opening Book|Opening book]], tree view <ref>Database tree view Screenshot from [http://www.ismenio.com/tasc/tascbase.html TascBase 2.0 Chess database program] (archived version by [[Ismenio Sousa]])</ref>
=See also=
* [[Chess Assistant]]
* [[ChessBase (Database)]]
* [[ECO]]
* [[NICBase]]
=Publications=
* [[Marc Derksen]] ('''1996'''). ''TascBase 2.0''. [[Computer Chess Reports]], Vol. 5, Nos. 3+4
* [[Wil Sparreboom]], [[Hans Kuijf]], [[Ken Thompson]] et al. ('''1996'''). ''[http://www.worldcat.org/title/tascbase/oclc/71522348&referer=brief_results TascBase]''. [[TASC|Rotterdam : Tasc B.V.]]
=Forum Posts=
==1994 ...==
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess/1FAmoUqt2hY/GUDiYqcJ-QkJ what is TASCBASE?] by U31..., [[Computer Chess Forums|rgc]], May 18, 1994
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess/4KoE17Tx46Q/Qksu1ZJrRRkJ TASCBASE] by Richard Reich, [[Computer Chess Forums|rgc]], June 25, 1995
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/SqpdfBSAyJE/WxXzKWSQ4WwJ TASC FIDECHESS Encyclopedia and TASC PerfectBase?] by Richard Reich, [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], December 06, 1995
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/v2lQxs8Wiio/1OX9bvgl3EsJ TascBase 1.0 & 2.0 data formats] by [[Steve Lopez]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], December 20, 1996
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/dU3no0qV6n8/fV2p0_vKhqkJ Chessbase 6.0 vs Tascbase 2.0] by John Clarke, [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], January 05, 1997
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/5DVUJwvSUUE/3zKo2Wt9lkUJ Tascbase 2.0 - worth it?] by [[Mig Greengard]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], January 11, 1997
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/1oAV0RUu8bI/nzUwsc-IassJ TASC Perfect Base Question] by Len, [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], January 25, 1997
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/ZeJDRSbQurA/_FetyNlCqtoJ TascBase 2.1 - a presentation] by [[Mats Winther]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], January 29, 1997
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/3JR-Pb0BOV0/ZG43igrYQWkJ TascBase 2] by Gerald Creed, [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], March 01, 1997
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/c92BS6_d5Yw/h4sgYzNQAY0J Q: Converting chessbase games to TASCBASE 2.0] by Enrico, [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], May 18, 1997
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/UqiAeztwFg0/n86HRT35yGMJ Tascbase copyprotection] by Oddi Hestnes, [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], November 05, 1997
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/53_EmdJZ0JY/QyIFFjES_8MJ TascBase lesson: copy-trees] by [[Mats Winther]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], December 10, 1997
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/yhfFAvASvgM/2-we4e1U8pkJ TascBase lesson: analysing] by [[Mats Winther]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], December 11, 1997
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=19601 What are the best benefits given by ChessBase or TascBase?] by Eran, [[CCC]], May 31, 1998
==2000 ...==
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/dyDZbv9ySD0/IR4jd52ENqgJ TascBase] by [[Mats Winther]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], November 24, 2006
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/X-DmI-mg3DY/-cs3FGErfmsJ TascBase in DOSBox] by [[Mats Winther]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], July 25, 2007
==2010 ...==
* [http://www.foro.meca-web.es/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=72&start=50#p9302 Re: La Máquina Preservadora. Programas de Ajedrez] by Luis a, [[Computer Chess Forums|Meca Foro]], May 12, 2016 (Spanish)
=External Links=
* [http://www.ismenio.com/tasc/tascbase.html TascBase 2.0 Chess database program] (archived version by [[Ismenio Sousa]])
* [http://mlwi.magix.net/bg/tasc21.htm TascBase 2.1, chess database for DOS/Windows] by [[Mats Winther]]
* [http://scleinzell.schachvereine.de/p_datenbanken/perfectbase.shtml PerfectBase 98] by [[Peter Schreiner]] (German), [http://scleinzell.schachvereine.de/home/news.shtml Schachclub Leinzell]
* [https://www.schachversand.de/e/detail/software/113.html TascBase 2.0 Diskettenversion - Database] from [[Schachversand Niggemann]]
=References=
<references />
'''[[Databases|Up one Level]]'''
