25,161
edits
Changes
Created page with "'''Home * People * Tom King''' FILE:TomKing.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=https://uk.linkedin.com/in/kingtom| Tom King <ref>[https://uk.linkedin.com/in/kin..."
'''[[Main Page|Home]] * [[People]] * Tom King'''
[[FILE:TomKing.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=https://uk.linkedin.com/in/kingtom| Tom King <ref>[https://uk.linkedin.com/in/kingtom Tom King - LinkedIn]</ref> ]]
'''Tom King''',<br/>
a British computer scientist in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_security_management information security management] <ref>[https://uk.linkedin.com/in/kingtom Tom King - LinkedIn]</ref>, and computer games programmer <ref>[http://www.silentshark.co.uk/ Silentshark - Tom King's personal website]</ref>.
Tom is author of the [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol]] compatible <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=101076 Francesca 0.78 by Tom King is available !] by [[Frank Quisinsky]], [[CCC]], March 09, 2000</ref> chess engine [[Francesca]] <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=32 Francesca's ICGA Tournaments]</ref>.
=Publications=
* [[Tom King]] ('''2000'''). ''Shredder wins the 17th World Microcomputer Chess Championship''. [[ICGA Journal#23_3|ICGA Journal, Vol. 23, No. 3]] » [[Shredder]], [[WMCCC 2000]]
=Forum Posts=
==1997 ...==
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/JJTEBafyuYM/hRTys0ZxcUIJ Null move depth reductions] by [[Tom King]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], February 02, 1997 » [[Depth Reduction R|R]], [[Null Move Pruning]]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/597f1170cfdbe640# 32bits - enough for hashing board?] by [[Tom King]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], January 13, 1998 » [[Zobrist Hashing]]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/0e56bda426a70a22# Null move around (beta-1, beta)] by [[Tom King]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], March 05, 1999 » [[Null Move Pruning]]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/462b49226d1f1dfe# Asymetric king safety] by [[Tom King]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], March 13, 1999 » [[Asymmetric Evaluation]], [[King Safety]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=63511 SEE for forward pruning in Q. Search] by [[Tom King]], [[CCC]], August 04, 1999 » [[Static Exchange Evaluation|SEE]], [[Quiescence Search]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=64357 SEE for forward pruning in the Q. search - I'm confused!] by [[Tom King]], [[CCC]], August 11, 1999
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=81949 Test suites - can they reliably predict ELO?] by [[Tom King]], [[CCC]], December 11, 1999 » [[Test-Positions]]
==2000 ...==
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=126878 Fail highs..which subsequently fail low] by [[Tom King]], [[CCC]], August 27, 2000 » [[Fail-High]], [[Fail-Low]], [[Search Instability]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=168497 Move ordering at root of search] by [[Tom King]], [[CCC]], May 07, 2001 » [[Move Ordering]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=183089 Null move R=2 vs Null move R=2/3] by [[Tom King]], [[CCC]], August 09, 2001 » [[Depth Reduction R|R]], [[Null Move Pruning]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=275347 Value of playing different versions of a program against each other] by [[Tom King]], [[CCC]], January 06, 2003 » [[Engine Testing]]
==2005 ...==
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=4435&p=23839 history pruning/ late move pruning] by [[Tom King]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], March 02, 2006 » [[Late Move Reductions]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=491623 Francesca MAD v0.11 Released] by [[Tom King]], [[CCC]], March 06, 2006
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=4480&p=23303 Verified null-move pruning] by [[Tom King]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], March 09, 2006 » [[Null Move Pruning#ZugzwangVerification|Verified Null-Move Pruning]]
==2010 ...==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=34909 static null move pruning in stockfish] by [[Tom King]], [[CCC]], June 13, 2010 » [[Null Move Pruning]], [[Stockfish]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=35955 move count based pruning] by [[Tom King]], [[CCC]], September 02, 2010 » [[Late Move Reductions]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=36104 Most important eval elements] by [[Tom King]], [[CCC]], September 17, 2010 » [[Evaluation]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=37514 Using SEE to prune in main search] by [[Tom King]], [[CCC]], January 08, 2011 » [[Static Exchange Evaluation|SEE]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=39102 value of king tropism in eval function] by [[Tom King]], [[CCC]], May 17, 2011 » [[King Safety]]
==2015 ...==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=69426 After an 8 year break..] by [[Tom King]], [[CCC]], December 30, 2018
=External Links=
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/person.php?id=50 Tom King's ICGA Tournaments]
* [http://www.silentshark.co.uk/ Silentshark - Tom King's personal website]
* [https://uk.linkedin.com/in/kingtom Tom King - LinkedIn]
=References=
<references />
'''[[People|Up one level]]'''
[[Category:Chess Programmer|King]]
[[FILE:TomKing.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=https://uk.linkedin.com/in/kingtom| Tom King <ref>[https://uk.linkedin.com/in/kingtom Tom King - LinkedIn]</ref> ]]
'''Tom King''',<br/>
a British computer scientist in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_security_management information security management] <ref>[https://uk.linkedin.com/in/kingtom Tom King - LinkedIn]</ref>, and computer games programmer <ref>[http://www.silentshark.co.uk/ Silentshark - Tom King's personal website]</ref>.
Tom is author of the [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol]] compatible <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=101076 Francesca 0.78 by Tom King is available !] by [[Frank Quisinsky]], [[CCC]], March 09, 2000</ref> chess engine [[Francesca]] <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=32 Francesca's ICGA Tournaments]</ref>.
=Publications=
* [[Tom King]] ('''2000'''). ''Shredder wins the 17th World Microcomputer Chess Championship''. [[ICGA Journal#23_3|ICGA Journal, Vol. 23, No. 3]] » [[Shredder]], [[WMCCC 2000]]
=Forum Posts=
==1997 ...==
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/JJTEBafyuYM/hRTys0ZxcUIJ Null move depth reductions] by [[Tom King]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], February 02, 1997 » [[Depth Reduction R|R]], [[Null Move Pruning]]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/597f1170cfdbe640# 32bits - enough for hashing board?] by [[Tom King]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], January 13, 1998 » [[Zobrist Hashing]]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/0e56bda426a70a22# Null move around (beta-1, beta)] by [[Tom King]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], March 05, 1999 » [[Null Move Pruning]]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/462b49226d1f1dfe# Asymetric king safety] by [[Tom King]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], March 13, 1999 » [[Asymmetric Evaluation]], [[King Safety]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=63511 SEE for forward pruning in Q. Search] by [[Tom King]], [[CCC]], August 04, 1999 » [[Static Exchange Evaluation|SEE]], [[Quiescence Search]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=64357 SEE for forward pruning in the Q. search - I'm confused!] by [[Tom King]], [[CCC]], August 11, 1999
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=81949 Test suites - can they reliably predict ELO?] by [[Tom King]], [[CCC]], December 11, 1999 » [[Test-Positions]]
==2000 ...==
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=126878 Fail highs..which subsequently fail low] by [[Tom King]], [[CCC]], August 27, 2000 » [[Fail-High]], [[Fail-Low]], [[Search Instability]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=168497 Move ordering at root of search] by [[Tom King]], [[CCC]], May 07, 2001 » [[Move Ordering]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=183089 Null move R=2 vs Null move R=2/3] by [[Tom King]], [[CCC]], August 09, 2001 » [[Depth Reduction R|R]], [[Null Move Pruning]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=275347 Value of playing different versions of a program against each other] by [[Tom King]], [[CCC]], January 06, 2003 » [[Engine Testing]]
==2005 ...==
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=4435&p=23839 history pruning/ late move pruning] by [[Tom King]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], March 02, 2006 » [[Late Move Reductions]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=491623 Francesca MAD v0.11 Released] by [[Tom King]], [[CCC]], March 06, 2006
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=4480&p=23303 Verified null-move pruning] by [[Tom King]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], March 09, 2006 » [[Null Move Pruning#ZugzwangVerification|Verified Null-Move Pruning]]
==2010 ...==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=34909 static null move pruning in stockfish] by [[Tom King]], [[CCC]], June 13, 2010 » [[Null Move Pruning]], [[Stockfish]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=35955 move count based pruning] by [[Tom King]], [[CCC]], September 02, 2010 » [[Late Move Reductions]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=36104 Most important eval elements] by [[Tom King]], [[CCC]], September 17, 2010 » [[Evaluation]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=37514 Using SEE to prune in main search] by [[Tom King]], [[CCC]], January 08, 2011 » [[Static Exchange Evaluation|SEE]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=39102 value of king tropism in eval function] by [[Tom King]], [[CCC]], May 17, 2011 » [[King Safety]]
==2015 ...==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=69426 After an 8 year break..] by [[Tom King]], [[CCC]], December 30, 2018
=External Links=
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/person.php?id=50 Tom King's ICGA Tournaments]
* [http://www.silentshark.co.uk/ Silentshark - Tom King's personal website]
* [https://uk.linkedin.com/in/kingtom Tom King - LinkedIn]
=References=
<references />
'''[[People|Up one level]]'''
[[Category:Chess Programmer|King]]
