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'''Vice''', (Video Instructional Chess Engine)<br/>
a didactic [[:Category:Open Source|open source chess engine]] by [[Richard Allbert|BlueFeverSoft]], written in [[C]], and introduced in a series of 87 + 8 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] videos from May 2013 until January 2014 <ref> [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGAfaepBco4&feature=share&list=PLZ1QII7yudbc-Ky058TEaOstZHVbT-2hg Programming A Chess Engine in C], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Videos by [[Richard Allbert|BlueFeverSoft]]</ref>.
Vice [[Board Representation|represents the board]] with a [[10x12 Board|120 square array]] and additionally has some [[Bitboards|bitboards]] for [[Pawn|pawn]] stuff. It applies an [[Alpha-Beta|alpha-beta]] search with [[Transposition Table|transposition table]], [[Null Move Pruning|null move pruning]] and [[Quiescence Search|quiescence]] inside an [[Iterative Deepening|iterative deepening framework]]. It is compatible with the [[UCI]] and the [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol]], and since version 1.1, supports the [[PolyGlot]] [[Opening Book|opening book]] format <ref>[http://bluefever.net/Downloads/ViceReadMe.html Vice ReadMe File and Download]</ref>.
* [[:Category:Demonology|Demonology]]
=Forum Posts=
* [http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2383 Vice 1.0] by [[Richard Allbert|BlueFeverSoft]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], July 30, 2013
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=49043 Vice 1.0] by [[Adam Hair]], [[CCC]], August 22, 2013
* [http://www.computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/404/cgi/engine_details.cgi?print=Details&each_game=1&eng=Vice%201.0%2064-bit Vice 1.0 64-bit] in [[CCRL|CCRL 40/4]]
==Videos==
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGAfaepBco4&feature=share&list=PLZ1QII7yudbc-Ky058TEaOstZHVbT-2hg Programming A Chess Engine in C], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Videos by [[Richard Allbert|BlueFeverSoft]]
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGAfaepBco4 Resources and Community]
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuJL4qhpp-8 Board Representation] » [[Board Representation]]
