Centaur

a chess program by primary author Victor Vikhrev and Alexey Manjakhin. Centaur won the First Soviet Computer-Chess Championship 1988 in [|Ulan-Ude], and further competed at the First International Chess-Computer Tournament in the USSR 1989 in [|Moscow], at three World Computer Chess Championships, the WCCC 1989 in [|Edmonton], the WCCC 1992 in [|Madrid], and the WCCC 1999 in [|Paderborn], four World Microcomputer Chess Championships, two Uniform-Platform Computer Chess Championships, and three Aegon Man-Machine Tournaments.
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 * [[image:bottpallas.jpeg link="http://fas-history.rutgers.edu/skelly/Ren_images.html"]] ||~  || **Centaur** (Russian: Кентавр),

Centaur, along with some code units incorporated from Mirage by Vladimir Rybinkin and Yuri Shpeer, further evolved to the Dragon analysis engine of Convekta's Chess Assistant database, not to confused with the original Dragon engine by Yuri Shpeer. || and [|Centaur], 1482 ||~  ||^   || toc =Screenshot=
 * Sandro Botticelli, [|Pallas]
 * [[image:centauer.gif width="600" link="http://www.septober.de/chess/index.htm"]] ||
 * Centaur Screen ||

=Photos & Games= code [Event "WCCC 1999"] [Site "Paderborn, Germany"] [Date "1999.06.19"] [Round "7"] [White "Centaur"] [Black "Mini"] [Result "0-1"]
 * [[image:CentauerVsMini1999.jpg width="600" height="450"]] ||
 * WCCC 1999: Centaur vs. Mini, Victor Vikhrev and Harald Prokop ||

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Re1 Bg4 9.c4 Nf6 10.cxd5 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Qxd5 12.Qxd5 Nxd5 13.Nc3 Ndb4 14.Be4 Nxd4 15.Bf4 Ne6 16.a3 Nd3 17.Bxd3 Nxf4 18.Bf5 Kf8 19.Rad1 g6 20.Be4 Ne621.Bd5 Nd8 22.Re2 c6 23.Bc4 b5 24.Bb3 f5 25.Rd7 Bf6 26.a4 a6 27.h3 Rb8 28.Red2 Bg5 29.f4 Bf6 30.axb5 axb5 31.Kh2 Ke8 32.Rc7 h5 33.Rd6 Rf8 34.Nd1 Rb6 35.g3 Rb8 36.Rh7 c5 37.Bd5 c4 38.Rh6 Ke7 39.Ra6 Rc8 40.Rxg6 h4 41.gxh4 Rc5 42.Ra7+ Kd6 43.Bg2 Ne6 44.Kg3 b4 45.Ne3 c3 46.Ra6+ Kd7 47.Bd5 Nc7 48.Rgxf6 Rxf6 49.Rxf6 Nxd5 50.bxc3 Nxf6 51.cxb4 Rc3 52.Kf2 Ke6 53.b5 Rb3 54.Nc4 Nh5 55.Nd2 Rxb5 56.Nf3 Rb2+ 57.Ke3 Rb3+ 58.Kf2 Kd5 59.Ng5 Nxf4 60.Nf3 Nxh3+ 61.Ke2 f4 62.Nd2 Re3+ 63.Kd1 Nf2+ 64.Kc1 Ne4 65.h5 Re1+ 66.Kb2 Re2 67.Kb3 Nxd2+ 68.Kb2 Kc4 69.h6 Nb3+ 70.Ka3 Nc1 71.Ka4 0-1 code =Descriptions=

1989
based on the WCCC 1989 booklet :

1991
from Don Beal's WMCCC 1991 report :

1993
from Don Beal's UPCCC 1993 report :

1999
from the ICGA-site :

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=See also=
 * Cheiron
 * Chiron
 * Mythology

=Publications=
 * Victor Vikhrev (**1996**) //The Choice of a Research Direction//. ICCA Journal, Vol. 19, No. 2

=Forum Posts=
 * [|QMW computer chess] by Don Beal, rec.games.chess, August 19, 1993 » UPCCC 1993
 * [|Re: La Máquina Preservadora. Programas de Ajedrez] by Tibono, Meca Foro, October 09, 2015 (Spanish)
 * [|Centaur] by Fernando, Hiarcs Forum, March 16, 2017

=External Links= > [|Centaur], translated by [|Google Translate]
 * [|Centaur's ICGA Tournaments]
 * [|Кентавр] (Russian)
 * [|Download Chess Programs] hosted by Ed Schröder
 * [|Advanced Chess from Wikipedia] (Centaur chess)
 * [|Centaur (disambiguation) from Wikipedia]
 * [|Centaur from Wikipedia] ([|Greek mythology])

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