TascBase

a chess database program by TASC, developed since 1993 by former NICBase developers Hans and Nico Kuijf, the GUI by Marc Derksen was based on the ChessMachine GUI. TascBase requires a 80386 PC with [|VGA-display] and at least 4 [|Mebibyte] of memory, running as 32-bit program either under MS-DOS using the [|DOS extender] [|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's 5-men 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. || toc =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 (CBF), NICBase, and PGN and customizable text formats.
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 * [[image:tbase-2.gif width="320" link="http://www.ismenio.com/tasc/tbase-2.gif"]] ||~ || **TascBase**,
 * TascBase GUI ||~ ||^ ||

=Tree View=
 * [[image:tbase-3.gif link="http://www.ismenio.com/tasc/tbase-3.gif"]] ||
 * Database tree view ||

=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**). //[|TascBase]//. Rotterdam : Tasc B.V.

=Forum Posts=

1994 ...

 * [|what is TASCBASE?] by U31..., rgc, May 18, 1994
 * [|TASCBASE] by Richard Reich, rgc, June 25, 1995
 * [|TASC FIDECHESS Encyclopedia and TASC PerfectBase?] by Richard Reich, rgcc, December 06, 1995
 * [|TascBase 1.0 & 2.0 data formats] by Steve Lopez, rgcc, December 20, 1996
 * [|Chessbase 6.0 vs Tascbase 2.0] by John Clarke, rgcc, January 05, 1997
 * [|Tascbase 2.0 - worth it?] by Mig Greengard, rgcc, January 11, 1997
 * [|TASC Perfect Base Question] by Len, rgcc, January 25, 1997
 * [|TascBase 2.1 - a presentation] by Mats Winther, rgcc, January 29, 1997
 * [|TascBase 2] by Gerald Creed, rgcc, March 01, 1997
 * [|Q: Converting chessbase games to TASCBASE 2.0] by Enrico, rgcc, May 18, 1997
 * [|Tascbase copyprotection] by Oddi Hestnes, rgcc, November 05, 1997
 * [|TascBase lesson: copy-trees] by Mats Winther, rgcc, December 10, 1997
 * [|TascBase lesson: analysing] by Mats Winther, rgcc, December 11, 1997
 * [|What are the best benefits given by ChessBase or TascBase?] by Eran, CCC, May 31, 1998

2000 ...

 * [|TascBase] by Mats Winther, rgcc, November 24, 2006
 * [|TascBase in DOSBox] by Mats Winther, rgcc, July 25, 2007

2010 ...

 * [|Re: La Máquina Preservadora. Programas de Ajedrez] by Luis a, Meca Foro, May 12, 2016 (Spanish)

=External Links= =References= =What links here?= include page="TascBase" component="backlinks" limit="60"
 * [|TascBase 2.0 Chess database program] (archived version by Ismenio Sousa)
 * [|TascBase 2.1, chess database for DOS/Windows] by Mats Winther
 * [|PerfectBase 98] by Peter Schreiner (German), [|Schachclub Leinzell]
 * [|TascBase 2.0 Diskettenversion - Database] from Schachversand Niggemann
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