Francesca

a computer chess program by Tom King written in C, which uses many state of the art chess-programming techniques. Francesca played five World Microcomputer Chess Championships from 1995 until 2000, including the WCCC 1999 with 4 out of 7, and wins against former champion MChess and draws against the massive parallel programs Zugwang and CilkChess. In 2000 Francesca was released as Chess Engine Communication Protocol compatible chess engine and was further improved as Francesca MAD (Manic, Aggressive, Dynamic). || toc =Descriptions= Descriptions given from the ICGA tournament site.
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 * [|Piero della Francesca] ~1460 ||~  ||^   ||

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=History of Francesca= From Tom King's personal website :

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=Selected Games= WCCC 1999, round 3, Francesca - MChess code [Event "WCCC 1999"] [Site "Paderborn, Germany"] [Date "1999.06.15"] [Round "3"] [White "Francesca"] [Black "MChess"] [Result "1-0"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 Qc7 8.Qxg7 Rg8 9.Qxh7 cxd4 10.Ne2 Nbc6 11.f4 Bd7 12.Qd3 dxc3 13.Be3 d4 14.Nxd4 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Bc6 16.Qxc3 Nd5 17.Qd2 Rg4 18.Be2 Rxg2 19.Rg1 Rxg1+ 20.Bxg1 O-O-O 21.Rd1 Rg8 22.Bf2 Ba4 23.Rb1 Rd8 24.c4 Ne7 25.Qc3 Nd5 26.Qf3 Ne7 27.Rb4 Bc6 28.Qe3 b6 29.Qb3 Qd7 30.Qc2 Nf5 31.c5 b5 32.Qd1 Qe8 33.Qc2 Qd7 34.Qa2 Bb7 35.Qc2 Qc6 36.Bf1 Qf3 37.c6 Ne3 38.cxb7+ Kb8 39.Bxe3 Qxe3+ 40.Qe2 Qc1+ 41.Kf2 Rd2 42.h3 Rxe2+ 43.Bxe2 a6 44.Bf3 Qxa3 45.Re4 Qc5+ 46.Kg3 b4 47.Re1 a5 48.Rd1 Qc7 49.h4 Ka7 50.h5 a4 51.h6 f6 52.Rd4 Qe7 53.Rc4 fxe5 54.Rc8 Qxb7 55.Bxb7 1-0 code

=See also=
 * Given Name

=Forum Posts=
 * [|Francesca 0.78 by Tom King is available !] by Frank Quisinsky, CCC, March 09, 2000
 * [|Francesca MAD v0.11 Released] by Tom King, CCC, March 06, 2006
 * [|Francesca M.A.D v0.15 released] by Tom King, CCC, November 28, 2010
 * [|Francesca M.A.D 0.19 released] by Tom King, CCC, October 23, 2011

=External Links=

Chess Engine

 * [|Computer chess - my program, Francesca]
 * [|Francesca's ICGA Tournaments]

Misc

 * [|Francesca from Wikipedia] ([|Given name])
 * [|Francisca from Wikipedia] ([|Throwing axe])

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