Thinker

a chess engine from the //Chess Thinker// collection of programs that include a Windows UI (Thinkerboard), a [|Pocket PC] [|ICS client] (Pocket PC Thinkerboard) and a Book engine (BookThinker). Thinker was initially developed by Lance Perkins as private engine with an own GUI, who submitted the Chess Engine Communication Protocol compliant Thinker to Leo Dijksman's tournament. Since 2004, Thinker regularly participates at CCT Tournaments, since 2008 at ACCA Americas' Computer Chess Championship.
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In 2009, the development of Thinker 5.x was assumed by Kerwin Medina, while Lance Perkins was/is still involved in development of the //Chess Thinker// collection, to port Thinker for [|Pocket PC] and the [|Nintendo DS]. In 2010, already under the aegis and lonesome authorship of Kerwin Medina, Thinker played the WCSC 2010 and at the same time the WCCC 2010, where it became third, and was declared joint champion along with Rondo after the disqualification of Rybka by the ICGA in June 2011. Further, Thinker won the ACCA 2010 and the ACCA 2011.

Thinker utilize bitboards and is written in C++. Its class design disallows to output any infos while thinking during game play. || toc =Complaints= ICGA President David Levy, May 09, 2014 ...
 * [|Thinker's] [|Mind–body problem]  ||~ ||^ ||

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=See also=
 * Rodin
 * Thought

=Forum Posts=
 * [|ThinkerTalk at ICC and FICS] by Lance Perkins, CCC, March 01, 2008
 * [|Pocket PC Thinkerboard update] by Lance Perkins, CCC, April 04, 2008
 * [|Thinker-ing mobile and parallel] by Lance Perkins, CCC, August 08, 2008
 * [|A different 'Talk' this time] by Lance Perkins, CCC, September 02, 2008
 * [|Thinker output] by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, March 22, 2009
 * [|Thinker is blowing my mind] by Dann Corbit, CCC, March 25, 2011
 * [|Complaints against the Chess programs LOOP and THINKER] by Harvey Williamson, Hiarcs Forum, May 12, 2014
 * [|Complaints against the Chess programs LOOP and THINKER] by Harvey Williamson, CCC, May 14, 2014

=External Links=

Chess Engine

 * [|Thinker's ICGA Tournaments]
 * [|Chess Thinker - Home] (archived [|GeoCities] site)
 * [|Public - Windows Live - Chess Thinker]
 * [|Arena Chess GUI 3.0 - Archive 8 - Message 118 - Interview with the programmer of Thinker, Lance Perkins (Canada)] by Frank Quisinsky, April 27, 2005
 * [|Champions] of WBEC Ridderkerk
 * [|Allegations against two more Chess Engines – The LOOP Program] by David Levy, ICGA President, May 22, 2012 » Loop
 * [|Complaints against the Chess programs LOOP and THINKER] by David Levy, ICGA President, May 9, 2014

Misc

 * [|The Thinker from Wikipedia]
 * [|The Gates of Hell from Wikipedia]
 * [|Category:Le Penseur - Wikimedia Commons]

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