Chispa, a Chess Engine Communication Protocol and UCI compatible chess engine by Federico Andrés Corigliano, written in C++. Its development started in mid 2002, first released in January 2003 [1] as pure WinBoard engine written in C, rewritten to C++ in 2004 [2]. Chispa uses the common negamax PVS alpha-beta with a two-level transposition table, null-move pruning with R = 2, static exchange evaluation, opening book, is able to probe Nalimov Tablebases, and was one of the first engines to play Chess960 [3]. Chispa is Arena partner engine.
Lichtenberg Figure [4] [5]

See also

• HeavyChess
• Spark

Forum Posts

2003

• New WB Engine: Chispa 1.0 (ARG) by Ed Seid, Winboard Forum, January 04, 2003
• I send to Ed the new Chispa 1.54 by Federico Corigliano, Winboard Forum, January 18, 2003
• Chispa 2.0 needs 2-3 betatesters by Federico Corigliano, Winboard Forum, March 03, 2003
• Chispa 2.1 is available by Federico Corigliano, Winboard Forum, March 09, 2003
• Chispa 3.0 beta 1 is available by Federico Corigliano, Winboard Forum, March 31, 2003
• Chispa 3.0 beta 5 is available by Federico Corigliano, Winboard Forum, April 18, 2003
• Chispa news by Federico Corigliano, Winboard Forum, August 18, 2003
• Post Chispa questions here by Federico Corigliano, Winboard Forum, September 06, 2003
• Chispa v3.93 released by Federico Corigliano, Winboard Forum, September 14, 2003
• Chispa v3.95 released by Federico Corigliano, Winboard Forum, September 26, 2003
• Chispa v3.98d released by Federico Corigliano, Winboard Forum, November 22, 2003
• Nifty little feature in Chispa by Geoff, CCC, December 13, 2003
  I use this in Chispa by Federico Corigliano, CCC, December 13, 2003

2004

• Today is Chispa's First Birthday by Federico Corigliano, Winboard Forum, January 04, 2004
• I really need your help testing Chispa by Federico Corigliano, Winboard Forum, January 10, 2004
• Chispa 4.0 Pre-Release 1 is ready by Federico Corigliano, Winboard Forum, September 25, 2004
• Chispa 4.0 released by Federico Corigliano, Winboard Forum, December 13, 2004

2005 ...

• Chispa impressions and problems by Peter Berger, Winboard Forum, January 02, 2005
• Chispa 4.0.3 for Linux static available by Federico Corigliano, Winboard Forum, February 12, 2005
• Question about obtaining Chispa by James I, CCC, March 04, 2013

External Links

Chess Engine

• Chispa Chess Engine
• Index of /fedecorigliano/ajedrez/chispa
• Arena Chess GUI 3.5 - Chispa
• Chispa from WBEC Ridderkerk
• Chispa 4.0.3 in CCRL 40/4
• Chispa 4.0.3 in CCRL 40/40
• Chispa 4.0.3 in KCEC

Misc

• chispa - Wiktionary
• Descarga electrostática - Wikipedia.es (Spanish)

References

1. ^ New WB Engine: Chispa 1.0 (ARG) by Ed Seid, Winboard Forum, January 04, 2003
2. ^ Today is Chispa's First Birthday by Federico Corigliano, Winboard Forum, January 04, 2004
3. ^ Arena Chess GUI 3.5 - Chispa
4. ^ High voltage dielectric breakdown within a block of plexiglas creates a beautiful fractal pattern called a Lichtenberg Figure. The branching discharges ultimately become hairlike, but are thought to extend down to the molecular level, by Bert Hickman, Teslamania, Bert Hickman's site about Quarter Shrinking, Lichtenberg Figures, Tesla Coils, Nikola Tesla, Pulsed Power, and big Arcs and Sparks, Electrical breakdown from Wikipedia
5. ^ Mathematician - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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