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		Ktulu, a strong commercial UCI and WinBoard compatible chess engine by Rahman Paidar distributed by Lokasoft. Ktulu has a sophisticated evaluation - King safety and passed pawn evaluation, completely rewritten in version 6.2, are responsible for its dangerous attacking style with strong tactical and positional play. Further, some unsafe pruning algorithms were replaced with more sound methods [1]. Ktulu played four CSVN tournaments over the board, the Leiden DOCCC 2005, DOCCC 2008, ICT 2009 and DOCCC 2009, the CCT10, CCT11 and CCT12 online tournamets, and the WCRCC 2007, the first ACCA World Computer Rapid Chess Championship.
Cthulhu by H. P. Lovecraft [2]

Photos & Games

Ktulu - Hermann

ICT 2009, Volker Annuss and Hans Secelle, Ktulu - Hermann [3] [4]

[Event "ICT 2009"]
[Site "Leiden, NED"]
[Date "2009.06.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ktulu 9"]
[Black "Hermann 2.4.24"]
[Result "1-0"]
 
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Qd2 
Qxb2 9.Rb1 Qa3 10.e5 dxe5 11.fxe5 Nfd7 12.Be2 Qa5 13.Nb3 Qc7 14.O-O Nxe5 
15.Bh5 Nbc6 16.Ne4 Ba3 17.Qe3 Be7 18.Qg3 g6 19.Nf6+ Bxf6 20.Bxf6 Rg8 
21.Be2 Qb8 22.Qh4 Nd7 23.Bc3 h5 24.Rbd1 Qa7+ 25.Rf2 Qe3 26.Rd3 Qh6 27.Nd2 
f5 28.Nc4 Rg7 29.Nd6+ Kf8 30.Bf3 Re7 31.Bxc6 bxc6 32.Rfd2 c5 33.Nxc8 Rxc8 
34.Rxd7 Qe3+ 35.Kf1 g5 36.Qxh5 Qf4+ 37.Ke2 Qe4+ 38.Kd1 Qg4+ 39.Qxg4 fxg4 
40.Bf6 Rxd7 41.Rxd7 Rb8 42.Rd8+ Rxd8+ 43.Bxd8 Kf7 44.Bxg5 Kg6 45.Be7 Kf5 
46.Bxc5 Ke4 47.h4 gxh3 48.gxh3 Kf5 49.h4 e5 50.Bb6 Ke6 51.h5 Kf6 52.h6 
1-0

Hiarcs - Ktulu

ICT 2009, Round 5, Hiarcs - Ktulu ^[5]

[Event "ICT 2009"]
[Site "Leiden, NED"]
[Date "2009.06.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hiarcs 12.280 MP"]
[Black "Ktulu 9"]
[Result "1-0"]
 
1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e5 Bg4 4.Be2 c5 5.O-O Nc6 6.c4 dxc4 7.Na3 Qc7 8.Nxc4 
O-O-O 9.a3 Kb8 10.b4 e6 11.Bb2 cxb4 12.Qa4 bxa3 13.Bc3 h5 14.Ba5 Nxa5 
15.Nxa5 Bf5 16.Rfb1 Bxb1 17.Rxb1 Rc8 18.Rxb7+ Qxb7 19.Nxb7 Rc1+ 20.Bf1 
Kxb7 21.Nd4 Ne7 22.Qxa3 Rc7 23.Qa6+ Ka8 24.Nb5 Rb7 25.g3 Nd5 1-0

See also

• Demonology
• Fiction

Forum Posts

2003 ...

• KTULU: A new strong WB-Engine (soon) - text german, sorry - ? by Eduard Nemeth, CCC, September 24, 2003
• Ktulu goes commercial by Christian Koch, CCC, April 02, 2004
• Ktulu 5.0 by Rahman Paidar (Iran) available in Gladiator-Shop tomorrow! by Frank Quisinsky, CCC, May 01, 2004
• Ktulu 5.0 and Patriot 1.2.2 released ... by Frank Quisinsky, CCC, May 02, 2004
• Ktulu 5.1 by Rahman Paidar released ... by Frank Quisinsky, CCC, May 31, 2004

2005 ...

• Ktulu mirage vanishing and precociously marketed shams always coming... by Fernando Villegas, CCC, April 18, 2005
• Will Ktulu 7.0 run under Fritz? by Graham Banks, CCC, April 29, 2005
• Ktulu 7.0 and Lokasoft by Thomas Logan, CCC, August 29, 2005
• Ktulu 7.1 / 7.5 by Graham Banks, CCC, November 03, 2005
• Dutch Open CC 8th round Zappa-Ktulu 1-0 by Theo van der Storm, CCC, November 13, 2005 » DOCCC 2005
• Re: Rybka test position (Ktulu 7.5) by Kurt Utzinger, CCC, December 12, 2005 » Rybka
• Ktulu 7.5 Test (40'/40) After 1010 games / 5moves match vs Fritz 9 by Kurt Utzinger, CCC, March 08, 2006
• Any news of Ktulu? by Marek Soszynski, CCC, November 25, 2007
• Hiarcs-Ktulu, Leiden 2009 by Jon Dart, CCC, June 08, 2009
• Tactical Factor in Ktulu 9 by Tom Giampietro, CCC, December 19, 2009

2010 ...

• Concerning Ktulu 9 (CCT 12) by David Shanholtzer, CCC, January 30, 2010
• Patt-Bug, Junior 11.1a show mate and Ktulu 9.03 made patt! by Frank Quisinsky, CCC, March 23, 2010 » Stalemate
• Ktulu's endgame play by Graham Banks, CCC, July 15, 2010

External Links

Chess Engine

• Ktulu 9 from Lokasoft
  Lokasoft > Ktulu 9.0
• Rahman Paidar - Ktulu 8: 49 Euro - Chess program - Schachversand Niggemann
• Ktulu 6.2 will be released soon, Interview with Rahman Paidar by Frank Quisinsky, March 15, 2005, hosted by Arena for chess engines, News-Ticker, Page 6, 80, FQ
• Ktulu 7.0 by Rahman Paidar, April 15, 2005, hosted by Arena for chess engines, News-Ticker, Page 7, 105-107, FQ
• Ktulu's book learning by Rahman Paidar May 10, 2005, hosted by Arena for chess engines, News-Ticker, Page 9, 133, FQ, RP
• CSS-Rangliste – Ktulu 7.0 steigert sich um 85 Elo, Computerschach und Spiele Online (German)
• Kommentar Ktulu 7.0 von Heinz van Kempen (German)
• Ktulu 9 in CCRL 40/40
• Ktulu 9.0 in CCRL 40/4
• Ktulu 4.2 in KCEC
• The chess games of Ktulu from chessgames.com
• Ktulu chess games - 365Chess.com

Ktulu/Cthulhu

• Ktulu - Wiktionary
• Urban Dictionary: ktulu
• Cthulhu - Wiktionary
• Cthulhu from Wikipedia
• Cthulhu (disambiguation) from Wikipedia
• Category:en:Lovecraftian horror - Wiktionary

Cthulhu Mythos

• Cthulhu Mythos from Wikipedia
• Cthulhu Mythos in popular culture from Wikipedia
• Cthulhu Mythos anthology from Wikipedia
• Cthulhu Mythos arcane literature from Wikipedia
• Cthulhu Mythos deities from Wikipedia
• The Shadow Over Innsmouth - Cthulhu Mythos from Wikipedia
• CthulhuTech from Wikipedia

Call of Cthulhu

• Call of Cthulhu (disambiguation) from Wikipedia
• The Call of Cthulhu from Wikipedia
• Call of Cthulhu: The Card Game from Wikipedia
• Call of Cthulhu (role-playing game) from Wikipedia
  Delta Green from Wikipedia
• Call of Cthulhu: Beyond the Mountains of Madness from Wikipedia
• Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth from Wikipedia
• Call of Cthulhu: Destiny's End from Wikipedia
• Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land from Wikipedia
• Metallica - The Call of Ktulu, November 21, 2010, Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, YouTube Video
  

References

1. ^ Ktulu 6.2 will be released soon, Interview with Rahman Paidar by Frank Quisinsky, March 15, 2005, hosted by Arena for chess engines, News-Ticker, Page 6, 80, FQ
2. ^ A sketch of the fictional character Cthulhu, drawn by his creator, H. P. Lovecraft, May 11, 1934, first appeared in The Call of Cthulhu, 1926, Cthulhu from Wikipedia
3. ^ Downloads | CSVN International Computerchess Tournament | Games
4. ^ 9th International CSVN Tournament 2009 - Photo Gallery, CSVN site
5. ^ Hiarcs-Ktulu, Leiden 2009 by Jon Dart, CCC, June 08, 2009

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