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Techno Chess,
a chess program by Christophe Jolly written in C to run under Windows. Its development started in 1996 ^[1], supposable incorporating all the good stuff from Christophe's earlier program BB, and soon evolved to KnightX, first published in 1999 supporting the Chess Engine Communication Protocol with Windows - and since 2004, Linux executables ^[2], still with Techno Chess as alias name. The initial Techno Chess played the the WMCCC 1997 in Paris.

Selected Games

WMCCC 1997, Round 4, Techno Chess - IsiChess ^[3]

[Event "WMCCC 1997"]
[Site "Paris, France"]
[Date "1997.10.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Techno Chess"]
[Black "IsiChess"]
[Result "1-0"]
 
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Bc2 Bg4 6. d3 e6 7. Nbd2 Be7 
8. h3 Bh5 9. Nf1 d5 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. exd5 Qxd5 12. Qe2 O-O-O 13. Ne4 Ne5 
14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. O-O Nxe4 16. dxe4 h6 17. Qc4 Bh5 18. Be3 Qc7 19. f3 Bg6 
20. Rfd1 b6 21. Bd3 Bd6 22. a4 a5 23. Qa6+ Qb7 24. b4 Qxa6 25. Bxa6+ Kc7 
26. Rab1 axb4 27. cxb4 cxb4 28. Rdc1+ Kd7 29. Bxb6 Rb8 30. Bb5+ Ke7 
31. Bc7 Rbc8 32. Bxd6+ Kxd6 33. Rd1+ Ke5 34. Rxb4 Rc2 35. a5 Ra2 36. a6
Rc8 37. Bc4 Ra3 38. Rd7 Kf6 39. a7 Ra8 40. Rbb7 Ra5 41. f4 Ra1+ 42. Kf2 
Bh5 43. g4 g5 44. e5+ 1-0 

Forum Posts

• New "WinBoard Engine", Techno Chess by Christophe Jolly, France ! by Frank Quisinsky, CCC, December 06, 1999
• New Knightx (Techno Chess) version ! by Frank Quisinsky, Winboard Forum, December 08, 1999

External Links

• Techno Chess' ICGA Tournaments
• Techno Chess Home Page
• Techno from Wikipedia
• Techno from Wikipedia.fr (French)
• Laurent Garnier - The Man With The Red Face, YouTube Video
  

References

1. ^ KnightX 1.92 aka Techno Chess engine for Winboard - readme.txt
2. ^ Techno Chess Home Page
3. ^ Paris 1997 - Chess - Round 4 - Game 15 (ICGA Tournaments)

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