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|| [[image:Taurus_constellation_map.svg.png width="232" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Taurus_constellation_map.svg"]] ||~   || **Aldebaran**,
a [[WinBoard]] compliant chess program written by [[Mauro Scarpa]] in [[C]] <ref>[[http://www.oocities.org/gmasciulli/indexOld.html#G6|Golem's Page - G6]]</ref> , first released in April 2001 <ref>[[http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/details1/Aldebaran.html|Aldebaran]] from [[WBEC|WBEC Ridderkerk]]</ref>. Aldebaran's aim was [[Engine Testing|testing]] some [[Automated Tuning|automated tuning]] of the [[Evaluation|evaluation]], and [[Learning|learning]] <ref>[[http://www.oocities.org/gmasciulli/indexOld.html#G6|Golem's Page - G6]]</ref>, and otherwise uses the common [[Iterative Deepening|iterative deepening]], [[Quiescence Search|quiescence search]],and [[Move Ordering|move ordering]] with [[Principal Variation|PV]] and [[History Heuristic|history heuristic]] <ref>[[http://members.xoom.it/xaldebaran/stato_del_progetto.htm|Stato del progetto]]</ref>. Aldebaran played the [[CIPS 2001]] and [[CIPS 2002]] [[Italian Computer Chess Championship|Italian Computer Chess Championships]]. ||
|| Aldebaran in the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taurus_%28constellation%29|Taurus constellation]] <ref>The position of Aldebaran in the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taurus_%28constellation%29|Taurus constellation]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldebaran|Aldebaran from Wikipedia]]</ref> ||~   ||^   ||
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=Selected Games= 
[[CIPS 2002]], round 2, [[Golem]] - [[Aldebaran]]
[[code]]
[Event "CIPS 2002"]
[Site "Pontedera"]
[Date "2002.06.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Golem 0.4"]
[Black "Aldebaran 0.7.0"]
[Result "0-1"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 e5 5.Qe2 Nc6 6.dxe5 Bb4 7.Bd2 Qxe5
8.Qxe5+ Nxe5 9.a3 Ba5 10.O-O-O Ne7 11.Nb5 Bb6 12.Bc3 f6 13.Be2 a6 14.Nd4
Nd5 15.Be1 Nf4 16.g3 Nxe2+ 17.Ndxe2 Bd7 18.h4 O-O-O 19.Nc3 Bc6 20.Rh3 Ng4
21.Rxd8+ Rxd8 22.h5 Nxf2 23.Bxf2 Bxf2 24.Nge2 Bf3 25.Nf4 Re8 26.Nd3 Be3+
27.Kb1 Kd7 28.Rh4 c5 29.Na4 Kd6 30.Rh2 c4 31.Nb4 Re5 32.Rh4 a5 33.Na2 b5
34.N4c3 Bg5 35.Rd4+ Kc5 36.Rd1 Bxd1 37.Nxd1 Re1 38.b4+ cxb3 0-1
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=See also= 
* [[Various Classifications#Astronomy|Astronomy]]

=Forum Posts= 
* [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=33647&p=127447#p127447|New Program Released: Aldebaran 0.4.0]] by [[Gianluigi Masciulli]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], April 26, 2001
* [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=33659&p=127488#p127488|Alderaban is the nerve of steel...]] by P. Muzac, [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], April 27, 2001
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=167671|Aldebaran 0.5.1 Winboard Engine released!]] by [[Mauro Scarpa]], [[CCC]], May 03, 2001
* [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=33783|Aldebaran 0.5.3 is out]] by [[Mauro Scarpa]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], May 16, 2001

=External Links= 
==Chess Engine== 
* [[http://www.g-sei.org/category/chess-engines/aldebaran/|Aldebaran « G 6]]
* [[http://www.chessmosaic.com/Aldebaran1.html|ChessMosaic - Aldebaran]]
* [[http://members.xoom.it/xaldebaran/stato_del_progetto.htm|Stato del progetto]]
* [[http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/details1/Aldebaran.html|Aldebaran]] from [[WBEC|WBEC Ridderkerk]]
* [[http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/kcec/cgi/engine_details.cgi?print=Details+%28text%29&eng=Aldebaran%200.7.0|Aldebaran 0.7.0]] in [[KCEC]]
* [[http://www.computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/404/cgi/engine_details.cgi?print=Details+%28text%29&eng=Aldebaran%200.7.0|Aldebaran 0.7.0]] in [[CCRL|CCRL 40/4]]
==Misc== 
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldebaran|Aldebaran from Wikipedia]]
> [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stars_in_astrology#Aldebaran|Aldebaran in astrology from Wikipedia]]
> [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldebaran_in_fiction|Aldebaran in fiction from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldebaran_%28disambiguation%29|Aldebaran (disambiguation) from Wikipedia]]

=References= 
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=What links here?= 
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