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**Amateur**,
a free chess engine by [[Will Singleton]] written in [[C]]. Amateur's primary platform was the [[Macintosh]], it was early used as engine for the [[Fixation]] internet chess interface. In July 2002 Version 2.0 was released compatible with the [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol]]. Amateur's version history <ref>[[http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/details1/Amateur.html|Amateur]] from [[WBEC|WBEC Ridderkerk]]</ref> indicates the use of [[Null Move Pruning|null move pruning]] in conjunction with [[Multi-Cut|multi-cut]]. Amateur played multiple [[Tournaments#online|online tournaments]] such as the [[CCT Tournaments]] at [[FICS]] and [[Internet Chess Club|ICC]].  

=History=
Amateur is a development of a program already written in 1977 in [[6502]] [[Assembly|assembly]], then expanded in 1986 on the [[68000]] <ref>[[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=40780|Re: Bionic Vs Crafty Debate: some data required]] by [[Will Singleton]], [[CCC]], January 25, 1999</ref>:
|| {{My current program is a development of a program I wrote in 1977 in 6502 assembly, and then expanded in 1986 on the 68000.  I converted it to [[C]] last year, and then over time put in all I learned from [[CCC|this newsgroup]] and a full set of [[ICGA Journal|ICCA journals]].  It's been a slow, incremental process, but at this point, right now, I can say that it's an honest program, and I know what's in it and how it works.}} ||

In 2002 Will released a [[WinBoard]] version, also mentioning starting from scratch again <ref>[[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=240197|Re: Amateur new winboard engine]] by [[Will Singleton]], [[CCC]], July 12, 2002</ref>:
|| {{I released it to kind of memorialize all the work that went into it, and I certainly have learned a lot.  But I can't improve it much more, given the limitations of its "design."  So the next version will be a new project, from scratch.  The goal is to have a good, extensible design, using whatever knowledge I've gained along the way.}} ||

=Forum Posts=
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=12937|Has this name been used before?]] by [[Will Singleton|Willie Wood]], [[CCC]], December 12, 1997
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=14538|Winboard for the Mac]] by [[Will Singleton|Willie Wood]], [[CCC]], January 22, 1998
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=35010|Under 2600 Club]] by [[Will Singleton]], [[CCC]], December 07, 1998
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=103409|amateur experiment]] by [[Will Singleton]], [[CCC]], March 26, 2000
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=127195|New versions of Fixation and Amateur released]] by [[Will Singleton]],  [[CCC]], August 29, 2000
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=240197|Re: Amateur new winboard engine]] by [[Will Singleton]], [[CCC]], July 12, 2002

=External Links=
* [[http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/details1/Amateur.html|Amateur]] from [[WBEC|WBEC Ridderkerk]]
* [[http://cknelsen.sasktelwebsite.net/fixation/Amateur.html|Fixation: Amateur Chess Engine]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur|Amateur from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amateur|amateur - Wiktionary]]
* [[http://www.amateurchess.com/|Amateur Chess Organization]]

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