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**[[Home]] * [[Engines]] * BlackBishop** || [[image:EuplectesGierowiiAnsorgei.jpg link="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EuplectesGierowiiAnsorgei.jpg"]] ||~ || **BlackBishop**, a free [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol]] and [[UCI]] compatible chess engine by [[Andreas Herrmann]] written in [[Delphi]], first released in April 2004 <ref>[[http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/details1/BlackBishop.html|BlackBishop]] from [[WBEC|WBEC Ridderkerk]]</ref>. BlackBishop evolved from his former engine [[Holmes]] , and applies [[NegaScout]] with [[Null Move Pruning|null move]] and [[Futility Pruning|futility pruning]], and [[Lazy Evaluation|lazy evaluation]], maintains [[Attack and Defend Maps|Attack tables]] for [[King Safety|king safety]] and other [[Evaluation|evaluations]], and performs [[Move Generation|move generation]] with the help of [[Piece-Lists|piece tables]]. BlackBishop was most active in 2004, playing the [[IPCCC 2004]] and [[CCT6]]. || || [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Bishop|Black Bishop]] <ref>[[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EuplectesGierowiiAnsorgei.jpg|Illustration]] of [[http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Euplectes_gierowii_ansorgei.html|Euplectes gierowii ansorgei]] by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gerrard_Keulemans|J. G. Keulemans]] (1899), [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Bishop|Black Bishop from Wikipedia]]</ref> ||~ ||^ || [[toc]] =See also= * [[Various Classifications#Bird|Bird]] * [[Various Classifications#ChessPieces|Chess Pieces]] =Forum Posts= * [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=345832|perpetual check recognition]] by [[Andreas Herrmann]], [[CCC]], January 30, 2004 ยป [[Repetitions]] * [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5825|BlackBishop 0.35]] by [[Andreas Herrmann]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], November 04, 2006 * [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5864|BlackBishop 0.470]] by [[Andreas Herrmann]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], November 13, 2006 * [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=50203|BlackBishop 1.0]] by [[Andreas Herrmann]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], June 07, 2009 =External Links= ==Chess Engine== * [[http://sanher.de/index.htm?lang=eng&url=blackbishop|BlackBishop]] by [[Andreas Herrmann]] * [[http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/details1/BlackBishop.html|BlackBishop]] from [[WBEC|WBEC Ridderkerk]] * [[http://www.computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/404/cgi/engine_details.cgi?print=Details&eng=BlackBishop%201.0#BlackBishop_1_0|BlackBishop 1.0]] in [[CCRL|CCRL 40/4]] * [[http://www.computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/4040/cgi/engine_details.cgi?print=Details&eng=BlackBishop%201.0|BlackBishop 1.0]] in [[CCRL|CCRL 40/40]] ==Misc== * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Bishop_%28disambiguation%29|Black Bishop (disambiguation) from Wikipedia]] =References= <references /> =What links here?= [[include page="BlackBishop" component="backlinks" limit="40"]] **[[Engines|Up one Level]]**