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**[[Home]] * [[Engines]] * Chispa** || [[image:Lichtenberg_figure_in_block_of_Plexiglas.jpg link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lichtenberg_figure_in_block_of_Plexiglas.jpg"]] ||~ || **Chispa**, a [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol]] and [[UCI]] compatible chess engine by [[Federico Andrés Corigliano]], written in [[Cpp|C++]]. Its development started in mid 2002, first released in January 2003 <ref>[[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=40589&p=154903|New WB Engine: Chispa 1.0 (ARG)]] by Ed Seid, [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], January 04, 2003</ref> as pure [[WinBoard]] engine written in [[C]], rewritten to C++ in 2004 <ref>[[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=45891&p=174306|Today is Chispa's First Birthday]] by [[Federico Andrés Corigliano|Federico Corigliano]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], January 04, 2004</ref>. Chispa uses the common [[Negamax|negamax]] [[Principal Variation Search|PVS]] [[Alpha-Beta|alpha-beta]] with a two-level [[Transposition Table|transposition table]], [[Null Move Pruning|null-move pruning]] with [[Depth Reduction R|R = 2]], [[Static Exchange Evaluation|static exchange evaluation]], [[Opening Book|opening book]], is able to probe [[Nalimov Tablebases]], and was one of the first engines to play [[Chess960]] <ref>[[http://www.playwitharena.com/?Partner_Chess_Engines:Chispa%26nbsp%3B|Arena Chess GUI 3.5 - Chispa]]</ref>. Chispa is [[Arena]] partner engine. || || [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lichtenberg_figure|Lichtenberg Figure]] <ref>[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_voltage|High voltage]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_breakdown|dielectric breakdown]] within a block of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poly%28methyl_methacrylate%29|plexiglas]] creates a beautiful [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractal|fractal pattern]] called a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lichtenberg_figure|Lichtenberg Figure]]. The branching discharges ultimately become hairlike, but are thought to extend down to the molecular level, by [[http://www.youtube.com/user/BertHickman|Bert Hickman]], [[http://www.capturedlightning.com/|Teslamania, Bert Hickman's site about Quarter Shrinking, Lichtenberg Figures, Tesla Coils, Nikola Tesla, Pulsed Power, and big Arcs and Sparks]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_breakdown|Electrical breakdown from Wikipedia]]</ref> <ref>[[Mathematician#Lichtenberg|Mathematician - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg]]</ref> ||~ ||^ || [[toc]] =See also= * [[HeavyChess]] * [[Spark]] =Forum Posts= ==2003== * [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=40589&p=154903|New WB Engine: Chispa 1.0 (ARG)]] by Ed Seid, [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], January 04, 2003 * [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=40827&p=155641|I send to Ed the new Chispa 1.54]] by [[Federico Andrés Corigliano|Federico Corigliano]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], January 18, 2003 * [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=41516&p=158315|Chispa 2.0 needs 2-3 betatesters]] by [[Federico Andrés Corigliano|Federico Corigliano]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], March 03, 2003 * [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=41627&p=158817|Chispa 2.1 is available]] by [[Federico Andrés Corigliano|Federico Corigliano]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], March 09, 2003 * [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=41996&p=160389|Chispa 3.0 beta 1 is available]] by [[Federico Andrés Corigliano|Federico Corigliano]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], March 31, 2003 * [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=42286&p=161513|Chispa 3.0 beta 5 is available]] by [[Federico Andrés Corigliano|Federico Corigliano]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], April 18, 2003 * [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=43819&p=167366|Chispa news]] by [[Federico Andrés Corigliano|Federico Corigliano]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], August 18, 2003 * [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=44007&p=168062|Post Chispa questions here]] by [[Federico Andrés Corigliano|Federico Corigliano]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], September 06, 2003 * [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=44128&p=168482|Chispa v3.93 released]] by [[Federico Andrés Corigliano|Federico Corigliano]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], September 14, 2003 * [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=44290&p=169037|Chispa v3.95 released]] by [[Federico Andrés Corigliano|Federico Corigliano]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], September 26, 2003 * [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=45251&p=172103|Chispa v3.98d released]] by [[Federico Andrés Corigliano|Federico Corigliano]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], November 22, 2003 * [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=335701|Nifty little feature in Chispa]] by Geoff, [[CCC]], December 13, 2003 > [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=335845|I use this in Chispa]] by [[Federico Andrés Corigliano|Federico Corigliano]], [[CCC]], December 13, 2003 ==2004== * [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=45891&p=174306|Today is Chispa's First Birthday]] by [[Federico Andrés Corigliano|Federico Corigliano]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], January 04, 2004 * [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=46000&p=174594|I really need your help testing Chispa]] by [[Federico Andrés Corigliano|Federico Corigliano]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], January 10, 2004 * [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=49061&p=185165|Chispa 4.0 Pre-Release 1 is ready]] by [[Federico Andrés Corigliano|Federico Corigliano]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], September 25, 2004 * [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=972&p=4169|Chispa 4.0 released]] by [[Federico Andrés Corigliano|Federico Corigliano]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], December 13, 2004 ==2005 ...== * [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1226&p=5536|Chispa impressions and problems]] by [[Peter Berger]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], January 02, 2005 * [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1634&p=7591|Chispa 4.0.3 for Linux static available]] by [[Federico Andrés Corigliano|Federico Corigliano]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], February 12, 2005 * [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=47404|Question about obtaining Chispa]] by James I, [[CCC]], March 04, 2013 =External Links= ==Chess Engine== * [[http://chispachess.blogspot.com|Chispa Chess Engine]] * [[http://www.oocities.org/ar/fedecorigliano/ajedrez/chispa/|Index of /fedecorigliano/ajedrez/chispa]] * [[http://www.playwitharena.com/?Partner_Chess_Engines:Chispa%26nbsp%3B|Arena Chess GUI 3.5 - Chispa]] * [[http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/details1/Chispa.html|Chispa]] from [[WBEC|WBEC Ridderkerk]] * [[http://www.computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/404/cgi/engine_details.cgi?print=Details&eng=Chispa%204.0.3|Chispa 4.0.3]] in [[CCRL|CCRL 40/4]] * [[http://www.computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/4040/cgi/engine_details.cgi?print=Details&eng=Chispa+4.0.3|Chispa 4.0.3]] in [[CCRL|CCRL 40/40]] * [[http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/kcec/cgi/engine_details.cgi?print=Details&each_game=1&eng=Chispa+4.0.3|Chispa 4.0.3]] in [[KCEC]] ==Misc== * [[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chispa|chispa - Wiktionary]] * [[http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descarga_electrost%C3%A1tica|Descarga electrostática - Wikipedia.es]] (Spanish) =References= <references /> =What links here?= [[include page="Chispa" component="backlinks" limit="20"]] **[[Engines|Up one Level]]**