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**HaQiKi D**,
a [[Chinese Chess]] (XiangQi) engine written by [[Harm Geert Muller]], developed in 2009, and newcomer at the [[14th Computer Olympiad#ChineseChess|Chinese-Chess Tournament in Pamplona 2009]] where it surprisingly won the silver medal <ref>[[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=27903|Computer Olympiad (XQ)]] by [[Harm Geert Muller]], [[CCC]], May 14, 2009</ref> . The name HaQiKi can be divided into three parts: **Ha** is the abbreviation of the author’s given name, **Qi** means Chess in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanization_of_Chinese|Chinese pronunciation]], and **Ki** represents [[Artificial Intelligence|AI]] in Dutch. Moreover, the name can be pronounced as //Hatsekiedee// which is Dutch for an expression of surprise <ref>[[Jr-Chang Chen]], [[Bo-Nian Chen]], [[Tsan-sheng Hsu]] (**2009**). //TMSK wins the Chinese-Chess tournament//. [[ICGA Journal#32_2|ICGA Journal, Vol. 32, No. 2]] » [[14th Computer Olympiad#ChineseChess]]</ref> . The [[Opening Book|opening book]] is collected from the website of //ElephantBase// <ref>[[http://www.xqbase.com/league.htm|电脑象棋联赛 - 象棋百科全书 - Computer Chess League - Chess Encyclopedia]]</ref> . HGM developed a chess-like Chinese Chess [[GUI]] for [[WinBoard]].

=Screenshot= 
|| [[image:WinBoardXiangqi.gif link="http://home.hccnet.nl/h.g.muller/XQwinboard.html"]] ||
|| HaQiKi D uses the XiangQi [[WinBoard]] [[GUI]] with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westernization|westernized]] [[Chinese Chess#Pieces|piece]] images <ref>[[http://home.hccnet.nl/h.g.muller/XQwinboard.html|WinBoard and XiangQi]]</ref> ||

=Features= 
<ref>[[http://home.hccnet.nl/h.g.muller/XQhaqikid.html|HaQiKi D - a native WinBoard Xiangqi engine]]</ref>
==[[Chinese Chess Board Representation|Board Representation]]== 
* [[Mailbox|14x20 Mailbox]]
* [[Piece-Lists|Piece-List]]
==[[Search]]== 
* [[Iterative Deepening]]
* [[Alpha-Beta]]
* [[Transposition Table]] 
> [[Transposition Table#DepthPreferred|Depth-Preferred Slot]] 
> [[Transposition Table#AlwaysReplace|Always-Replace Slot]] 
* [[Null Move Pruning]]
* [[Late Move Reductions]]
* [[Check Extensions]]
* [[Quiescence Search]]
> [[Pruning]] of [[Static Exchange Evaluation|Bad]] [[Captures]]
* [[Move Ordering]]
> [[MVV-LVA|MVV/LVA]]
> [[Killer Heuristic]]
> [[History Heuristic]]
==[[Evaluation]]== 
* [[Material Tables|Material Table]]
* [[Piece-Square Tables]]
* [[King Safety]]

=HaQiKi D's ICGA Tournaments= 
||~ Edition ||~ Ranking ||~ Participants ||
|| [[14th Computer Olympiad#ChineseChess|14th Computer Olympiad, Pamplona 2009]] ||> 2 ||> 5 ||
|| [[15th Computer Olympiad#ChineseChess|15th Computer Olympiad, Kanazawa 2010]] ||> 4 ||> 5 ||
|| [[16th Computer Olympiad#ChineseChess|16th Computer Olympiad, Tilburg 2011]] ||> 3 ||> 3 ||
|| [[17th Computer Olympiad#ChineseChess|17th Computer Olympiad, Yokohama 2013]] ||> 3 ||> 4 ||
|| [[18th Computer Olympiad#ChineseChess|18th Computer Olympiad, Leiden 2015]] ||> 4 ||> 6 ||
|| [[19th Computer Olympiad#ChineseChess|19th Computer Olympiad, Leiden 2016]] ||> 4 ||> 4 ||
|| [[20th Computer Olympiad#ChineseChess|20th Computer Olympiad, Leiden 2017]] ||> 5 ||> 5 ||

=Selected Publications= 
* [[Jr-Chang Chen]], [[Bo-Nian Chen]], [[Tsan-sheng Hsu]] (**2009**). //TMSK wins the Chinese-Chess tournament//. [[ICGA Journal#32_2|ICGA Journal, Vol. 32, No. 2]] » [[14th Computer Olympiad#ChineseChess]]
* [[Shi-Jim Yen]], [[Tsan-Cheng Su]], [[I-Chen Wu]] (**2011**). //Shiga wins Chinese Chess Tournament//. [[ICGA Journal#34_2|ICGA Journal, Vol. 34, No. 2]] » [[15th Computer Olympiad#ChineseChess]]
* [[Ming-Cheng Cheng]], [[Jr-Chang Chen]], [[Tsan-Cheng Su]], [[Shi-Jim Yen]] (**2012**). //Shiga wins Chinese Chess Tournament//. [[ICGA Journal#35_1|ICGA Journal, Vol. 35, No. 1]] » [[16th Computer Olympiad#ChineseChess]]
* [[Jr-Chang Chen]], [[Shi-Jim Yen]], [[Tsan-Cheng Su]] (**2013**). //SHIGA Wins Chinese Chess Tournament//. [[ICGA Journal#36_3|ICGA Journal, Vol. 36, No. 3]] » [[17th Computer Olympiad#ChineseChess]]
* [[Pascal Tang]] (**2015**). //SHIGA wins Chinese Chess Tournament//. [[ICGA Journal#38_4|ICGA Journal, Vol. 38, No. 4]] » [[18th Computer Olympiad#ChineseChess]]

=Forum Posts= 
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=27903|Computer Olympiad (XQ)]] by [[Harm Geert Muller]], [[CCC]], May 14, 2009 » [[14th Computer Olympiad#ChineseChess|14th Computer Olympiad, Pamplona 2009]]
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=60670&start=1|Re: Hi Mr Muller, any news for the 2016 Chinese Chess Olympiad]] by [[Harm Geert Muller]], [[CCC]], July 02, 2016 » [[19th Computer Olympiad#ChineseChess|19th Computer Olympiad, Leiden 2016]]

=External Links= 
* [[http://home.hccnet.nl/h.g.muller/XQhaqikid.html|HaQiKi D - a native WinBoard Xiangqi engine]]
* [[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=603|HaQiKi D's ICGA Tournaments]]

=References= 
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