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|| [[image:Laughing_Fool.jpg link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Laughing_Fool.jpg"]] ||~ || **Jester**,
a chess engine written by [[Stéphane Nguyen]] in [[Java]], distributed as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Careware|helpware]] <ref>[[http://www.ludochess.com/helpware/helpware.php3|LudoChess - helpware]]</ref>. As [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_applet|Java applet]], Jesper is launched from a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_page|web page]] and executed within a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Virtual_Machine|Java Virtual Machine (JVM)]] in a [[Process|process]] separate from the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser|web browser]] itself. Jester uses the [[icsdrone|ICS protocol]] <ref>[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_chess_server#Protocol_and_access|Internet chess server - ICS protocol - Wikipedia]]</ref> allowing it playing on [[Free Internet Chess Server|free chess servers]] <ref>[[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=256885|Re: To Stephane N B Nguyen (Jester)]] by [[Stéphane Nguyen]], [[CCC]], October 07, 2002</ref>.  It played various [[French Computer Chess Championship|French Computer Chess Championships]] and [[French Programmers Tournament|French Programmers Tournaments]] from 1998 until 2003. ||
|| Laughing jester <ref>Netherlandish (possibly [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Cornelisz_van_Oostsanen|Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen]]) Laughing Fool ca. 1500 Oil on panel, [[Davis museum|Davis museum]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jester|Jester from Wikipedia]] </ref> ||~ ||^ ||
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=Selected Games=
[[FCCC 2002]], round 6, [[Jester|Jester 2.0]] - [[Chess Tiger|Chess Tiger 15]] <ref>[[http://www.ludochess.com/fccc2002/tournoi.php3|Massy, France - 5 & 6 Oct 2002 - 9ème Championnat Français de Programmes d'Echecs]]</ref>
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[Event "FCCC 2002"]
[Site "Massy, FR"]
[Date "2002-10-05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jester 2.0"]
[Black "Chess Tiger 15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Bb3 Nc6 8.Nc3 
cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.e4 Qc7 11.Be3 Bd6 12.f4 Bc5 13.e5 Ng4 14.Qxg4 Nxd4 
15.Ba4 b5 16.Bd1 O-O 17.Ne4 Ba7 18.Nf6+ Kh8 19.Qh4 gxf6 20.Qxf6+ Kg8 
21.Qg5+ Kh8 22.Qf6+ Kg8 23.Qg5+ Kh8 24.Qf6+  1/2-1/2
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=Namesake=
* [[Jester US|Jester]] based on [[TSCP]] by [[Marty Franz]] <ref>[[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=51193|Fixing Jester]] by [[Olivier Deville]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], September 19, 2010</ref> <ref>[[http://web.archive.org/web/20030204061953/http://www.eiganic.com/|Jester Chess Pages]]</ref>

=See also=
* [[Various Classifications#Comics|Comics]]
* [[Dorpsgek]]
* [[Joker]] by [[Marc-François Baudot]] and [[Jean-Christophe Weill]]
* [[Joker IT|Joker]] by [[Manlio Morini]]
* [[Joker NL|Joker]] by [[Harm Geert Muller]]

=Forum Posts=
* [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=30347|Jester for Download]] by [[Đorđe Vidanović]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], September 17, 1999
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=256879|To Stephane N B Nguyen (Jester)]] by ludicrous, [[CCC]], October 07, 2002
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=275426|I Assume Jester Is Not Compiled...]] by Graham Laight, [[CCC]], January 07, 2003
* [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=45774|Jester Program by S Nguyen]] by [[Swaminathan Natarajan]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], December 27, 2003

=External Links=
==Chess engine==
* [[http://www.ludochess.com/jester_eng/jester_eng.html|LudoChess - Jester, 1.10e by Stephane N.B. Nguyen]]
* [[http://www.ludochess.com/jester_eng/jester_eng.php3|LudoChess - Jester, the strongest pure java chess program]]
* [[http://www.ludochess.com/dotcom/download.php3|LudoChess - Les jeux d'Echecs 100% pur Java - Downloads]]
* [[http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=76165|The chess games of Jester]] from [[http://www.chessgames.com/index.html|chessgames.com]]
==Misc==
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jester|Jester from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jester_%28disambiguation%29|Jester (disambiguation) from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jester_%28Marvel_Comics%29|Jester (Marvel Comics) from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jester_%28Quality_Comics%29|Jester (Quality Comics) from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://www.jazzalavillette.com/evenement.aspx?id=13842|Tigran Shadow Theater]] - [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Court_Jester|The Court Jester]], [[http://www.jazzalavillette.com/|Jazz à la Villette, 2013]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube|YouTube]] Video
> [[Videos#TigranHamasyan|Tigran Hamasyan]],  [[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/areni-agbabian/10/6a1/37a|Areni Agbabian]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Wendel|Ben Wendel]], [[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Tordini|Chris Tordini]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nate_Wood|Nate Wood]], Video art by [[http://www.rubenvanleer.com/|Ruben van Leer]]
> [[media type="custom" key="25502774"]]

=References= 
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=What links here?= 
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