Jon Dart

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an American software developer, software architect, and independent [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_technology_consulting|IT consultant]] <ref>[[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jon-dart/3/382/b7|Jon Dart | LinkedIn]]</ref>. As chess programmer he is  author of the [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol]] and [[UCI]] compatible chess engine [[Arasan]] available to run under [[Windows]], [[Linux]] and [[Mac OS]] <ref>[[http://www.arasanchess.org/|Arasan chess]]</ref>. ||
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=Forum Posts=
==1994 ...==
* [[http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess/browse_frm/thread/dd1c55ecc9f48717|Computer Chess: swap down evaluators vs capture search]] by [[Jon Dart]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgc]], October 24, 1994 » [[SOMA#Swapoff|Swap-off algorithm - SOMA]], [[Quiescence Search]]
* [[http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/d75cd258ea73a4a7|Arasan progress report]] by [[Jon Dart]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], May 23, 1996
* [[http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/548e7af6ccc53474|Fail High reductions]] by [[Jon Dart]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], October 7, 1996
* [[http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/4a4705301c3c3229|Arasan goes online]] by [[Jon Dart]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], January 6, 1997
* [[https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/oM5FT21uIOg/YpA4IUZz6B4J|public aplogoy/warning]] by [[James Swafford|James]] and Amy Long, [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], November 19, 1998
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=33992|endgame eval question]] by [[Jon Dart]], [[CCC]], November 25, 1998
==2000 ...==
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=127953|Arasan now under Linux]] by [[Jon Dart]], [[CCC]], September 02, 2000
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=136752|A few notes from Arasan's games in CCT2]] by [[Jon Dart]], [[CCC]], November 05, 2000 » [[CCT2]]
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=144372|new Arasan test suite]] by [[Jon Dart]], [[CCC]], December 11, 2000
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=163847|handling ICC timeout]] by [[Jon Dart]], [[CCC]], April 16, 2001 » [[Internet Chess Club]]
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=176716|Using 2 machines for matches (Linux)]] by [[Jon Dart]], [[CCC]], June 24, 2001 » [[XBoard]], [[Linux]]
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=208715|CCT4 notes - Arasan]] by [[Jon Dart]], [[CCC]], January 20, 2002 » [[CCT4]]
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=229027|book bust?]] by [[Jon Dart]], [[CCC]], May 10, 2002
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=234121|pawn race position]] by [[Jon Dart]], [[CCC]], June 05, 2002 » [[Pawn Race]]
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=282362|endgame position - null move problem]] by [[Jon Dart]], [[CCC]], February 06, 2003
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=335956|interesting evaluation problem]] by [[Jon Dart]], [[CCC]], December 14, 2003
==2005 ...==
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=453616|UCI protocol question]] by [[Jon Dart]], [[CCC]], October 04, 2005 » [[UCI]]
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=489903|Arasan in CCT8]] by [[Jon Dart]], [[CCC]], February 26, 2006 » [[CCT8]]
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=25434|interesting pawn race position]] by [[Jon Dart]], [[CCC]], December 14, 2008 » [[Pawn Race]]
==2010 ...==
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=381800|some UCI protocol issues/questions]] by [[Jon Dart]], [[CCC]], December 17, 2010 » [[UCI]]
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=40157|Arasan 13.1]] by [[Jon Dart]], [[CCC]], August 23, 2011
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=46500|Arasan test suite additions]] by [[Jon Dart]], [[CCC]], December 20, 2012
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=48768|UCI protocol issue]] by [[Jon Dart]], [[CCC]], July 27, 2013 » [[Repetitions]], [[UCI]]
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=49863|Null move, razoring and mate threats]] by [[Jon Dart]], [[CCC]],  October 28, 2013 » [[Razoring]], [[Null Move Pruning]]
==2015 ...==
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=55084|MMTO for evaluation learning]] by [[Jon Dart]], [[CCC]], January 25, 2015 » [[Automated Tuning]], [[Shogi]] <ref>[[Kunihito Hoki]], [[Tomoyuki Kaneko]] (**2014**). //[[https://www.jair.org/papers/paper4217.html|Large-Scale Optimization for Evaluation Functions with Minimax Search]]//. [[https://www.jair.org/vol/vol49.html|JAIR Vol. 49]], [[https://www.jair.org/media/4217/live-4217-7792-jair.pdf|pdf]]</ref>
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=55621|Experiments with eval tuning]] by [[Jon Dart]], [[CCC]], March 10, 2015 » [[Arasan]], [[Automated Tuning]], [[Texel's Tuning Method]]
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=60906|Syzygy and draw by repetition]] by [[Jon Dart]], [[CCC]], July 22, 2016  » [[Draw]], [[Repetitions]], [[Syzygy Bases]]
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=66044|Parallel search/LazySMP question]] by [[Jon Dart]], [[CCC]], December 17, 2017 » [[Lazy SMP]]

=External Links=
* [[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jon-dart/3/382/b7|Jon Dart - LinkedIn]]
* [[http://www.arasanchess.org/|Arasan chess]] by Jon Dart
* [[http://www.arasanchess.org/testsuite.shtml|Arasan Test Suite]] <ref>[[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=46500|Arasan test suite additions]] by [[Jon Dart]], [[CCC]], December 20, 2012</ref>
* [[http://www.playwitharena.com/?Newsticker:Archive_5|Arasan 8.4 released, short interview with Jon Dart]] by [[Frank Quisinsky]], March 01, 2005, [[Arena|Arena Chess GUI]], Archive 5, 72

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