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[[toc]] **[[Home]] * [[Engines]] * Numpty chess** **Numpty chess**, a free [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol]] (aka [[Winboard]]) compatible chess engine by [[Chris Tatham]]. Having initially been started in //JustBasic// <ref>[[http://justbasic.com/|JustBasic]]</ref> it was subsequently translated into, and developed in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreeBASIC|FreeBasic]] <ref>[[http://www.freebasic.net/|FreeBasic]]</ref> . Initially released in December 2005, Numpty has always had an [[Open Source Engines|open source]] code base. It is a comparatively weak engine, having a primary focus of being a reasonable but beatable opponent to casual and club players<ref>[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nol8oq_QJHo|RPD Youtube channel]]</ref> . =Features= <ref>[[https://sites.google.com/site/numptychess/home|Numpty chess - key features]]</ref> * [[10x12 Board|10x12 array]] based board structure with [[Move Generation#PseudoLegal|pseudo legal]] [[Move Generation|move generation]] * [[Alpha-Beta|Alpha-beta search]] with [[Iterative Deepening|iterative deepening]] and [[Quiescence Search|limited quiesence]] * Simple [[Evaluation|evaluation]] including [[Material|material]], [[Game Phases|game phase]] [[Piece-Square Tables|piece-square tables]] and basic [[Endgame|endgame]] knowledge =Forum Posts= * [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22965|Alice, Bullucks and Numpty chess engines]] by [[Norbert Raimund Leisner]], [[CCC]], August 13, 2008 > [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22965&start=8|Re: Alice, Bullucks and Numpty chess engines Reply to topic]] by [[Chris Tatham]], [[CCC]], August 13, 2008 * [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=23634|Perft problems...]] by [[Chris Tatham]], [[CCC]], September 10, 2008 ยป [[Perft]] * [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=52541|Numpty DD - a tribute to Don Dailey]] by [[Norbert Raimund Leisner]], [[CCC]], June 04, 2014 * [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=54107|Numpty update]] by [[Chris Tatham]], [[CCC]], October 21, 2014 =External Links= ==Chess Engine== * [[https://sites.google.com/site/numptychess/|Numpty chess]] * [[http://www.computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/404/cgi/engine_details.cgi?print=Details&each_game=1&eng=Numpty%20Omega|Numpty Omega]] in [[CCRL|CCRL 40/4]] ==Misc== * [[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/numpty|numpty - Wiktionary]] * [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1453_uptodate3/page16.shtml|BBC World Service | Learning English | Keep your English Up to Date - Numpty]] =References= <references /> =What links here?= [[include page="Numpty chess" component="backlinks" limit="20"]] **[[Engines|Up one Level]]**