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**PsycoChess**, (Psyco Chess)
an [[Open Source Engines|open source chess engine]] by [[Massimo Zizi]], written in [[Java]] and released in June 2004 under the [[Free Software Foundation#GPL|GPL]]. It applies [[Rotated Bitboards|rotated bitboards]], but pure [[Alpha-Beta|alpha-beta]] with [[Transposition Table|transposition table]], no [[Iterative Deepening|iterative deepening]] and [[Quiescence Search|quiescence]], but with a constant [[Depth|depth]]. Instead of [[Negamax|negamax]] or indirect [[Recursion|recursion]] via max and min-routines, a boolean parameter is passed to the direct recursive search whether it is a max or min player <ref>[[http://sourceforge.net/projects/psycochess/|Psyco Chess - A GNU Java Chess Engine download | SourceForge.net]] PsycoChess.tar.gz/BestMove.java</ref>. The rudimentary [[Evaluation]] considers [[Material|material]], and [[Piece-Square Tables|piece-square tables]] and some [[Pawn Structure|pawn structure]] terms <ref>[[http://sourceforge.net/projects/psycochess/|Psyco Chess - A GNU Java Chess Engine download | SourceForge.net]] PsycoChess.tar.gz/Scacchiera.java</ref> .

=See also=
* [[Various Classifications#Disease|Disease]]
* [[Various Classifications#Fiction|Fiction]]
* [[Psycho]]
* [[Psycho-Chess]]

=External Links=
==Chess Program==
* [[http://sourceforge.net/projects/psycochess/|Psyco Chess - A GNU Java Chess Engine download | SourceForge.net]] (PsycoChess 1.38)
==Misc==
* [[https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psyco|Psyco - Wikipedia.it]] 
> [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho_%281960_film%29|Psycho (1960 film) from Wikipedia]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psyco|Psyco from Wikipedia]] ([[Python]])
* [[Videos#AchimZepezauer|Achim Zepezauer]] - Psycow, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube|YouTube]] Video
> [[media type="youtube" key="rMPcI7SKHzs"]]

=References=
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