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|| [[image:smirf-system.JPG link="http://fennetic.net/smirf/smirf.html"]] ||~ || **SMIRF**,
[[Various Classifications#Acronym|acronym]] for "Strategiespielprogramm Mit Intelligent Rückkoppelnden Funktionen" (German for //Strategic Game Program With Intelligent Recursing Facilities//), a chess program by [[Reinhard Scharnagl]] with an own [[GUI]] running under [[Windows]]. Beside orthodox chess, SMIRF focused on [[Chess#Variants|chess variants]] on 8x8 and 10x8 [[Chessboard|boards]], in particular [[Chess960]], [[Gothic Chess]], [[Capablanca Chess]] and Scharnagl's own invention, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capablanca_random_chess|Capablanca random chess]] <ref>[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMIRF|SMIRF from Wikipedia]]</ref>. A technique dubbed //adaptive recursive feed-back// implements a kind of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_theory|closed loop control]] to shape the [[Search Tree|tree]]. SMIRF was distributed as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shareware|shareware]] <ref>[[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=479262|SMIRF licencing]] by Robert Hollay, [[CCC]], January 13, 2006</ref> and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donationware|donationware]].  ||
|| Smirf-system <ref>[[http://fennetic.net/smirf/smirf.html|smirf]] by [[http://fennetic.net/|Ben Lipkowitz]]</ref> <ref>[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenz_system|Lorenz system from Wikipedia]]</ref> ||~ ||^ ||
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=See also=
* [[Various Classifications#Acronym|Acronym]]

=Forum Posts=
==2004==
* [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=194|Will Smirf's Source be published?]] by [[Reinhard Scharnagl]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], October 08, 2004
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=403318|Re:On SMIRF]] by [[Reinhard Scharnagl]], [[CCC]], December 30, 2004
==2005 ...==
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=429840|Re: SMIRF facing Zugzwang]] by [[Reinhard Scharnagl]], [[CCC]], June 05, 2005
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=430745|New Smirf Beta BC-062]] by [[Reinhard Scharnagl]], [[CCC]], June 12, 2005
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=452486|New SMIRF beta free including October]] by [[Reinhard Scharnagl]], [[CCC]], September 30, 2005
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=479262|SMIRF licencing]] by Robert Hollay, [[CCC]], January 13, 2006
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=484973|New SMIRF Beta Version 1.49]] by [[Reinhard Scharnagl]], [[CCC]], February 07, 2006
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13472|"SMIRF".......Snifff.......Coff coff]] by [[Fernando Villegas|fernando]], [[CCC]], April 29, 2007
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24798|New Smirf Engine MS-175e]] by [[Reinhard Scharnagl]], [[CCC]], November 09, 2008
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=27837|SMIRF slightly modified]] by [[Reinhard Scharnagl]], [[CCC]], May 10, 2009 
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=31355|New SMIRF version MS-175w for project supporters]] by [[Reinhard Scharnagl]], [[CCC]], December 30, 2009
==2010 ...==
* [[http://expr-i0.net/openchess/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1685|SMIRF donation version downloadable again]] by [[Reinhard Scharnagl|Octopus]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], October 30, 2011
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=42111|SMIRF engine project terminated]] by [[Reinhard Scharnagl]], [[CCC]], January 22, 2012
* [[http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1906|Smirf 8x8/10x8 on USB Stick]] by [[Reinhard Scharnagl|Octopus]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], March 16, 2012
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=48370|Non-Hi-End SMIRF 8x8 and 10x8 GUI + Engine 178e]] by [[Reinhard Scharnagl]], [[CCC]], June 21, 2013
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=53864|Little progress on SMIRF's successor program]] by [[Reinhard Scharnagl]], [[CCC]], September 28, 2014

=External Links=
==Chess Program==
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMIRF|SMIRF from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://www.chessbox.de/chess/SMIRF.html|SMIRF]] (German)
==Misc==
* [[http://facilities.grc.nasa.gov/smirf/|Small Multi-Purpose Research Facility (SMiRF)]] | [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA|NASA]]
* [[http://fennetic.net/smirf/smirf.html|smirf]] by [[http://fennetic.net/|Ben Lipkowitz]]
 
=References= 
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