The Baron

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|| [[image:BaronieBreda1635.jpg width="384" height="234" link="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baronie_van_Breda"]] ||~   || **The Baron**,
a [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol]] compatible chess engine developed by [[Richard Pijl]] started in August 2001. Richard's intention was to make  a [[Knowledge|knowledge]] based engine rather than a fast searcher, with main focus on [[Endgame|endgame]] knowledge. The Baron's [[Search|search]] started out to be pretty much [[Brute-Force|brute force]], except for [[Null Move Pruning|null-move pruning]], but more recently <ref>[[CCT14]], 2012</ref> more extensive use of [[Futility Pruning|futility pruning]] and [[Late Move Reductions|late move reductions]] have been implemented. The Baron further applies position [[Learning|learning]] and has its own type of [[Endgame Bitbases|endgame bitbases]] <ref>[[http://users.telenet.be/thebaron/html/the_baron.html|The Baron - Homepage]]</ref>. 
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|| Barony of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breda|Breda]], the home of The Baron <ref>Map detail [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_Brabant|Duchy of Brabant]] from [[https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baronie_van_Breda|Baronie van Breda from Wikipedia.nl]] (Dutch), The Baron has likely dual Dutch and Belgian "citizenship", but recently played under the Belgian flag, where his author currently resides near the Dutch border</ref> ||~   ||^   ||
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=Photos= 
|| [[image:pijlsvidler.JPG width="580" height="406" link="http://www.chesstigers.de/ccm6_index_news.php?id=806&rubrik=6&lang=0&kat=6"]] ||
|| [[Richard Pijl]] operating The Baron versus [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Svidler|Peter Svidler]], Chess Classic Mainz 2005 <ref>[[http://www.chesstigers.de/ccm5_index.php?lang=1|Chess Classic Mainz 2005 (CCM5)]]</ref> <ref>[[http://www.chesstigers.de/ccm6_index_news.php?id=806&rubrik=6&lang=0&kat=6|... weil Chess960 vom ersten Zug an spannend ist]] (German)</ref> ||

=Tournaments= 
So far, The Baron participated at six [[World Computer Chess Championship|World Computer Chess Championships]], the [[WCCC 2005]], [[WCCC 2007]], [[WCCC 2008]], [[WCCC 2009]], [[WCCC 2011]], and the [[WCCC 2015]], and various over the board and online tournaments, such as the [[Dutch Open Computer Chess Championship]], [[International CSVN Tournament]], [[IPCCC|International Paderborn Computer Chess Championship]], [[CCT Tournaments]], and the [[The Chess Programmers Tournament]] organized by [[Richard Pijl]] himself. [[Opening Book Authors|Opening book authors]] were [[Carlos Pesce]] <ref>[[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=35970&p=136337|Bug-fixed Baron + new opening book]] by [[Richard Pijl]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], January 31, 2002</ref>, [[Arturo Ochoa]] <ref>[[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12980|New book for the Baron]] by [[Richard Pijl]], [[CCC]], April 09, 2007</ref> <ref>[[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=322144&t=31894|Re: Komodo - Rybka in Danger?]] by [[Arturo Ochoa]], [[CCC]], January 21, 2010</ref>, and [[Sebastian Böhme]] <ref>[[http://www.csvn.nl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=465%3A30th-onk-2010-leiden-list-of-participants&catid=51%3Atoernooien&Itemid=28&lang=en|30th ONK 2010 Leiden: List of participants]]</ref>. In May 2014, The Baron won the [[PT 46]], in June 2015, the [[PT 48]], and in November 2017 the [[PT 52]]. At the [[IGT 2016]] in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome|Rome]], The Baron came in third behind winner [[Chiron]] and [[Booot]].

=Chess960= 
A version of The Baron able to play [[Chess960]] competed at [[Livingston Chess960 Computer World Championship]], the [[Chess960CWC 2005]] and [[Chess960CWC 2006]].

=See also=
* [[Crashtest Dummy]]
* [[Duchess]]
* [[Kempelen]]
* [[Various Classifications#Nobility|Nobility]]

=Forum Posts= 
==2001== 
* [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=35211&p=133295|New Winboard engine!!]] by [[Leo Dijksman]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], December 04, 2001
* [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=35235&p=133387|The Baron v0.18 available!!]] by [[Leo Dijksman]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], December 07, 2001
* [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=35260&p=133486|The Baron 0.21 released]] by [[Richard Pijl]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], December 09, 2001
==2002== 
* [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=35918&p=136131|Baron 0.26 released]] by [[Richard Pijl]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], January 27, 2002
* [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=35970&p=136337|Bug-fixed Baron + new opening book]] by [[Richard Pijl]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], January 31, 2002
* [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=36058&p=136677|New Baron]] by [[Richard Pijl]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], February 07, 2002
* [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=36367&p=137886|Baron 0.29]] by [[Richard Pijl]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], March 07, 2002
* [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=36851&p=139713|Baron 0.30 released]] by [[Richard Pijl]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], April 13, 2002
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=233732|Baron 0.32 'Leiden' released]] by [[Richard Pijl]], [[CCC]], June 03, 2002
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=265427|New version of The Baron]] by [[Richard Pijl]], [[CCC]], November 16, 2002
==2003== 
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=278399|The Baron in CCT5]] by [[Richard Pijl]], [[CCC]], January 20, 2003 » [[CCT5]]
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=297097|The Baron 1.0 (ICT-3) available]] by [[Richard Pijl]], [[CCC]], May 18, 2003
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=297918|The Baron 1.0.1 released]] by [[Richard Pijl]], [[CCC]], May 25, 2003
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=307128|The Baron 1.0.3 FRC released]] by [[Richard Pijl]], [[CCC]], July 19, 2003
==2004== 
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=346724|The Baron at CCT-6 (long post)]] by [[Richard Pijl]], [[CCC]], February 03, 2004 » [[CCT6]]
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=349322|Testposition from Comet-The Baron]] by [[Richard Pijl]], [[CCC]], February 15, 2004 » [[Comet]], [[IPCCC 2004]]
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=361826|The Baron 1.3.0]] by [[Richard Pijl]], [[CCC]], April 26, 2004
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=381277|The Baron 1.4.0]] by [[Richard Pijl]], [[CCC]], August 08, 2004
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=393287|The Baron in Leiden]] by [[Richard Pijl]], [[CCC]], October 25, 2004 » [[DOCCC 2004]]
==2005 ...== 
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=432416|The Baron 1.6.1]] by [[Richard Pijl]], [[CCC]], June 20, 2005
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12980|New book for the Baron]] by [[Richard Pijl]], [[CCC]], April 09, 2007
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22611|The Baron 2.23]] by [[Richard Pijl]], [[CCC]], July 26, 2008
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22636|The Baron 2.23 without, and with LMR]] by [[Michael Scheidl|Mike Scheidl]], [[CCC]], July 28, 2008
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=26259|The Baron 1.7.0 FRC bug]] by [[Matthias Gemuh]], [[CCC]], January 27, 2009
* [[http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2399|The Baron v MChess Pro]] by [[Harvey Williamson]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], May 24, 2009 » [[MChess]], [[Sandro Necchi]]
==2010 ...==
* [[http://hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4894|The Baron at the WCRCC]] by [[Richard Pijl]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], July 16, 2012 » [[WCRCC 2012]]
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=51063|Movei, The Baron, and TSCP]] by [[Uri Blass]], [[CCC]], January 23, 2014 » [[Movei]], [[TSCP]]
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=51073|The Baron and TSCP]] by [[Richard Pijl]], [[CCC]], January 27, 2014
* [[http://hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6720|The Baron wins in Leiden]] by [[Harvey Williamson]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], May 19, 2014 » [[PT 46]]
==2015 ...==
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=56645&start=3|Baron 1st, Arasan 2nd]] by [[Jon Dart]], [[CCC]], June 14, 2015 » [[PT 48]]
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=56901|*NEW VERSION* of The Baron]] by [[Steve Maughan]], [[CCC]], July 08, 2015 
> [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=56901&start=10|Re: *NEW VERSION* of The Baron]] by [[Richard Pijl]], [[CCC]],  July 08, 2015
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=65522|The Baron - Latest Version Released]] by [[Steve Maughan]], [[CCC]], October 22, 2017
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=66278|New Version of The Baron (3.42)]] by [[Steve Maughan]], [[CCC]], January 09, 2018

=External Links= 
==The Baron== 
* [[http://www.chessprogramming.net/the-baron/|Chess Programming | The Baron]] hosted  by [[Steve Maughan]]
* [[http://users.telenet.be/thebaron/index.html|The Baron's Lair]]
* [[http://users.telenet.be/thebaron/html/the_baron.html|The Baron - Homepage]]
* [[http://users.telenet.be/thebaron/html/latest_version.html|The Baron - Latest Version]]
* [[http://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=106|The Baron's ICGA Tournaments]]
==Name Ancestors== 
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barony|Barony from Wikipedia]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_Brabant|Duchy of Brabant]] including the Barony of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breda|Breda]]
* [[http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baronie_van_Breda|Baronie van Breda from Wikipedia.nl]] (Dutch)
* [[http://www.svdebaronie.nl/start/|Schaakvereniging de Baronie]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron_%28disambiguation%29|Baron (disambiguation) from Wikipedia]]
> [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron|Baron from Wikipedia]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_von_Kempelen|Wolfgang von Kempelen from Wikipedia]]

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