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**[[Home]] * [[Engines]] * Treebeard** || [[image:Treebeard.jpg link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:TREEBEARD.jpg"]] ||~ || **Treebeard**, a multi-platform, commercial chess program developed by [[Jeff Rollason]], supported by [[Didzis Cirulis]]. Treebeard, an [[AI Factory]] product, applies a complex [[SOMA#SOMAALGO|Swapping Off Material Analyzer]] (SOMA) of the whole board, also considering [[Pin|pins]] and [[Overloading|ties to defend]] against [[Captures|captures]], [[Double Attack|forks]] and even [[Mate at a Glance|mate threats]], similar as descibed in Rollason's SUPER-SOMA approach for [[Shogi]] <ref> [[Jeff Rollason]] (**2000**). //[[http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/3-540-45579-5_19|SUPER-SOMA - Solving Tactical Exchanges in Shogi without Tree Searching]]//. [[CG 2000]], [[http://www.aifactory.co.uk/downloads/SUPER-SOMA.doc|Word preprint]]</ref>, which guides a probability-based [[Search|tree search]]. Treebeard comes with an optional [[3D Graphics Board|3D Board]] as version of Chess for the [[IBM PC|PC]], and is currently the chess engine used by [[Microsoft]] for their [[MSN Chess]] <ref>[[http://www.aifactory.co.uk/AIF_Games_Chess_Treebeard.htm|AI Factory Chess Treebeard]]</ref> <ref>[[http://zone.msn.com/en/chess/default.htm|Chess - MSN Games - Free Online Games]]</ref>. Further, Treebeard is incorporated in AI Factory's [[Chess Free]] for [[Android]] <ref>[[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=54538|Free Chess program in Android]] by [[Fernando Villegas]], [[CCC]], December 03, 2014</ref>. || || [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treebeard|Treebeard]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobbit|Hobbits]] <ref>"[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treebeard|Treebeard]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobbit|Hobbits]]" by [[Arts#Loback|Tom Loback]], from [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ent|Ent from Wikipedia]]</ref> ||~ ||^ || [[toc]] =See also= * [[Chess Free]] * [[MSN Chess]] * [[Various Classifications#Tolkien|Tolkien characters]] =Publications= * [[Jeff Rollason]] (**2000**). //[[http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/3-540-45579-5_19|SUPER-SOMA - Solving Tactical Exchanges in Shogi without Tree Searching]]//. [[CG 2000]], [[http://www.aifactory.co.uk/downloads/SUPER-SOMA.doc|Word preprint]] * [[Jeff Rollason]], [[Didzis Cirulis]] (**2005**). //[[http://www.aifactory.co.uk/newsletter/2005_02_treebeard_chess.htm|Treebeard - A new way to do Chess]]//. [[AI Factory]], Summer 2005 * [[Jeff Rollason]] (**2006**). //[[http://www.aifactory.co.uk/newsletter/2006_03_quiescence_alts.htm|Looking for Alternatives to Quiescence Search]]//. [[AI Factory]], Autumn 2006 ยป [[Quiescence Search]], [[SOMA]] =Forum Posts= * [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14356|Treebeard Chess Engine]] by cornetmike, [[CCC]], June 08, 2007 * [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=26791|Treebeard chess engine]] by [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=881|Ruxy Sylwyka]], [[CCC]], February 28, 2009 * [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=54538|Free Chess program in Android]] by [[Fernando Villegas]], [[CCC]], December 03, 2014 =External Links= * [[http://www.aifactory.co.uk/AIF_Games_Chess_Treebeard.htm|AI Factory Chess Treebeard]] * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treebeard|Treebeard (fictional character) from Wikipedia]] * [[http://treebeard.sourceforge.net/|Treebeard - an Open Source XSLT IDE]] =References= <references /> =What links here?= [[include page="Treebeard" component="backlinks" limit="20"]] **[[Engines|Up one level]]**