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[[toc]] **[[Home]] * [[Engines]] * Waxman** **Waxman**, also known as //Pocket Chess// for [[Windows]], is a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shareware|shareware]] chess program by [[Ivan Bacigal]] from the 90s, made in 2008 [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol]] compatible to run under the [[WinBoard]] [[GUI]] <ref>[[http://www.waxman2008.com/waxman.html|WAXMAN | WinBoard Chess Engine by Ivan Bacigal]]</ref>. Waxmax uses [[10x12 Board|10x12 board representation]], [[Incremental Updates|incremental attack updates]], [[Alpha-Beta|alpha-beta]] search with [[Iterative Deepening|iterative deepening]], [[Aspiration Windows|aspiration window]], [[Killer Move|killer]] and [[Refutation Move|refutation moves]], [[History Heuristic|history heuristic]] - all pretty cutting-edge back in 1990. Later on, Ivan added [[Null Move Pruning|null move pruning]] and tried several types of [[Futility Pruning|futility pruning]] before settling on [[Razoring|razoring]]. Waxman's name resembles the Russian word for chess [[http://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82|Шахмат]], while its original name was VaxMan, an attempt to camouflage the program as a [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] [[VAX]] management utility <ref>[[http://www.waxman2008.com/faq.html|WAXMAN | WinBoard Chess Engine by Ivan Bacigal - F A Q]]</ref>. =Screenshot= || [[image:wasman.gif link="http://www.septober.de/chess/index.htm"]] || || Waxman [[GUI]] <ref>[[http://www.septober.de/chess/index.htm|Septober - Computerschach]] by [[Herbert Marquardt]]</ref> || =Forum Posts= * [[http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/9eeb1c91117fecb5|Waxman Pocket Chess v1.3w]] by Fred, [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], May 11, 2002 * [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=25359|A blast from the past: WAXMAN]] by [[Michael Scheidl|Mike Scheidl]], [[CCC]], December 11, 2008 =External Links= ==Chess Program== * [[http://www.waxman2008.com/waxman.html|WAXMAN | WinBoard Chess Engine]] by [[Ivan Bacigal]] * [[https://archive.org/details/Waxman_1020|Waxman : Check-Tech Software : Free Download & Streaming]] : [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Archive|Internet Archive]] * [[http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/archives/2011/03/08/waxman-chess-engine-with-winboard/|Waxman chess engine with WinBoard | View from the Potting Shed]] ==Misc== * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Waxman|Franz Waxman from Wikipedia]] * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Waxman|Henry Waxman from Wikipedia]] * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Waxman|Samuel Waxman from Wikipedia]] * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_P._Waxman|Seth P. Waxman from Wikipedia]] =References= <references /> =What links here?= [[include page="Waxman" component="backlinks" limit="40" ]] **[[Engines|Up one level]]**