Wilhelm

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|| [[image:Wilhelm_Steinitz.jpg link="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wilhelm_Steinitz.jpg"]] ||~ || **Wilhelm**,
a chess program by [[Rafael B. Andrist]] with an own [[GUI]] running under [[Windows]] with focus on [[Endgame|endgame]] research. The chess engine is witten in [[C]] with some small [[x86]] [[Assembly]] routines, the GUI written in [[Basic#VB|Visual Basic]] <ref>[[http://immortalchess.net/forum/showthread.php?t=14614|Wilhelm]] by silversurfer, [[Computer Chess Forums|Immortal Chess Forum]], March 20, 2012</ref>. Wilhelm knows about [[Corresponding Squares|co-ordinate squares]] in [[Pawn Endgame|pawn endgames]] with completly blocked pawns, and solves the [[Lasker-Reichhelm Position]] (Fine #70) instantly <ref>[[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=188245|Re: Fine 70 same 7 engines (more)]] by [[Rafael B. Andrist]], [[CCC]], September 10, 2001</ref>.  It supports 5 and 6 men [[Nalimov Tablebases]] and features special [[Endgame Tablebases|EGTB]] analysis modes <ref>[[http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discussion-board/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=785|Wilhelm update]] by [[Rafael B. Andrist]], [[Computer Chess Forums|CCRL Discussion Board]], August 23, 2006</ref>. Wilhelm was used to model fallible endgame play <ref> [[Guy Haworth]] (**2003**). //[[http://centaur.reading.ac.uk/4550/|Reference Fallible Endgame Play]]//. [[ICGA Journal#26_2|ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 2]]</ref> as elaborated by its author and [[Guy Haworth]]. Experiments agree well with a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markov_model|Markov Model]] theory <ref>[[Guy Haworth]], [[Rafael B. Andrist]] (**2003**). //[[http://centaur.reading.ac.uk/4548/|Model Endgame Analysis]]//. [[Advances in Computer Games 10]]</ref>. ||
|| Wilhelm Steinitz <ref>[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Steinitz|Wilhelm Steinitz]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Commons|Wikimedia Commons]]</ref>||~ ||^ ||
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=Screen Shot=
|| [[image:WilhelmGUI.jpg link="http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=42946" width="640"]] ||
|| Wilhelm [[GUI]] <ref>[[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=42946|Wilhelm 1.50 in action]] by [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=881|Ruxy Sylwyka]], [[CCC]], March 20, 2012</ref> ||
=See also=
* [[Various Classifications#ChessLegend|Chess legends]]
* [[Various Classifications#GivenName|Given Name]]
* [[Steinitz]]

=Publications=
* [[Guy Haworth]] (**2003**). //[[http://centaur.reading.ac.uk/4550/|Reference Fallible Endgame Play]]//. [[ICGA Journal#26_2|ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 2]]
* [[Guy Haworth]], [[Rafael B. Andrist]] (**2003**). //[[http://centaur.reading.ac.uk/4548/|Model Endgame Analysis]]//. [[Advances in Computer Games 10]]
* [[Rafael B. Andrist]], [[Guy Haworth]] (**2005**). //[[http://centaur.reading.ac.uk/4523/|Deeper model endgame analysis]]//. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theoretical_Computer_Science_%28journal%29|Theoretical Computer Science]], Vol. 349, No. 2

=Forum Posts=
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=184365|chess program "Wilhelm" released]] by [[Rafael B. Andrist]], [[CCC]], August 19, 2001
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=196905|Program "Wilhelm" updated]] by [[Rafael B. Andrist]], [[CCC]], November 11, 2001
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=283417|Wilhelm 1.43 available - support of new EGTB format]] by [[Rafael B. Andrist]], [[CCC]], February 10, 2003
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=318675|new "Wilhelm", access to 42p EGTB]] by [[Rafael B. Andrist]], [[CCC]], September 30, 2003
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=364329|Bug/glitch in Nalimov Code (and in Wilhelm)?]] by [[Dieter Bürssner]], [[CCC]], May 09, 2004
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=378631|WILHELM is the testing tool ...]] by [[Guy Haworth]], [[CCC]], July 23, 2004
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=426728|Re: Freezer vs. Wilhelm]] by [[Eiko Bleicher]], [[CCC]], May 18, 2005 » [[Freezer]]
* [[http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discussion-board/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=785|Wilhelm update]] by [[Rafael B. Andrist]], [[Computer Chess Forums|CCRL Discussion Board]], August 23, 2006 
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=42946|Wilhelm 1.50 in action]] by [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=881|Ruxy Sylwyka]], [[CCC]], March 20, 2012
* [[http://immortalchess.net/forum/showthread.php?t=14614|Wilhelm]] by silversurfer, [[Computer Chess Forums|Immortal Chess Forum]], March 20, 2012

=External Links=
==Chess Program==
* [[http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:software_for_solving_chess_problems|Software for solving chess problems / puzzles / endgame studies]] from [[Ron Murawski|Ron Murawski's]] [[http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=home|Computer-Chess Wiki]] ([[Wilhelm]] download)
==Misc==
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm|Wilhelm from Wikipedia]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_%28name%29|Wilhelm (name) from Wikipedia]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Steinitz|Wilhelm Steinitz from Wikipedia]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Wilhelm_Scream|A Wilhelm Scream]] - [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruiner#The_King_is_Dead|The King is Dead]] (2005), [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube|YouTube]] Video
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