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|| [[image:Baldung_hexen_ca1514.jpg link="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Baldung_hexen_ca1514.jpg"]] ||~ || **Witchess**, (PMess, Npmess, NPMchess)
a private chess engine by [[Mridul Muralidharan]], presumably successor or branch of his experimental [[MessChess]] program. Witchess played a strong [[CCT7]], the [[CCT8]] under the handle **PMess** (parallel Mess) <ref>[[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=490035|pmess at cct]] by [[Mridul Muralidharan]], [[CCC]], February 27, 2006</ref>, and the [[CCT9]] as **NPMchess** <ref>[[http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:private_engine_list|Private Engine List]] from [[Ron Murawski|Ron Murawski's]] [[http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=home|Computer-Chess Wiki]]</ref>. At [[Internet Chess Club|ICC]], Witchess is known under the handle **Npmess**, applying a [[Parallel Search|parallel search]], so far on a dual core  [[AMD]] processor <ref>[[http://www6.chessclub.com/finger/witchess|Finger witchess]] from [[Internet Chess Club|ICC]]</ref>. ||
|| [[Arts#Baldung|Hans Baldung]], Three Witches,  ca. 1514 <ref>[[Arts#Baldung|Hans Baldung]], New Year’s Wish with Three Witches, ca. 1514, Pen drawing heightened with white body colour on brown prepared paper, Current location: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Louvre|Musée du Louvre]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyclad_%28Neopaganism%29|Skyclad (Neopaganism) from Wikipedia]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_witchcraft|European witchcraft from Wikipedia]]</ref> ||~ ||^ ||
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=Selected Games=
[[CCT7]], round 8, [[Witchess]] - [[Arasan]] <ref>[[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=411385|a few notes from Arasan's games in CCT7]] by [[Jon Dart]], [[CCC]], February 14, 2005</ref> <ref>[[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=411398|Most brilliant novelty from cct7 Witchess-Arasan]] by [[Vincent Diepeveen]], [[CCC]], February 14, 2005</ref>
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[Event "CCT7"]
[Site "chessclub.com"]
[Date "2005.02.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Witchess"]
[Black "Arasan 9.0"]
[Result "1-0"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Bd3 dxe4 7.Bxe4 Ne7 8.c3 f5 
9.Bc2 e4 10.Ne5 Qd5 11.f4 exf3 12.Nxf3 Qe6+ 13.Kf2 Qb6+ 14.d4 Be6 15.Ba4+ c6 
16.Re1 Bd5 17.Bb3 O-O-O 18.Bg5 Qc7 19.Bxd5 cxd5 20.Qe2 Qb6 21.c4 Rd7 22.cxd5 Kb8 
23.Qe5+ Ka8 24.d6 Rxd6 25.Bxe7 Bxe7 26.Qxe7 Rc8 27.Kg1 Rg8 28.Rac1 Rdd8 1-0
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=See also=
* [[Bruja]]
* [[Various Classifications#Demonology|Demonology]]
* [[Various Classifications#Fiction|Fiction]]
* [[Various Classifications#Fish|Fish]]
* [[HexxPawn]]
* [[Various Classifications#Magic|Magic]]
* [[MessChess]]
* [[Various Classifications#Metaphysics|Metaphysics]]
* [[Various Classifications#Mythology|Mythology]]
* [[Sidonia]]

=Forum Posts=
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=411398|Most brilliant novelty from cct7 Witchess-Arasan]] by [[Vincent Diepeveen]], [[CCC]], February 14, 2005 » [[CCT7]]
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=490035|pmess at cct]] by [[Mridul Muralidharan]], [[CCC]], February 27, 2006 » [[CCT8]]

=External Links=
==Chess Engine==
* [[http://www6.chessclub.com/finger/witchess|Finger witchess]] from [[Internet Chess Club|ICC]]
==Witch==
* [[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/witch|witch - Wiktionary]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymology_of_witch|Etymology of witch from Wikipedia]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch_%28disambiguation%29|Witch (disambiguation) from Wikipedia]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch_%28Navajo%29|Witch (Navajo) from Wikipedia]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_magic|Black magic from Wikipedia]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_witch|White witch from Wikipedia]]
==Witchcraft ==
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchcraft|Witchcraft from Wikipedia]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Witchcraft|Category:Witchcraft from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchcraft_%28contemporary%29|Witchcraft (contemporary) from Wikipedia]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discoverie_of_Witchcraft|Discoverie of Witchcraft from Wikipedia]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satanism_and_Witchcraft|Satanism and Witchcraft from Wikipedia]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_witchcraft|Asian witchcraft from Wikipedia]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_witchcraft|European witchcraft from Wikipedia]]
> [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchcraft_in_Anglo-Saxon_England|Witchcraft in Anglo-Saxon England]]
> [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchcraft_in_Italy|Witchcraft in Italy]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_Witchcraft|Museum of Witchcraft from Wikipedia]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchcraft_Today|Witchcraft Today]] by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Gardner_%28Wiccan%29|Gerald Gardner]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Meaning_of_Witchcraft|The Meaning of Witchcraft]] by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Gardner_%28Wiccan%29|Gerald Gardner]] <ref>[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gardnerian_Wicca|Gardnerian Wicca from Wikipedia]]</ref>
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchcraft_Acts|Witchcraft Acts from Wikipedia]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchcraft_Suppression_Act,_1957|Witchcraft Suppression Act, 1957]]
==Which-cult==
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicca|Wicca from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch_doctor|Witch doctor from Wikipedia]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch-cult_hypothesis|Witch-cult hypothesis from Wikipedia]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witches%27_Sabbath|Witches' Sabbath from Wikipedia]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walpurgis_Night|Walpurgis Night from Wikipedia]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aradia,_or_the_Gospel_of_the_Witches|Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches]] by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Godfrey_Leland|Charles Godfrey Leland]]
* [[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexenbesen_%28Mythologie%29|Hexenbesen (Mythologie) - Wikipedia.de]] (German)
> [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Besom|Besom from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_ointment|Flying ointment from Wikipedia]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Witches_Do|What Witches Do]] by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_Farrar|Stewart Farrar]]
==Witch-hunt and trial==
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch-hunt|Witch-hunt from Wikipedia]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch_trial_%28disambiguation%29|Witch trial (disambiguation) from Wikipedia]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch_trials_in_the_early_modern_period|Witch trials in the early modern period - Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protests_against_early_modern_witch_trials|Protests against early modern witch trials - Wikipedia]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch_smeller|Witch smeller from Wikipedia]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formicarius|Formicarius from Wikipedia]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malleus_Maleficarum|Malleus Maleficarum from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://www.historicum.net/themen/hexenforschung/|historicum.net: Hexenforschung]] (German)
> [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Binsfeld|Peter Binsfeld]] (**1589**). //[[http://www.historicum.net/themen/hexenforschung/quellen/traktate/binsfeld/|Tractatus de confessionibus maleficorum & Sagarum an et quanta fides iis adhibenda sit]]//. 
==Chess==
* [[http://www.hexenspiel.de/engl/|Witch's chess]]
* [[http://messbook.wordpress.com/2009/04/02/witchcraft-witch-chess/|WitchCraft: Witch Chess | Mess Book]]
==Fiction==
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fictional_witches|List of fictional witches from Wikipedia]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Book_of_Witches|A Book of Witches from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Yaga|Baba Yaga from Wikipedia]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansel_and_Gretel|Hansel and Gretel from Wikipedia]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Old_Witch|The Old Witch from Wikipedia]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Witch|The Witch from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Witch_%28fairy_tale%29|The Witch (fairy tale) from Wikipedia]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Witch%27s_Tale|The Witch's Tale from Wikipedia]]
==Fish==
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch_%28lefteye_flounder%29|Witch (lefteye flounder) from Wikipedia]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch_%28righteye_flounder%29|Witch (righteye flounder) from Wikipedia]]
==Misc==
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harwell_computer|Harwell computer (WITCH) from Wikipedia]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch_of_Agnesi|Witch of Agnesi from Wikipedia]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Driscoll|Julie Driscoll]],  [[Videos#BrianAuger|Brian Auger]] and the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Auger_and_the_Trinity|Trinity]] - [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Season_of_the_Witch_%28song%29#Cover_versions|Season Of The Witch]], 1968, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube|YouTube]] Video
> [[media type="youtube" key="dCKZPEleI-U" width="560"]]

=References= 
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