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**Zochova**,
an [[Open Source Engines|open source chess engine]] under the [[Free Software Foundation#GPL|GNU General Public License]] written by [[Gabor Buella]] in [[Cpp|C++]], compliant with the [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol]]. Zochova is a [[Bitboards|bitboard]] engine, and requires some [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boost_%28C%2B%2B_libraries%29|Boost libraries]], such as Boost.Signals <ref>[[http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_52_0/doc/html/signals.html|Chapter 24. Boost.Signals - 1.52.0]]</ref>, an implementation of managed [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signals_and_slots|Signals and slots]] for  [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observer_pattern|Observer pattern]], and uses the [[Pro Deo]] open source code [[Opening Book|opening book]] by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]] <ref>[[https://zochova.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/zochova/RebelBook.cpp|Zochova/RebelBook.cpp]]</ref> <ref>[[http://www.top-5000.nl/tools.htm|Source code Pro Deo Book]]</ref>. [[Sliding Piece Attacks]] are calculated with some [[Bit-Twiddling|bit-twiddling]] and loops on the fly <ref>[[https://zochova.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/zochova/bitboardmoves.cpp|Zochova/bitboardmoves.cpp]]</ref>. Its [[Search|search]] is basically [[Principal Variation Search|PVS]] with [[Null Move Pruning#ZugzwangVerification|verified nullmove pruning]], and [[Late Move Reductions|late move reductions]]. 

=See also=
* [[Various Classifications#Geography|Geography]]

=Forum Posts=
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=30009|Zochova chess engine]] by [[Norbert Raimund Leisner]], [[CCC]], October 06, 2009
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=46179|Please, Cluster Toga && Zochova]] by [[Arturo Ochoa]], [[CCC]], November 28, 2012 » [[Cluster Toga]]

=External Links=
==Chess Engine==
* [[https://zochova.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/zochova/|Zochova - Revision 2]]
* [[http://kirr.homeunix.org/chess/engines/Jim%20Ablett/ZOCHOVA/|Zochova]] compiled by [[Jim Ablett]], hosted by [[Kirill Kryukov]]
==Misc==
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zochova|Zochova (Bratislava) from Wikipedia]]

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