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<strong><a class="wiki_link" href="/Home">Home</a> * <a class="wiki_link" href="/Engines">Engines</a> * CrazyWa</strong><br />
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<td rowspan="2"><strong>CrazyWa</strong>,<br />
an <a class="wiki_link" href="/Open%20Source%20Engines">open source engine</a> for <a class="wiki_link" href="/Shogi">Shogi</a> and <a class="wiki_link" href="/Games#ChessVariants">Chess variants</a> with <a class="wiki_link" href="/Piece%20Drop">piece drops</a> such as <a class="wiki_link" href="/Crazyhouse">Crazyhouse</a> by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Harm%20Geert%20Muller">Harm Geert Muller</a>. Crazywa is <a class="wiki_link" href="/XBoard">XBoard</a> compatible and handles boards up to 11x11, with up to 16 droppable <a class="wiki_link" href="/Pieces#PieceTypeCoding">piece types</a>, and 15 <a class="wiki_link" href="/Promotions">promoted</a> piece types <!-- ws:start:WikiTextRefRule:1:&lt;ref&gt;<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://hgm.nubati.net/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=crazywa.git;a=blob;f=dropper.c;h=93e3a7a03c0a91cb6d172ec0f8e3d40b0923dde2;hb=HEAD" rel="nofollow">hgm.nubati.net Git - crazywa.git/blob - dropper.c</a>&lt;/ref&gt; --><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup><!-- ws:end:WikiTextRefRule:1 -->.<br />
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<ul><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=53808" rel="nofollow">New crazyhouse engine</a> by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Harm%20Geert%20Muller">Harm Geert Muller</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/Computer%20Chess%20Forums">Winboard Forum</a>, December 31, 2016</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=66628" rel="nofollow">Crazywa 1.0.5 source-code release</a> by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Harm%20Geert%20Muller">Harm Geert Muller</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/CCC">CCC</a>, February 18, 2018</li></ul><br />
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Sjaak (Glebbeek)
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<strong>Sjaak</strong> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextRefRule:4:&lt;ref&gt;<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sjaak" rel="nofollow">Sjaak</a> - Dutch <a class="wiki_link" href="/Various%20Classifications#GivenName">given name</a> derived from <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_%28name%29" rel="nofollow">Jacob</a>, pronunciation similar to <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schaak" rel="nofollow">Schaak</a>&lt;/ref&gt; --><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup><!-- ws:end:WikiTextRefRule:4 -->,<br />
an <a class="wiki_link" href="/Open%20Source%20Engines">open source engine</a> under the <a class="wiki_link" href="/Free%20Software%20Foundation#GPL">GNU General Public Licence</a> written in <a class="wiki_link" href="/C">C</a> by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Evert%20Glebbeek">Evert Glebbeek</a> as younger sibling of <a class="wiki_link" href="/Jazz">Jazz</a>, but able to play <a class="wiki_link" href="/Chess#Variants">chess variants</a> on various <a class="wiki_link" href="/Chessboard">board</a> sizes compliant to the <a class="wiki_link" href="/Chess%20Engine%20Communication%20Protocol">Chess Engine Communication Protocol</a>. Sjaak was first released in January 2011, not to confused with <a class="wiki_link" href="/Ronald%20de%20Man">Ronald de Man's</a> older private engine with the same name <!-- ws:start:WikiTextRefRule:7:&lt;ref&gt;<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://ilk.uvt.nl/icga/games/losingchess/" rel="nofollow">ICGA: Losing Chess</a> by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Guy%20Haworth">Guy Haworth</a>&lt;/ref&gt; --><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup><!-- ws:end:WikiTextRefRule:7 --> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextRefRule:11:&lt;ref&gt;<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&amp;p=389447&amp;t=37713" rel="nofollow">Re: New Spartan-Chess engine: Sjaak</a> by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Vladimir%20Xern">Vladimir Xern</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/CCC">CCC</a>, January 21, 2011&lt;/ref&gt; --><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup><!-- ws:end:WikiTextRefRule:11 -->. The further extended <strong>SjaakII</strong>, released in early 2015, supports even more variants and <a class="wiki_link" href="/Protocols">protocols</a> , and runs best under <a class="wiki_link" href="/XBoard">XBoard</a>/<a class="wiki_link" href="/WinBoard">WinBoard</a>, version 4.8 (or better) <!-- ws:start:WikiTextRefRule:15:&lt;ref&gt;<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=55705" rel="nofollow">SjaakII 1.0.0</a> by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Evert%20Glebbeek">Evert Glebbeek</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/CCC">CCC</a>, March 18, 2015&lt;/ref&gt; --><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup><!-- ws:end:WikiTextRefRule:15 --> .<br />
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<ul><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Amazon%20Chess">Amazon Chess</a>, where the queen moves as an amazon (needs to be played as variant "fairy" in XBoard).</li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Berolina%20Chess">Berolina Chess</a>, where pawns move one square diagonal and capture straight ahead.</li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Burmese%20Chess">Burmese Chess</a>, working but not tested fully.</li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Capablanca%20Chess">Capablanca Chess</a>, a variant played on a 10x8 board with two extra pieces.</li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Capablanca%20Random%20Chess">Capablanca Random Chess</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Chess960">Chess960</a> (Fischer Random Chess)</li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Chinese%20Chess">Chinese Chess</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Courier%20Chess">Courier Chess</a>, a medieval variant played on a 12x8 board.</li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Crazyhouse">Crazyhouse</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Gothic%20Chess">Gothic Chess</a>, the same as Capablanca Chess but with a different starting position.</li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Grand%20Chess">Grand Chess</a>, on a 10x10 board.<br />
<a class="wiki_link" href="/Indian%20Grand%20Chess">Indian Grand Chess</a>, or possibly Turkish Grand Chess. On a 10x10 with four extra pieces.</li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Knightmate%20Chess">Knightmate</a>, where the king moves as a knight and the knights move as a king.</li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Makruk">Makruk</a>, the Thai version of Chess.</li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Chess">Normal chess</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Pocket%20Knight">Pocket Knight</a>, like normal chess, but players have an extra knight they can drop on the board.</li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Shatranj">Shatranj</a>, a historic precursor of modern chess.</li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Shogi">Shogi</a> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextRefRule:19:&lt;ref&gt; <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=54092" rel="nofollow">Shogi</a> by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Evert%20Glebbeek">Evert Glebbeek</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/CCC">CCC</a>, October 20, 2014&lt;/ref&gt; --><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup><!-- ws:end:WikiTextRefRule:19 --></li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Spartan%20Chess">Spartan Chess</a>, where black and white play with different armies and black has two kings</li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/The%20Maharaja%20and%20the%20Sepoys">The Maharaja and the Sepoys</a>, where white has only one piece (the Maharaja) (needs to be played as variant "fairy" in <a class="wiki_link" href="/XBoard">XBoard</a>).</li></ul><br />
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Despite boards exceeding 64 squares, like 10x8, 12x8, and 10x10, Sjaak is a native <a class="wiki_link" href="/Bitboards">bitboard</a> engine, utilizing either <a class="wiki_link" href="/Free%20Software%20Foundation#GCC">GCC's</a> __int128 <!-- ws:start:WikiTextRefRule:21:&lt;ref&gt;<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-4.7.3/gcc/_005f_005fint128.html#g_t_005f_005fint128" rel="nofollow">__int128 - Using the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC)</a>&lt;/ref&gt; --><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup><!-- ws:end:WikiTextRefRule:21 --> extenstion on 64-bit platforms such as <a class="wiki_link" href="/x86-64">x86-64</a> or 128 bit vectors of integers on 32-bit platforms, the latter supporting <a class="wiki_link" href="/SSE2">SSE2</a> if available. Sjaak applies <a class="wiki_link" href="/Kindergarten%20Bitboards">Kindergarten Bitboards</a> to determine <a class="wiki_link" href="/Sliding%20Piece%20Attacks">sliding piece attacks</a> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextRefRule:23:&lt;ref&gt;<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.eglebbk.dds.nl/program/chess-design.html" rel="nofollow">Chess (Jazz &amp; Sjaak) design</a>&lt;/ref&gt; --><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a></sup><!-- ws:end:WikiTextRefRule:23 -->. <br />
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Sjaak uses a <a class="wiki_link" href="/Fail-Soft">fail-soft</a> <a class="wiki_link" href="/Alpha-Beta">alpha-beta</a> <a class="wiki_link" href="/Principal%20Variation%20Search">principal variation search</a> with <a class="wiki_link" href="/Quiescence%20Search">quiescence</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/Null%20Move%20Pruning">null move pruning</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/Late%20Move%20Reductions">late move reductions</a> and <a class="wiki_link" href="/Check%20Extensions">check extensions</a> inside an <a class="wiki_link" href="/Iterative%20Deepening">iterative deepening</a> framework with <a class="wiki_link" href="/Transposition%20Table">transposition table</a> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextRefRule:25:&lt;ref&gt;<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.eglebbk.dds.nl/program/chess-search.html" rel="nofollow">Chess (Jazz &amp; Sjaak) search</a>&lt;/ref&gt; --><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup><!-- ws:end:WikiTextRefRule:25 -->. <a class="wiki_link" href="/Move%20Ordering">Move ordering</a> considers the <a class="wiki_link" href="/Killer%20Heuristic">killer</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/Countermove%20Heuristic">countermove</a> and <a class="wiki_link" href="/History%20Heuristic">history heuristics</a>. A modified version of a <a class="wiki_link" href="/Static%20Exchange%20Evaluation">SEE</a> routine from Jazz is used to evaluate <a class="wiki_link" href="/Captures">captures</a> . <br />
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Sjaak's static <a class="wiki_link" href="/Evaluation">evaluation</a> takes <a class="wiki_link" href="/Material#Balance">material balance</a>, static <a class="wiki_link" href="/Piece-Square%20Tables">piece-square tables</a> derived from heuristics based on how <a class="wiki_link" href="/Pieces">pieces</a> move, <a class="wiki_link" href="/Mobility">mobility</a> and <a class="wiki_link" href="/King%20Safety">king safety</a> into account, the latter only in chess variants with one king per side <!-- ws:start:WikiTextRefRule:27:&lt;ref&gt;<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.eglebbk.dds.nl/program/chess-eval.html" rel="nofollow">Chess (Jazz &amp; Sjaak) evaluation</a>&lt;/ref&gt; --><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a></sup><!-- ws:end:WikiTextRefRule:27 -->.<br />
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<ul><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Sjaak">Sjaak</a> (TrojanKnight) by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Ronald%20de%20Man">Ronald de Man</a></li></ul><br />
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<ul><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=37713" rel="nofollow">New Spartan-Chess engine: Sjaak</a> by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Harm%20Geert%20Muller">Harm Geert Muller</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/CCC">CCC</a>, January 20, 2011</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=40956" rel="nofollow">Sjaak 263</a> by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Evert%20Glebbeek">Evert Glebbeek</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/CCC">CCC</a>, October 31, 2011</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=41110" rel="nofollow">Xiangqi chase algorithm</a> by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Evert%20Glebbeek">Evert Glebbeek</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/CCC">CCC</a>, November 16, 2011 » <a class="wiki_link" href="/Chinese%20Chess">Chinese Chess</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=41115" rel="nofollow">Sjaak 342 - new variants</a> by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Evert%20Glebbeek">Evert Glebbeek</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/CCC">CCC</a>, November 16, 2011</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=41418" rel="nofollow">Sjaak 437</a> by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Evert%20Glebbeek">Evert Glebbeek</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/CCC">CCC</a>, December 11, 2011</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=42126" rel="nofollow">Sjaak 468 JA available</a> by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Jim%20Ablett">Jim Ablett</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/CCC">CCC</a>, January 23, 2012</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=47075" rel="nofollow">Sjaak updated (revision 506)</a> by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Evert%20Glebbeek">Evert Glebbeek</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/CCC">CCC</a>, February 01, 2013</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=54092" rel="nofollow">Shogi</a> by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Evert%20Glebbeek">Evert Glebbeek</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/CCC">CCC</a>, October 20, 2014 » <a class="wiki_link" href="/Shogi">Shogi</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=54258" rel="nofollow">Xiangqi chase - again</a> by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Evert%20Glebbeek">Evert Glebbeek</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/CCC">CCC</a>, November 06, 2014 » <a class="wiki_link" href="/Chinese%20Chess">Chinese Chess</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=54390" rel="nofollow">Sjaak II - beta release!</a> by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Evert%20Glebbeek">Evert Glebbeek</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/CCC">CCC</a>, November 19, 2014</li></ul><!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:48:<h2> --><h2 id="toc9"><a name="Forum Posts-2015 ..."></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:48 -->2015 ...</h2>
<ul><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=55140" rel="nofollow">SjaakII 1.0 RC1</a> by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Evert%20Glebbeek">Evert Glebbeek</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/CCC">CCC</a>, January 29, 2015</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=55705" rel="nofollow">SjaakII 1.0.0</a> by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Evert%20Glebbeek">Evert Glebbeek</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/CCC">CCC</a>, March 18, 2015</li></ul><strong>2016</strong><br />
<ul><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=58787" rel="nofollow">SjaakII 1.2 RC1</a> by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Evert%20Glebbeek">Evert Glebbeek</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/CCC">CCC</a>, January 02, 2016<br />
<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=58787&start=12" rel="nofollow">SjaakII 1.2.0 is out!</a> by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Evert%20Glebbeek">Evert Glebbeek</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/CCC">CCC</a>, January 08, 2016<br />
<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=58787&start=28" rel="nofollow">SjaakII 1.2.1 is out!</a> by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Evert%20Glebbeek">Evert Glebbeek</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/CCC">CCC</a>, January 10, 2016</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=59531" rel="nofollow">Sjaak II question</a> by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Harm%20Geert%20Muller">Harm Geert Muller</a> <a class="wiki_link" href="/CCC">CCC</a>, March 16, 2016</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=59644" rel="nofollow">SjaakII 1.3.0 (the happy easter edition)</a> by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Evert%20Glebbeek">Evert Glebbeek</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/CCC">CCC</a>, March 26, 2016</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=59709" rel="nofollow">Question about Sjaak</a> by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Michel%20Van%20den%20Bergh">Michel Van den Bergh</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/CCC">CCC</a>, April 01, 2016</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=59955" rel="nofollow">Sjaak II, Wa Shogi and XBoard 4.9</a> by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Harm%20Geert%20Muller">Harm Geert Muller</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/CCC">CCC</a>, April 25, 2016 » <a class="wiki_link" href="/Shogi">Shogi</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/XBoard">XBoard</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=60696" rel="nofollow">SjaakII 1.3.1</a> by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Evert%20Glebbeek">Evert Glebbeek</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/CCC">CCC</a>, July 05, 2016</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=62283" rel="nofollow">SjaakII 1.4.0</a> by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Evert%20Glebbeek">Evert Glebbeek</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/CCC">CCC</a>, November 27, 2016</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=62484" rel="nofollow">Sjaak II 1.4.1 and Shogi</a> by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Harm%20Geert%20Muller">Harm Geert Muller</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/CCC">CCC</a>, December 14, 2016 » <a class="wiki_link" href="/Shogi">Shogi</a></li></ul><strong>2017</strong><br />
<ul><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=62878" rel="nofollow">I hate this hobby...</a> by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Evert%20Glebbeek">Evert Glebbeek</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/CCC">CCC</a>, January 20, 2017 » <a class="wiki_link" href="/Shogi">Shogi</a></li></ul><br />
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<ul><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.eglebbk.dds.nl/program/chess-index.html" rel="nofollow">Chess (Jazz & Sjaak) home</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.eglebbk.dds.nl/program/chess-download.html" rel="nofollow">Chess (Jazz & Sjaak) downloads</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/404/cgi/engine_details.cgi?print=Details&each_game=1&eng=Sjaak%20399" rel="nofollow">Sjaak 399</a> in <a class="wiki_link" href="/CCRL">CCRL 40/4</a></li></ul><!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:54:<h2> --><h2 id="toc12"><a name="External Links-Misc"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:54 -->Misc</h2>
<ul><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sjaak" rel="nofollow">Sjaak from Wikipedia</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sjaak" rel="nofollow">Sjaak from Wikipedia.nl</a> (Dutch)</li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Videos#WillemBreuker">Willem Breuker</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/Videos#PierreCourbois">Pierre Courbois</a>, <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.jazzpodiumdetor.nl/victor-kaihatu/" rel="nofollow">Victor Kaihatu</a> - Wonderful Girl of 17 Springs (1966), <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube" rel="nofollow">YouTube</a> Video<br />
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<li id="cite_note-1"><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a> <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sjaak" rel="nofollow">Sjaak</a> - Dutch <a class="wiki_link" href="/Various%20Classifications#GivenName">given name</a> derived from <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_%28name%29" rel="nofollow">Jacob</a>, pronunciation similar to <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schaak" rel="nofollow">Schaak</a></li>
<li id="cite_note-2"><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a> <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://ilk.uvt.nl/icga/games/losingchess/" rel="nofollow">ICGA: Losing Chess</a> by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Guy%20Haworth">Guy Haworth</a></li>
<li id="cite_note-3"><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a> <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=389447&t=37713" rel="nofollow">Re: New Spartan-Chess engine: Sjaak</a> by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Vladimir%20Xern">Vladimir Xern</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/CCC">CCC</a>, January 21, 2011</li>
<li id="cite_note-4"><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a> <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=55705" rel="nofollow">SjaakII 1.0.0</a> by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Evert%20Glebbeek">Evert Glebbeek</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/CCC">CCC</a>, March 18, 2015</li>
<li id="cite_note-5"><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a> <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=54092" rel="nofollow">Shogi</a> by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Evert%20Glebbeek">Evert Glebbeek</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/CCC">CCC</a>, October 20, 2014</li>
<li id="cite_note-6"><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a> <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-4.7.3/gcc/_005f_005fint128.html#g_t_005f_005fint128" rel="nofollow">__int128 - Using the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC)</a></li>
<li id="cite_note-7"><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a> <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.eglebbk.dds.nl/program/chess-design.html" rel="nofollow">Chess (Jazz & Sjaak) design</a></li>
<li id="cite_note-8"><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a> <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.eglebbk.dds.nl/program/chess-search.html" rel="nofollow">Chess (Jazz & Sjaak) search</a></li>
<li id="cite_note-9"><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a> <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.eglebbk.dds.nl/program/chess-eval.html" rel="nofollow">Chess (Jazz & Sjaak) evaluation</a></li>
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a commercial <a class="wiki_link" href="/General%20Game%20Playing">general game playing</a> <a class="wiki_link" href="/Windows">Windows</a> program developed by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Jeff%20Mallett">Jeff Mallett</a> and <a class="wiki_link" href="/Mark%20Lefler">Mark Lefler</a> to play <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract_strategy_game" rel="nofollow">abstract strategy</a> <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Board_game" rel="nofollow">board games</a> with <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_information" rel="nofollow">perfect information</a> and up to 32 players, first released in 1998. Zillions of Games <strong>2</strong>, released in 2003, comes with 100 new features, able to enforce maximal capturing rules as used in some versions of <a class="wiki_link" href="/Checkers">Checkers</a>, and is packed with 350 board games, puzzles, and variants <!-- ws:start:WikiTextRefRule:2:&lt;ref&gt;<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.zillionsofgames.com/games.html" rel="nofollow">Zillions of Games - How Many Games?</a>&lt;/ref&gt; --><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup><!-- ws:end:WikiTextRefRule:2 -->, including chess and 60 <a class="wiki_link" href="/Chess#Variants">chess variants</a>. Zillions further supports randomness in games through a special, computer-controlled "random player" that chooses its moves randomly, which allows to simulate <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dice_games" rel="nofollow">dice games</a>.<br />
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</style><pre class="scheme"><span class="br0">(</span>game
<span class="br0">(</span>title <span class="st0">"..."</span><span class="br0">)</span>
<span class="br0">(</span>players ...<span class="br0">)</span> <span class="co1">; up to 32</span>
<span class="br0">(</span>turn<span class="sy0">-</span>order ... <span class="br0">)</span>
<span class="br0">(</span>board .... <span class="br0">)</span>
<span class="br0">(</span>piece ... <span class="co1">; up to 32</span>
<span class="br0">(</span>moves ...<span class="br0">)</span>
<span class="br0">)</span>
<span class="br0">(</span>board<span class="sy0">-</span>setup ...<span class="br0">)</span>
<span class="br0">(</span>draw<span class="sy0">-</span>condition ...<span class="br0">)</span>
<span class="br0">(</span>win<span class="sy0">-</span>condition ...<span class="br0">)</span>
<span class="br0">)</span>
<span class="br0">)</span>
<span class="br0">(</span>game ...<span class="br0">)</span></pre>
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<ul><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Chess">Chess</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Chinese%20Chess">Chinese Chess</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Crazyhouse">Crazyhouse</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Knightmate%20Chess">Knightmate</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Losing%20Chess">Losing Chess</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Shatranj">Shatranj</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Shogi">Shogi</a></li></ul><br />
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<ul><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Arimaa">Arimaa</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Breakthrough%20%28Game%29">Breakthrough</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Checkers">Checkers</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Clobber">Clobber</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Go">Go</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Hex">Hex</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Kalah">Kalah</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Lines%20of%20Action">Lines of Action</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Othello">Reversi</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Nine%20Men%E2%80%99s%20Morris">Nine Men’s Morris</a></li></ul><br />
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<ul><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Backtracking#8QinBitboards">Eight Queens Problem</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Knight%20Pattern">Knight's Tour</a></li></ul><br />
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<ul><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/General%20Game%20Playing#GDL">Game Description Language</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Games">Games</a></li></ul><br />
<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:29:<h1> --><h1 id="toc6"><a name="Publications"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:29 -->Publications</h1>
<ul><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Jeff%20Mallett">Jeff Mallett</a> (<strong>2003</strong>). <em>ZRF Language References</em>. <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.cs.duke.edu/courses/spring06/cps108/Assignments/06_vooga/zrf.pdf" rel="nofollow">pdf</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Ingo%20Alth%C3%B6fer">Ingo Althöfer</a> (<strong>2003</strong>). <em>Computer-Aided Game Inventing</em>. <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Jena" rel="nofollow">Friedrich Schiller University of Jena</a>, <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.minet.uni-jena.de/preprints/althoefer_03/CAGI.pdf" rel="nofollow">pdf</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Ingo%20Alth%C3%B6fer">Ingo Althöfer</a> (<strong>2004</strong>). <em><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304397503005851" rel="nofollow">Improved game play by multiple computer hints</a></em>. <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theoretical_Computer_Science_%28journal%29" rel="nofollow">Theoretical Computer Science</a>, Vol. 313, No. 3</li></ul><br />
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<ul><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=372641" rel="nofollow">moderation:question about allowed discussions</a> by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Uri%20Blass">Uri Blass</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/CCC">CCC</a>, June 26, 2004<br />
<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=372708" rel="nofollow">Re: Zillions of Games is fantastic</a> by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Ingo%20Alth%C3%B6fer">Ingo Althöfer</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/CCC">CCC</a>, June 26, 2004 <!-- ws:start:WikiTextRefRule:13:&lt;ref&gt;<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Hagen" rel="nofollow">Nina Hagen from Wikipedia</a>&lt;/ref&gt; --><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup><!-- ws:end:WikiTextRefRule:13 --> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextRefRule:15:&lt;ref&gt;<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.kanzlei-bezzenberger.de/jb.html" rel="nofollow">BEZZENBERGER Rechtsanwälte - Kanzlei für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz, Urheber- und Medienrecht</a>&lt;/ref&gt; --><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup><!-- ws:end:WikiTextRefRule:15 --></li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18309" rel="nofollow">Zillions of Games and WinBoard</a> by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Harm%20Geert%20Muller">Harm Geert Muller</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/CCC">CCC</a>, December 11, 2007</li></ul><br />
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<ul><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.zillionsofgames.com/index.html" rel="nofollow">Zillions of Games - Unlimited Board Games & Puzzles</a><br />
<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.zillionsofgames.com/games.html" rel="nofollow">Zillions of Games - How Many Games?</a><br />
<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.zillionsofgames.com/games/" rel="nofollow">Zillions of Games - Free Games for Download</a><br />
<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.zillions-of-games.com/games/index-tripartite.html" rel="nofollow">Zillions of Games - 2358 Free Games for Download</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zillions_of_Games" rel="nofollow">Zillions of Games - Wikipedia</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.chessvariants.org/programs.dir/zillions/" rel="nofollow">Zillions of Games</a> from <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.chessvariants.org/" rel="nofollow">Chessvariants.org</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://karlscherer.com/Zillions/swindex2.html" rel="nofollow">600 Zillions Games</a> by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Karl%20Scherer">Karl Scherer</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://andreas.pbworks.com/w/page/27366687/WinBoard%20Adapter%20for%20Zillions%20of%20Games" rel="nofollow">WinBoard Adapter for Zillions of Games</a> by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Andreas%20Kaufmann">Andreas Kaufmann</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.althofer.de/galton-game.html" rel="nofollow">Galton Game</a> by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Ingo%20Alth%C3%B6fer">Ingo Althöfer</a></li></ul><br />
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<li id="cite_note-1"><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a> <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.zillionsofgames.com/games.html" rel="nofollow">Zillions of Games - How Many Games?</a></li>
<li id="cite_note-2"><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a> <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zillions_of_Games" rel="nofollow">Zillions of Games - Wikipedia</a></li>
<li id="cite_note-3"><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a> <a class="wiki_link" href="/Jeff%20Mallett">Jeff Mallett</a> (<strong>2003</strong>). <em>ZRF Language References</em>. <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.cs.duke.edu/courses/spring06/cps108/Assignments/06_vooga/zrf.pdf" rel="nofollow">pdf</a></li>
<li id="cite_note-4"><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a> <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Hagen" rel="nofollow">Nina Hagen from Wikipedia</a></li>
<li id="cite_note-5"><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a> <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.kanzlei-bezzenberger.de/jb.html" rel="nofollow">BEZZENBERGER Rechtsanwälte - Kanzlei für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz, Urheber- und Medienrecht</a></li>
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