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Bas Hamstra [1] Bas Hamstra,

a Dutch software developer, and as computer chess programmer, author of the Chess Engine Communication Protocol and later UCI [2] compliant chess engine Tao. He was also involved in the early development of Bookbuilder.

Photos#

Elke Van Vlierberghe and Bas Hamstra, DOCCC 2004 [3]

Forum Posts#

1997 …#

• Question to Amir Ban by Bas Hamstra, CCC, November 05, 1997 [4] » Amir Ban, C++
• Singular extensions by Bas Hamstra, CCC, January 08, 1998 » Singular Extensions
• What is the advantage of fail-soft? by Bas Hamstra, CCC, August 25, 1999 » Fail-Soft
• Tao by Bas Hamstra, CCC, October 08, 1999

2000 …#

• Fast BB move generation by Bas Hamstra, CCC, May 08, 2000 » Bitboards, Move Generation
• Temporal Difference by Bas Hamstra, CCC, January 05, 2001 » Temporal Difference Learning
• Tao update by Bas Hamstra, CCC, January 12, 2001
• Aspiration window by Bas Hamstra, CCC, January 20, 2002 » Aspiration Windows
• CCT4 Tao/Quark by Bas Hamstra, CCC, January 26, 2002 » CCT4, Quark
• About Tao 5.2 by Bas Hamstra, CCC, July 25, 2002
• WHAT is the definition of a backward pawn? by Bas Hamstra, CCC, December 23, 2002 » Backward Pawn, Backward Pawns (Bitboards)

2005 …#

• LMR by Bas Hamstra, CCC, September 30, 2009 » Late Move Reductions

External Links#

• Bas Hamstra’s ICGA Tournaments

References#

1. ↑ Bas Hamstra, Martin Giepmans and arbiter Rienk Doetjes, Photos from 1st CSVN-Tournament 2001 by Thomas Mayer
2. ↑ About Tao 5.2 by Bas Hamstra, CCC, July 25, 2002
3. ↑ 24th Open Dutch Computer-Chess Championship 2004 Photo Gallery
4. ↑ Search Degredation w/ C++ by Chris Jason Richards, rgcc, June 12, 1997, post 4 and 6 by Amir Ban

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