Kiwi
[ Great Spotted Kiwi [1] Kiwi,
a Chess Engine Communication Protocol compliant open source chess engine under the GNU General Public License [2] by Alessandro Scotti, written in C++ and first released in September 2004 [3]. Executables are available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS.
Tournament Play
Kiwi played two over the board tournaments in 2005, it became runner-up at the CIPS 2005 behind Delfi, and became third at the Chess Computer Cup 2005.
Selected Games
CCC 2005, round 6, Kiwi - Chiron [4]
[Event "Chess Computer Cup"]
[Site "Bologna"]
[Date "2005.09.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kiwi 0.6b RC10"]
[Black "Chiron v0.4.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 c5
9.Nf3 Qc7 10.Ba2 Nbd7 11.Bb2 b5 12.Qe2 Rb8 13.O-O Bb7 14.Rac1 Rfd8 15.Rfd1 c4
16.Bb1 Be4 17.Nd2 Bxb1 18.Rxb1 Nf8 19.a4 bxa4 20.Nxc4 Ng6 21.Nd2 Qa5 22.Qd3 Ng4
23.h3 Nf6 24.c4 Qa6 25.Ba3 h6 26.Rxb8 Rxb8 27.Rb1 Rxb1+ 28.Qxb1 Nd7 29.Qb4 f5
30.g4 fxg4 31.hxg4 Nf6 32.g5 hxg5 33.Nf3 Qc8 34.Nxg5 e5 35.f3 Nh4 36.Kf2 exd4
37.exd4 Kh8 38.d5 a5 39.Qd6 Nf5 40.Qf4 Nh5 41.Qg4 Nf6 42.Nf7+ Kg8 43.Nh6+ Kh8
44.Qxf5 Qxc4 45.Nf7+ Kg8 46.Ng5 Qc3 47.Kg2 Qd2+ 48.Kh3 Qe1 49.Qc8+ Qe8 50.Qxe8+
Nxe8 51.d6 Nf6 52.Ne4 Nd7 53.Nc5 Ne5 54.d7 Nc6 55.Nb7 Kf7 56.d8=N+ Nxd8 57.Nxd8+
Kf6 58.Kg4 g5 59.Nf7 1-0
See also
Forum Posts
- Kiwi 0.1b by Alessandro Scotti, CCC, September 18, 2004
- Kiwi for Win98 and input-reading stuff by Alessandro Scotti, CCC, September 29, 2004 » Windows, C++, Thread
- Kiwi 0.2a with opening book is available by Alessandro Scotti, CCC, October 06, 2004
- Kiwi 0.3a by Alessandro Scotti, CCC, November 12, 2004
- Kiwi 0.3b by Alessandro Scotti, CCC, November 17, 2004
- Kiwi 0.4a by Alessandro Scotti, CCC, January 10, 2005
- Re: late move reductions by Alessandro Scotti, CCC, March 01, 2006 » Late Move Reductions
External Links
Chess engine
Misc
- Kiwi (disambiguation) from Wikipedia
- Kiwifruit from Wikipedia
- Actinidia deliciosa from Wikipedia
- Kiwi (bird) from Wikipedia
References
- ↑ Great Spotted Kiwi (immature and adult male) by John Gerrard Keulemans, Ornithological Miscellany. Vol. 1, 1876
- ↑ Computer Chess by Alessandro Scotti
- ↑ Kiwi 0.1b by Alessandro Scotti, CCC, September 18, 2004
- ↑ Computer Chess Cup 2005 - tutte le partite in formato PGN by Alessandro Scotti