KingsRow
Encyclopedia
KingsRow is a strong checkers and draughts
engine. It was released by Ed Gilbert in 2000.
The checkers engine can be used with the CheckerBoard
GUI
. The engine available as freeware.
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KingsRow was stronger than Cake++ in the early years. Cake++ finally caught up with KingsRow and gradually became stronger.
It competed a 624 games match against Cake++ on Thanksgiving
2004 and Cake++ won 3 to 1 with 620 games ending in a draw.
On July 17, 2005, Ed Gilbert completed building a 10-piece endgame database for use with KingsRow.
The top checkers engines like KingsRow are nearly unbeatable today. Due to their large opening books the engines stay long enough in the book so that the search function sees a database draw in the endgame tablebase.
A version for italian checkers with an 9 piece endgame tablebase is available too.
With checkers solved and all top engine matches ending in draws only, KingsRow focusses on 10x10 draughts only today.
Draughts
Draughts is a group of abstract strategy board games between two players which involve diagonal moves of uniform pieces and mandatory captures by jumping over the enemy's pieces. Draughts developed from alquerque...
engine. It was released by Ed Gilbert in 2000.
The checkers engine can be used with the CheckerBoard
Checkerboard
A checkerboard or chequerboard is a board of chequered pattern on which English draughts is played. It is an 8×8 board and the 64 squares are of alternating dark and light color, often red and black....
GUI
Gui
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. The engine available as freeware.
History
In the only Computer Checkers World Championship, KingsRow took 2nd place behind NemesisNemesis (draughts player)
Nemesis is an English draughts program by Murray Cash. Today Nemesis is no longer commercially available and developing has stopped years ago....
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KingsRow was stronger than Cake++ in the early years. Cake++ finally caught up with KingsRow and gradually became stronger.
It competed a 624 games match against Cake++ on Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving
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2004 and Cake++ won 3 to 1 with 620 games ending in a draw.
On July 17, 2005, Ed Gilbert completed building a 10-piece endgame database for use with KingsRow.
The top checkers engines like KingsRow are nearly unbeatable today. Due to their large opening books the engines stay long enough in the book so that the search function sees a database draw in the endgame tablebase.
A version for italian checkers with an 9 piece endgame tablebase is available too.
Draughts version
A 10x10 version of KingsRow was started in 2007. In 2009, a 8 piece endgame tablebase was finished.With checkers solved and all top engine matches ending in draws only, KingsRow focusses on 10x10 draughts only today.