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[ Laughing jester [1] Jester,

a chess engine by Stéphane Nguyen, written in Java, distributed as helpware [2]. As Java applet, Jesper is launched from a web page and executed within a Java Virtual Machine (JVM) in a process separate from the web browser itself. Jester uses the ICS protocol [3] allowing it playing on free chess servers [4]. Jester played various French Computer Chess Championships and French Programmers Tournaments from 1998 until 2003.

Namesake

Jester based on TSCP by Marty Franz [6] [7]

See also

Dorpsgek
Joker by Marc-François Baudot and Jean-Christophe Weill
Joker by Manlio Morini
Joker by Harm Geert Muller

Forum Posts

Jester for Download by Đorđe Vidanović, Winboard Forum, September 17, 1999
To Stephane N B Nguyen (Jester) by ludicrous, CCC, October 07, 2002
I Assume Jester Is Not Compiled... by Graham Laight, CCC, January 07, 2003
Jester Program by S Nguyen by Swaminathan Natarajan, Winboard Forum, December 27, 2003

External Links

Chess engine

Misc

Tigran Hamasyan, Areni Agbabian, Ben Wendel, Chris Tordini, Nate Wood, Video art by Ruben van Leer

References

↑ Netherlandish (possibly Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen) Laughing Fool ca. 1500 Oil on panel, [Davis Museum at Wellesley College, Jester from Wikipedia
↑ LudoChess - helpware
↑ Internet chess server - ICS protocol - Wikipedia
↑ Re: To Stephane N B Nguyen (Jester) by Stéphane Nguyen, CCC, October 07, 2002
↑ Massy, France - 5 & 6 Oct 2002 - 9ème Championnat Français de Programmes d'Echecs
↑ Fixing Jester by Olivier Deville, Winboard Forum, September 19, 2010
↑ Jester Chess Pages

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