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PuppetMaster,
an experimental chess playing entity by Folkert van Heusden which implements a multiple-brain concept using an UDOO computer running Folkert's engine DeepBrutePos in a so called "puppet master" mode, requesting best moves from external UCI or XBoard engines each running on one of seven Raspberry Pi nodes connected via TCP sockets ¹ . The most chosen move is played, while DeepBrutePos keeps track how often a move of each engine was selected. In case of a tie, moves of engines with higher selection rate are preferred ² .

Photos

PuppetMaster in action at PT 46 ³

Tournament Play

PuppetMaster had its official tournament debut at the CSVN 1st Open Internet Tournament in May 2014, and further played the PT 46 over the board a week later, becoming 5th of 8 with a 50% score. At PT 46 the seven PI engines were ⁴:

1. BikJump
2. GNU Chess
3. Fruit
4. Toga II
5. Stockfish
6. MinkoChess
7. Arasan ⁵ .

Photos & Games

CSVN PT 46, round 4, The King - PuppetMaster ⁶, Johan de Koning and
Folkert van Heusden - Harm Geert Muller and Marcel van Kervinck in the background ⁷

[Event "CSVN PT 46"]
[Site "Leiden"]
[Date "2014.05.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "The King"]
[Black "DBP/PuppetMaster"]
[Result "0-1"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.Nf3 e6 5.c4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 Nf6 8.Nc3 Nc6
9.Rd1 h6 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O b6 12.Ne5 Bb7 13.Qf4 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Nd7 15.Rd3 Qe7
16.Rfd1 Nc5 17.Rg3 Kh8 18.b4 Nd7 19.Rgd3 Qxb4 20.Rxd7 Qxc3 21.Rxc7 Qc2 22.Rd2
Qc1+ 23.Bf1 Be4 24.Qe3 Kg8 25.a3 Bg6 26.c5 bxc5 27.Rxc5 Qa1 28.Rd6 Rfc8 29.Rxc8+
Rxc8 30.Qxa7 Rc1 31.Qa6 Qxe5 32.Rd2 Kh7 33.h3 Qe1 34.Rd8 Be4 35.Rd4 f5 36.Rd8
Bd5 37.Rxd5 exd5 38.a4 Qd2 39.a5 Rc2 40.f3 Qf2+ 41.Kh2 Qxf3 42.Qd3 Rxg2+ 43.Kh1
Qxd3 44.Bxd3 Ra2 45.Bxf5+ g6 46.Bd3 Rxa5 0-1

See also

• Clever & Smart
• DeepBrutePos
• Raspberry Pi
• UDOO

Forum Posts

• raspberry pi cluster versus fairymax by Folkert van Heusden, CCC, October 31, 2013
• Re: CSVN 1st Open Internet Tournament: Results and games by Folkert van Heusden, CCC, May 12, 2014
• Re: CSVN Programmers' Tournaments May 2014 by Folkert van Heusden, CCC, May 20, 2014
• Re: CSVN Programmers' Tournaments May 2014 by Folkert van Heusden, CCC, May 20, 2014

External Links

Chess Entity

• DeepBrutePOS - An experimental chess program

Misc

• Puppet Master (disambiguation) from Wikipedia
• Puppet Master (comics) from Wikipedia
• The Puppet Masters - Wikipedia - a 1951 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein
• Puppet Master (film) - Wikipedia
• Metallica - Master of Puppets, Johan Cruijff Arena, Amsterdam, June 11, 2019, YouTube Video

Watch on YouTube

References