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| Engine | Version | Author | Protocol | Source | Operating System | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam | 3.3 | Dominique Longbien | UCI | Win32 | ||
| Alarm | 0.93.1 | Benny Antonsson, Erik Robertsson | XB | Win32 | ||
| Alex | 2.14a | Normand Marcel Blais | XB, UCI | Win | uses Scorpio bitbases | |
| Alex | 2.00, 1.94a, 1.85, 1.77, 1.73, 1.61 | Normand Marcel Blais | XB, UCI | Win | uses Scorpio bitbases | |
| AliChess | 4.25 | Anton Lindenmair | UCI | Win32 | ||
| Anatoli | 0.35k | Martin Giepmans | XB | Win32 | ||
| Amateur | 2.86 | Will Singleton | XB | Win32 | ||
| Amateur | 2.82 | Will Singleton | XB | Win32 | ||
| AnMon | 5.75wb | Christian Barreteau | XB | Win32 | UCI version available at Arena website | |
| Aretar | 1.0 | Javier Ruiz | UCI | Win32 | ||
| Arabian Knight | 1.54 | Marcin Gardyjan | XB | cross-platform Java jar file | ||
| Arabian Knight | 1.55 | Marcin Gardyjan | XB | cross-platform Java jar file | ||
| Asterisk | 0.1b → 0.6b | Péter Horváth | XB, UCI | Win32 | ||
| AtlanChess | 3.3 | Grant Osborne | XB | Win32 | ||
| Averno | 0.81 | José Carlos Martínez Galán | XB | Win | ||
| Averno | 0.70, 0.52 | José Carlos Martínez Galán | XB | Win | ||
| Ax | 0.8 | Pham Hong Nguyen | XB | Win | ||
| Ayito | 0.2.994 | Péter Horváth | XB, UCI | Win32 | FRC | |
| BabyChess | 16 | Jérôme Kunegis | XB | C++ | source code only!; own GUI | |
| BabyChess | 11.1 | Jérôme Kunegis | XB | C++ | source code only!; own GUI | |
| Bace | 0.45 | Chistopher Bowron | XB | Win32 | version 0.46 is much weaker! | |
| Belzebub | 0.67 | Radoslaw Kamowski | XB | Win32 | ||
| BibiChess | 0.5 | Lucas Braesch & Romain Burgot | UCI | C++ | Win | engine replaced by DiscoCheck |
| BlackAndRight | Dev 05-11-2011 Jet JA | Matei Chiperi, Alexandra Vintila, Andrei Danescu, Alexandru Bujor | XB | Java | Win | old JA build; source code |
| BlackBishop | 1.0 | Andreas Herrmann | XB, UCI | Win32 | ||
| Bodo | 0.2b | Joel Veness | XB | Win32 | ||
| Brama | 051204 | Rea Biagio | XB | Win32 | ||
| Bringer | 1.9 | Gerrit Reubold | XB | Win32 | ||
| Bubble | 1.5 | Felipe Otaviano | XB, UCI | Win | ||
| BugChess2 | 1.9 | François and Jean-Philippe Karr | Win32 | mp | ||
| Butcher | 1.64 | Marek Kolacz | XB | Linux, Win | engine also known as 'Rzeznik' | |
| Butcher | 1.42c, 1.47, 1.56, 1.58 | Marek Kolacz | XB | Linux, Win | engine also known as 'Rzeznik' | |
| Calculon | r258 PN | Barry Smith | UCI | Win, Linux, Mac | source; jar built by Phokham Nonava | |
| CaveChess | r61 PN | Tim Declercq | XB | Win, Linux, Mac | source; jar built by Phokham Nonava | |
| CCCP | 10501 | Pawel Koziol | XB | Win32 | ||
| Cecir | 2.3/3.0/3.5 | Guillermo Carvalho | XB | Win32 | based on TSCP | |
| Cefap | 0.72 | Marcus Stjärnås | XB | Win32 | ||
| Celes [aka: 31337, Eleet] | 0.78.RWBC | Johan Hutting | XB, UCI | Win32 | ||
| Cerebro | 3.03d | Antonio Senatore | XB | Win32 | ||
| Cerebro | 3.03b | Antonio Senatore | XB | Win32 | ||
| Chessmind | 0.82 | Luca Hemmerich | UCI | Win | ||
| Chispa | 4.03 | Federico Andrés Corigliano | XB, UCI | Linux, Win | FRC | |
| Chispa | 4.0, 3.82b | Federico Andrés Corigliano | XB, UCI | Linux, Win | FRC | |
| Cleo | 0.1 | William Mota | XB | Win | ||
| Clownfish | 0.1 | Luca Vallisa | XB | Win | ||
| Clueless | 1.4 | Helmut Fett | XB | Win32 | ||
| ColChess | 8.0 | Colin Frayn | XB | Win32 | ||
| Crab | 1.0 Beta | Adam Kleng | UCI | C++ | Linux, Mac, Win | Stockfish derivative; mp; FRC |
| Crafty(old)DC | 11.13 → 23.0 | Bob Hyatt | XB | Win32 | Dann Corbit compiles | |
| Damas | 1c → 9 | William Mota | XB | Win32 | ||
| DanChess | 1.08-0502, CCT7 | Daniel Shawul | XB | Win | ||
| Darmenios | 0.4, 0.3 | Dariusz Czechowski | XB | Win | ||
| DeepTrouble | 1.0 | Larry Griffiths | XB | Win32 | ||
| Demolito | rev252 | Lucas Braesch | UCI | Win | no 'official' release by author | |
| Dimitri | 1.36, 1.0, 0.73 | Luigino Viscione | XB | Win | ||
| Dragon | 4.6 | Bruno Lucas | XB | Win32 | ||
| DrunkenMaster | 1.2 | Marcus Prewarski | XB, UCI | Win32 | ||
| Duke | 3.0 | Carlo Pivotto | XB | Win32 | ||
| Eagle | 0.71 & 0.75 | Frank Scharn | XB | Win32 | ||
| Elephant | 1.06 | Harald Luessen | XB | Win32 | ||
| Embracer | 1.12 | Benny Antonsson | XB | Win32 | ||
| EnginMax | 5.24, 5.11c | Engin Üstün | UCI | Win | some older versions support XB protocol | |
| Etude | 0.12 | Jacob Hales | XB, UCI | Win32 | ||
| Excelsior | 3.21, 2.32b | Marek Klonowski | XB | Win | requires .NET framework | |
| Excelsior | 3.16 | Marek Klonowski | XB | Win | requires .NET framework | |
| Faile | 1.4.4 DC | Adrien Regimbald | XB | Win | ||
| Fauce | 0.41c | Ubaldo Andrea Farina | XB | Win32 | ||
| Feuerstein | 0.451, 0.43, 0.3 | Fritz Grau | UCI | Pascal | Win32 | Download removed at request of Google |
| Fimbulwinter | 5.00 | John Shedletsky | XB | C | Win32 | |
| FireFly | 1.11, 1.32, 1.42, 2.00, 2.15, 2.22, 2.41, 2.52, 2.56, 2.513, 2.60, 2.70 | Andrew Fan | XB, UCI | Win | modern versions support mp | |
| Firenzina | 2.4.3 MH | unknown + Norman Schmidt + Dmitri Gusev + Mathew Brades | UCI | C | Linux64 | |
| Fortress | 1.62 | Alessandro Damiani | XB | Win32 | ||
| Freyr | 1.067 | Andrei Fortuna | XB | C++ | Win32 | |
| Fruit | 2.3.1 and others | Fabien Letouzey | UCI | C++ | Win, Linux, Mac | |
| Fruit | 2.1 | Fabien Letouzey | UCI | C++ | Win32, Mac | |
| Fruit | 2.1 | Fabien Letouzey | UCI | C++ | Linux32 | |
| Fruit | 1.0, 1.5 | Fabien Letouzey | UCI | C++ | Win32 | |
| Gargamella | 0.50 | Nicola Rizzuti | XB | Win32 | ||
| Genesis | 2.0 | Omid David Tabibi | XB | Win32 | ||
| GES | 1.36 | David B Weller | XB | Win32 | ||
| GK | 0.90 | Tijs van Dam | XB | C++ | Win | |
| Glaurung | 2.1 GUI | Tord Romstad | UCI | C++ | Mac | |
| Glaurung | 2.2 | Tord Romstad | UCI | C++ | Linux, Mac, Win | |
| GnuChess5 | 5.07 | Chua Kong Sian, Stuart Cracraft, Simon Waters | XB, UCI | Win | engine now known as GnuCheese | |
| Golem | 0.4rev41 | Gianluigi Masciulli | XB | Win | ||
| Gothmog | 1.0b10 | Tord Romstad | XB | Win32 | ||
| Gothmog | 0.48, 0.43 | Tord Romstad | XB | Win32 | FRC | |
| Hamsters | 0.7.1 | Alessandro Scotti | UCI | Win32 | FRC; mp; multiPV | |
| Hippocampe | 0.4.2 | Jérémy Pages | XB | C | Linux, Mac, Win | |
| Holmes | 0.829e | Andreas Herrmann | XB | Win32 | ||
| Hussar | 0.4 | Péter Horváth | UCI | Win | FRC; skill levels | |
| Hussar | 0.3, 0.2 | Péter Horváth | UCI | Win | FRC; skill levels | |
| Ildtiadar | 0.9f | Jonas Thiem | XB | Linux, Win | ||
| InmiChess | 3.05 | Werner Inmann | XB | Win | ||
| Intellichess | 1.0 | Sari Haj Hussein | XB | C# | Win | requires .NET runtime |
| IACH | 0.56Z | Manuel Diaz | XB | Win32 | ||
| iChess | 2.0 | Liao, Sang, Zheng | XB | Win32 | ||
| JanWillem | 1.13 | Laurens Winkelhagen | XB | Win32 | ||
| JARS | 1.75a | Daniel Anulliero | XB | Win32 | ||
| JChess | 1.0 PN | Tomasz Michniewski | XB | Win, Linux, Mac | source; jar built by Phokham Nonava | |
| Joana | 2004.03.30 DC | Juan Pablo Mendoza | XB | Win | ||
| KillerQueen | 2.0b3 | Lorenzo Stella | XB | Win32 | ||
| KKFChess | 2.67, 2.63 | Andrew Fan | XB, UCI | Win | engine replaced by Firefly | |
| Knockout | 0.7.1 build 002 | Sven Schüle | XB | Win | can use PolyGlot opening books; uses Gaviota egtbs | |
| LadyGambit | 1.0 | Carlo Pivotto | XB | Win32 | ||
| LambChop | 10.99 | Peter McKenzie | XB | Win32 | ||
| Laurifer | 1.0 | Robert Lubczynski | XB | Win32 | ||
| Leila | 0.53h | Carmelo Calzerano | XB, UCI | Win32 | ||
| LesserProphet | 1.01 | James Swafford | XB | C++ | Win32 | source code only; didactic: intended as a starting point for new programmers |
| Loop | 2007 | Fritz Reul | UCI | Win32 | ||
| Loop | 2007×64 | Fritz Reul | UCI | Win64 | ||
| LordKing | 4.0 | Carlo Pivotto | XB | Win | later versions of this engine were Fruit clones | |
| Madeleine | 0.2 | Luigi Ripamonti | XB, UCI | Win32 | ||
| Mainsworthy | 141 | Mark Ainsworth | XB | Win32 | C++ source; Win32; own GUI (GUI for native use only) | |
| Marvin | 1.30 | Martin Danielsson | XB | Win32 | ||
| Matheus | 2.3 | Josué Forte | XB | Win32, Linux | ||
| Milady | compilation | Yves Lejeail | XB | Win | new version requires .NET 4.0 or better, older versions required 2.0 or better | |
| MiniChessAI | 1.20 | Marcin Gardyjan | XB | Win32 | own GUI (SimpleChess 1.72) | |
| Mint | 2.3 | Christian Söderström | XB | Win32 | ||
| Mizar | 2.0, 2.1, 3.0 | Nicola Rizzuti | XB | C | Linux, Mac, Win | |
| Monik | 2.1.1 | Sylvain Lacombe | XB | C++ | Linux, Mac, Win | older version |
| Mooboo | 0.04E | Steffen Basting | XB | Win32 | builds w/ various sized hash tables | |
| Mooboo | 0.2b | Steffen Basting | XB | Win32 | older version; builds w/ various sized hash tables | |
| Morphy | 3.22 | Erik Walstra | XB | Win32 | ||
| Movei | 0.08.438 | Uri Blass | XB, UCI | Win32 | FRC | |
| MrChess | 2.1 | Aloysius Han | XB | Win32 | ||
| Muriel | 0.7.1 | Manuel Jesus Petit de Gabriel | XB | Win(cygwin) | ||
| Naum | 4.6 | Aleksandar Naumov | XB, UCI | Win32/64 | mp; FRC | |
| Nemeton | 1.41, 1.4 | Stan Arts | XB | Pascal | Win | mp (4 cores max) Win; older versions |
| Nero | 6.1 | Juri Huikari | XB | Win32 | ||
| Neurosis | 2.5 | Stan Arts | XB | Win32 | 3D GUI version too | |
| Neurosis | 2.5 | Stan Arts | XB | Win32 | 3D GUI version too; older versions | |
| Nimzo | 2000, 2000a, 2000b | Christian Donninger | XB | Win | Once commercial, now free | |
| NoonianChess | 3.206P2 | Charles Roberson | XB | Win32 | ||
| Oberon | 0.04 | Pawel Koziol | XB | Win32 | variant play (Spartan Chess) | |
| OctoChess | r5506HK | Tim Kosse | XB, UCI | C++ | Linux, Mac, Win | mp; FRC; multiPV; (compiled by Hermann Krause) |
| Patzer | 3.80 | Roland Pfister | XB, UCI | Win32 | mp; FRC; own endgame bitbases | |
| Pentagon | 1.2 | Andrea Gatti | XB | Win32 | ||
| Philou | 3.71 | Philippe Gailhac | UCI | Win32/64 | ||
| Plywood | 1.73X | Jim Bumgardner | XB | Win32 | ||
| Pooky | 2.7 | David Dahlem | XB, UCI | Win32 | ||
| Popochin | 3.2 | Miguel Izquierdo | XB | Win32 | ||
| Pseudo | 0.7c, 0.6h, 0.6 | Jan Klima | XB | Win | ||
| Pupsi2 | 0.09 | Jesper Nielsen | UCI | Win32 | requires .NET 3.5 framework | |
| Ranita | 2.4 | Jean-Yves Lallemand | XB | Win32 | ||
| Reger | 0.0.9, 0.0.7, 0.0.6 | Bert van den Bosch | XB | Win | Engine once known as 'JsBaM' | |
| RomiChess | P3L | Michael Sherwin | XB | Win32 | mp | |
| RomiChess | 2c, 2k, 3d, 3g, 3i, NG5 | Michael Sherwin | XB | Win32 | mp; older versions | |
| Sachy | 0.2.01 DC | Martin Macok | XB | Win32 | ||
| SdBC | 0.4.13.1, 0.4.14.0, 0.5.15.1 | Stefan de Buhr | XB | Win32 | ||
| SharpChess2 | 2.69, 2.6, 2.52 | Peter Hughes | XB | Win32 | ||
| Shutranj | TM | Okash Khawaja | UCI | C# | Win32/64 | |
| Sierzant | 0.26, 0.28, 0.31 | Mariusz Rostek | XB | Win32 | ||
| SilChess | 3.1 | Oliver Hamann | XB | Win32, Linux32/64 | engine is part of Eagle Mode GUI | |
| Simon | 1.0, 1.1, 1.2 | Dan Honeycutt | XB | Win32 | ||
| Sinapse | 1.0 | Mel Goto | XB | Win32 | ||
| Smaug | 2.2.1 | Tord Romstad & Joona Kiiski | UCI | C++ | Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac | Glaurung derivative, Linux builds by Jim Ablett |
| SnailChess | 4.013 | Chan Rashjid | XB | Win32 | ||
| SpiderChess | 070603 | Martin Giepmans | XB | Win32 | ||
| SSEChess | 2.05 DC | Samuel Slutzky | XB | Win32 | ||
| St Andersen | 1.31 | Erik Robertson | XB | Win32 | ||
| Stan's Chess | 1.42 | Stan Arts | XB | Win32 | own GUI; engine also known as S-chess | |
| Storm | 0.6 | Sean Empey | XB | Win32 | ||
| StrategicDeep | 1.25 | Marcin Gardyjan | XB | Win32 | ||
| Suff | 0.3a | Clemens Pruell | UCI | C++ | Win32 | |
| Tamerlane | 0.2 | Luigi Ripamonti | XB | Win32 | ||
| Tao | 5.6 | Bas Hamstra | XB, UCI | Win32 | ||
| Thinker | 5.4D | Lance Perkins & Kerwin Medina | XB | Win | mp, own GUI | |
| Tigran | 2.4n, 2.3, 2.2e | Gabor Mihaly | XB | Win32 | ||
| TinyChess | 1.42 (linux/mac/win), 1.46 | Kelvin Yang | XB | Win32 | ||
| TRex | 1.9beta, 1.85 | Christophe Drieu | XB | Win32 | ||
| Tristram | 3.36 | James Swafford | XB | Win32 | ||
| Turgenev | rev32 JA | Chad Williamson | XB | Win32 | ||
| Tyrell | 1.02, 1.01 | Normand Blais | XB | Win32 | ||
| Tytan | 9.32 | Tomasz Michniewski | XB | Win | mp | |
| Tytan | 8.75, 8.32, 7.51, 6.15, 5.22, 5.0, 4.7, 2.76 | Tomasz Michniewski | XB | Win | ||
| Uragano 3D | 0.92 | Luca Naddei | XB | Win32 | own GUI (3D) | |
| Unidexter | f5fb866 PN | Michael Aherne | UCI | Java | cross-platform jar file built by Phokham Nonava | source |
| Warrior | 1.03 | Aleksandrs Saveljevs | XB | Win32 | ||
| Wing | 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 2.0, 2.0a | Stef Luijten | XB | C++ | Linux, Win | Crafty derivative |
| Xadreco | 5.83.160606.175711 | Ruben Carlo Benante | XB | C | Win32 | older versions support UCI |
| Xadreco | 5.7, 5.6 | Ruben Carlo Benante | XB | C | Win32 | older versions support UCI |
| Yawce | 0.16 | Jakob Sandholm | XB | Win32 | ||
| Yoda | 2.09 | Daniel Anulliero | XB | Win32 | version 2.09 has a hash table bug | |
| Youk | 1.05 | Loïc Cuenot | XB | Win32 | ||
| Zchess2 | 2006.06.03 | Eamonn Ramsey | XB | Win | ||
| Zephyr | 0.61 | Thomas Schlapp | XB | Win32 | ||
| Zoidberg | 0.1 | Manuel Diaz | XB | Win32 | ||
| Zotron | 4.46 | Patrick M King | XB | Win32 |
More engines can be found at the CC-Wiki Engines page
