IPPOLIT
Open-source chess program
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IPPOLIT is an open-source chess program released by authors using pseudonyms, Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin, Igor Igorovich Igoronov, Roberto Pescatore, Yusuf Ralf Weisskopf, Ivan Skavinsky Skavar, and Decembrists.
DeveloperUnknown
Initial release2 May 2009
Preview release
999946h (IvanHoe)
/ 8 December 2011
Written inC
| IPPOLIT | |
|---|---|
IvanHoe analyzing a position with multi-pv enabled using ComradesGUI | |
| Developer | Unknown |
| Initial release | 2 May 2009 |
| Preview release | 999946h (IvanHoe)
/ 8 December 2011 |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Linux, Windows |
| Type | Chess program |
| License | Public Domain[1] |
| Website | ippolit |
The program is a console application that communicates with a chess graphical user interface (GUI) via standard Universal Chess Interface protocol. IPPOLIT is a bitboard chess engine optimized for 64-bit architecture with native support for both 32-bit/64-bit Linux and Windows operating systems. With about 3100 ELO it is listed in TOP 50 strongest chess programs.[2]
Releases
- IPPOLIT, released on May 2, 2009, was the first release of the series. It was split in multiple usenet messages.[3]
- RobboLito, released in September 2009, was the second installment of the IPPOLIT series. Endgame tablebase, RobboBases support was introduced.
- Igorrit, released in January 2010, added Multi-core support, and was the third installment of the IPPOLIT series.
- IvanHoe, released in January 2010, is the fourth and current project code name of the IPPOLIT series. It features, but not limited to, Multi-PV Archived 2012-01-24 at the Wayback Machine, Monte-Carlo Tree Search, and Chess960. IvanHoe uses a decrementing versioning scheme. The latest release includes source-code for a Java GUI, ComradesGUI.