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91 Engines Release Status Version by programmer(s), GitHub, Open Bench
Integral (GitHub), compile (Jim Ablett) 12/2024 Open Source *4 6 NN / 6 NN JA Aron Petkovski, compile by "Jim Ablett"
Arasan (GitHub), web, compile (Jim Ablett) 12/2024 Open Source *4 25.0.0 NN / 25.0.0 NN JA Jon Dart, compile by "Jim Ablett"
Heimdall (GitHub) 12/2024 Open Source *4 1.2.2 NN Mattia Giambirtone
Tucano (GitHub), compile (Jim Ablett), Net files (GitHub) 12/2024 Open Source *4 12.00 NN / 12.00 NN JA Alcides Schulz, compile by "Jim Ablett"
RukChess (GitHub) 12/2024 Open Source *4 4.0.0 NN Ilya Rukavishnikov
Zangdar (GitHub), compile (Jim Ablett) 12/2024 Open Source 2.31.04 / 2.31.04 JA Philippe Chevalier, compile by "Jim Ablett"
Obsidian (GitHub), TalkChess-84272, Net files (GitHub) 12/2024 Open Source *1, *4  14.11 NN dev / 14.14 NN CE dev Gabriele Lombardo, compile by "Dann Corbit" & compile by "Chris Euler"
Clover (GitHub), compile (Jim Ablett) 12/2024 Open Source *4 8.1 NN / 8.1 NN JA Luca-Mihnea Metehau, compile by "Jim Ablett"
Patricia (GitHub), , compile (Jim Ablett), Willow (GitHub) 12/2024 Open Source *4 4 NN / 4 NN JA Adam Kulju, compile by "Jim Ablett"
PlentyChess (GitHub) 11/2024 Open Source *4 3.0.2(1) NN Patrick Leonhardt
Uralochka (GitLab), googledrive, compile (Jim Ablett) 11/2024 Open Source *1, *4 3.42 NN dev7 / 3.41a NN / 3.41a NN JA Ivan Maklyakov, compile by "Jim Ablett"
Calvin (GitHub) 11/2024 Open Source *4 5.0.2 NN Dan Kelsey
Texel (GitHub), projects (GitHub), Dropbox 11/2024 Open Source *1, *4  1.12a12 NN dev / 1.11 NN Peter Österlund
Lizard (GitHub), compile (Jim Ablett) 11/2024 Open Source *1, *4 11.1 NN / 11.15 NN JA dev Liam McGuire, compile by "Jim Ablett"
Elixir (GitHub), compile (Jim Ablett), mingw (GitHub) 11/2024 Open Source *4 3.0 NN / 3.0 NN JA Arjun Basandrai, compile by "Jim Ablett"
Velvet (GitHub), compile (Jim Ablett) 11/2024 Open Source *4 8.1.1 NN / 8.1.1 NN JA Martin Honert, compile by "Jim Ablett"
Molybdenum (GitHub) 11/2024 Open Source *4 4.1 NN Hannes Lerchl
Stormphrax (GitHub), compile (Jim Ablett) 10/2024 Open Source *4 6.0.0 NN / 6.0.0 NN JA Conor Anstey, compile by "Jim Ablett"
Motor (GitHub), compile (Jim Ablett) 10/2024 Open Source *4 0.8.0 NN / 0.8.0 NN JA Martin Novák, compile by "Jim Ablett"
Caissa (GitHub), compile (Jim Ablett) 10/2024 Open Source *4 1.21 NN / 1.21 NN JA Michal Witanowski, compile by "Jim Ablett"
Quanticade Electra (GitHub), compile (Jim Ablett) 10/2024 Open Source *1, *4 0.9 NN / 0.9 NN JA dev Maksim Korzh & Martin Botka, compile by "Jim Ablett"
Alexandria (GitHub) 10/2024 Open Source *4 7.1.0 NN PGG and Contributors
Starzix (GitHub), compile (Jim Ablett) 10/2024 Open Source *4 6.0 NN / 6.0 NN JA Ricardo Pinto, compile by "Jim Ablett"
Leela Chess Zero (GitHub), web 10/2024 Open Source *3, *4 Lc0 0.31.2 NN Garry Linscott & Gian-Carlo Pascutto, et al.
Sapling (GitHub) 10/2024 Open Source *4 1.2.2 NN Timothy Jones
Viridithas (GitHub) 10/2024 Open Source *4 15.0.0 NN Cosmo Bobak
Sirius (GitHub), compile (Jim Ablett) 10/2024 Open Source *1, *4 8.0 NN / 8.0 NN JA dev mcthouacbb, compile by "Jim Ablett"
Pedantic (GitHub) 09/2024 Open Source *4 2.1.0 NN JoAnn D. Peeler
Chess.CPP (GitHub), compile (Jim Ablett), mingw (GitHub) 09/2024 Open Source *1, *4 4.10 NN / 4.10 NN JA dev Gediminas Masaitis, compile by "Jim Ablett"
Stockfish, dev-1, dev-2, Net files, compile (Jim Ablett) 09/2024 Open Source *1, *3, *4 17 NN / 17 NN JA Romstad & Costalba & Kiiski, et al., compile by "Jim Ablett"
Bagatur (GitHub), compile (Jim Ablett) 08/2024 Open Source *4, *6 5.1c NN / 5.1c NN JA Krasimir Topchiyski, compile by "Jim Ablett"
Reckless (GitHub) 08/2024 Open Source *4 0.7.0 NN Arseniy Surkov
Serendipity (GitHub) 08/2024 Open Source *4, *6 0.4.1 NN Shawn Xu
RubiChess (GitHub), Net files (GitHub) 08/2024 Open Source *4 20240817 NN Andreas Matthies
Spaghet (GitHub) 08/2024 Open Source *4 1.0 BolugNNese NN Li Ying
Devre (GitHub), compile (Jim Ablett) 08/2024 Open Source *1, *4 6.0 NN / 6.39 NN JA dev Ömer Faruk Tutkun, compile by "Jim Ablett"
Halogen (GitHub), compile (Jim Ablett), RWBC 08/2024 Open Source *1, *4 12 NN / 12.12.3 NN JA dev Kieren Pearson, compile by "Jim Ablett", compile by "Günther Simon"
Nalwald (GitHub) 07/2024 Open Source *4 19 NN Jost Triller
Clarity (GitHub) 07/2024 Open Source *4 7.2.0 NN Joseph Pasfield
Winter (GitHub), compile (Jim Ablett) 06/2024 Open Source *4 4.0 NN JA Jonathan Rosenthal, compile by "Jim Ablett"
Stash (GitLab), Vault (GitHub) 06/2024 Open Source *4 36.0 Morgan Houppin
Renegade (GitHub), compile (Jim Ablett) 06/2024 Open Source *1, *4 1.1.0 NN / 1.1.9 NN JA dev Krisztián Peőcz, compile by "Jim Ablett"
Peacekeeper (GitHub) 06/2024 Open Source *4 3.01 NN Kyle Zhang
Titan (GitHub) 06/2024 Open Source *4 1.1 NN Jeffrey Powell
Wasp, web2 06/2024 free *4 7.00 NN John Stanback
Marvin (GitHub) 05/2024 Open Source *4 6.3.0 NN Martin Danielsson
Cheng (GitHub) 04/2024 Open Source *4 4.48 NN Martin Sedlak
Saturn (GitHub) 04/2024 Open Source *4 1.3 NN Egor Moroz
Berserk (GitHub), compile (Ipman) 03/2024 Open Source *4 13 NN Jay Honnold
Mr Bob (GitHub) 03/2024 Open Source *4 1.3.0 NN Vincent Yu
Akimbo (GitHub) 03/2024 Open Source *4 1.0.0 NN Jamie Whiting
Rice (GitHub) 03/2024 Open Source *4 8.0.0 NN Rafid Ahsan
Equisitum (GitHub) ... (derived from Shallow Blue), compile (Jim Ablett) 03/2024 Open Source *1, *4 1.0 NN / 1.15 NN JA dev work by Alexander Litov & Rhys Rustad-Elliott, compile by "Jim Ablett"
Rebel, EAS ... (derived from Fruit 2.1) 03/2024 Open Source *4 16.3 NN work by Ed Schröder & Fabien LETOUZEY, et al.
Fire (GitHub), web, FireFather (GitHub) 03/2024 Open Source *4 9.3 NN Norman Schmidt
 n. a. Expositor (GitHub) 03/2024 Open Source *4 4WR02 NN Kade Philipps
Black Marlin (GitHub), compile (Jim Ablett) 02/2024 Open Source *1, *4 9.0 NN / 9.0 NN JA dev Doruk Sekercioglu, compile by "Jim Ablett"
Hiarcs 02/2024 15.3.1 Mark Uniacke
Altair (GitHub), compile (Jim Ablett) 02/2024 Open Source *1, *4 7.0.0 NN / 7.1.5 NN JA dev Alexander Tian, compile by "Jim Ablett"
BlackCore (GitHub), WhiteCore (GitHub) 02/2024 Open Source *4 6.0 NN Balazs Szilagyi
Superultra (GitHub) 01/2024 Open Source *4 2.0 NN Alexander Liang
Booot (GitHub) 01/2024 Open Source *4 7.3 NN Alex Morozov
Midnight 01/2024 Open Source *4 9 NN Archishmaan Peyyety
Minic (GitHub), Minic all (GitHub) 01/2024 Open Source *4 3.41 NN Vivien Clauzon
Avalanche (GitHub) 01/2024 Open Source *4 2.1.0 NN Yinuo Huang
Pawn (GitHub), compile (Jim Ablett) 01/2024 Open Source *1, *4 3.0 NN / 3.0 NN JA dev Rui Coelho, compile by "Jim Ablett"
Counter (GitHub), compile (Jim Ablett) 01/2024 Open Source *4 5.5 NN / 5.5 NN JA Vadim Chizhov, compile by "Jim Ablett"
Seer (GitHub) 12/2023 Open Source *4 2.8.0 NN Connor McMonigle
Ginkgo (Fritz 17 / 18 / Power 18 / 19 = Chessbase) 11/2023 *4, *7 Fritz 19 NN Frank Schneider
Ethereal (GitHub), web, compile (Jim Ablett) 10/2023 Open Source *1, *2, *4  14.25 NN / 14.31 JA dev Andrew Grant & Alayan & Laldon, compile by "Jim Ablett"
Dragon by Komodo (in add. a Chessbase product) 10/2023  *2, *3, *4, *7 3.3 NN / 14.1 (free) Don Daily & Larry Kaufman & Mark Lefler, et al.
rofChade 09/2023 free *4 3.1 NN Ronald Friederich
Carp (GitHub) 09/2023 Open Source *4 3.0.1 NN Andrea Sgobbi
StockDory (GitHub) 08/2023 Open Source *4 Starfish 0.1 NN Shaheryar Sohail
Chess System Tal (GitHub), web 06/2023 Open Source *4 2.0 NN Chris Whittington
Igel (GitHub), compile (Jim Ablett) ... (forked from GreKo 2018.01) 06/2023 Open Source *1, *4 3.5.0 NN / 3.5.10 NN JA dev work by Volodymyr Shcherbyna & Vladimir Medvedev, compile by "Jim Ablett"
DanaSah 06/2023 Open Source *4 9.1 NN Pedro Castro
Vengeance (GitLab), compile (Jim Ablett) 05/2023 Open Source *1, *4 3.1.0 NN / 3.1.0 NN JA dev Amar Thapa, compile by "Jim Ablett"
Koivisto (GitHub), web, compile (Ipman) 02/2023 Open Source *1, *4 9.0 NN / 9.2 NN IP dev Kim Kåhre & Finn Eggers, compile by "Ipman"
Smallbrain (GitHub) 01/2023 Open Source *4 7.0 NN Max Allendorf
Mantissa (GitHub), compile (Jim Ablett) 08/2022 Open Source *1, *4 3.7.2 NN / 3.7.2 NN JA dev Jeremy Wright, compile by "Jim Ablett"
Revenge, Pedone ... (Revenge = commercial product) 07/2022 *2, *4  3.0 NN / 3.1 NN (free) Fabio Gobbato
Slow Chess Blitz 06/2022 free *4 2.9 NN Jonathan Kreuzer
Zahak (GitHub) 05/2022 Open Source *4 10.0 NN Amanj Sherwany
Weiss (GitHub), compile (Ipman), compile (Jim Ablett) 08/2021 Open Source *1 2.0 / 2.10 220c30 JA dev Terje Kirstihagen, compile by "Ipman", compile by "Jim Ablett"
 n. a. Chiron 06/2021 5.01 Ubaldo Andrea Farina
Nemorino (BitBucket), Nemorino all, Net files, compile (Jim Ablett) 01/2021 Open Source *1, *4, *5 6.01 NNSf6.11 NN JA dev Christian Günther, v6.05 (Net_16), compile by "Jim Ablett"
Xiphos (GitHub), compile (Jim Ablett) 11/2019 Open Source 0.6 / 0.61 JA Milos Tatarevic, compile by "Jim Ablett"
Laser (GitHub) 02/2019 Open Source 1.7 Jeffrey An & Michael An
Fizbo (GitHub) 12/2017 Open Source 2 Youri Matiounine
Shredder ... (in add. a Chessbase product) 10/2016 *3, *7 13 Stefan Meyer-Kahlen & from 2006

 

*1 = dev (development) version(s) available!
*2 = older versions of Rybka, Komodo, Ethereal (without NN)
*3 = older interviews with programmer(s) by myself.
*4 = NN = (Neural Network)
*5 = NNSf = (Neural Network file based on Stockfish)
*6 = JAVA

*7 = Commercial Chessbase products!

Fritz 13 and versions before = Quest by Frans Morsch
Fritz 14 = Pandix by Gyula Horvath
Fritz 15 / 16 = Rybka by Vas Raylich
Fritz 17 / 18 / Power 18 / 19 = Ginkgo by Frank Schneider