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Crafty is a chess program written by UAB professor Robert Hyatt, with development and assistance from Michael Byrne, Tracy Riegle, and Peter Skinner. It is derived from Cray Blitz, winner of the 1983 and 1986 World Computer Chess Championships. Tord Romstad, co-author of Stockfish, described Crafty as "arguably the most important and influential chess program ever".

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Software.name
Crafty
Software.screenshot
Gnuchess vs crafty.png
Software.caption
Crafty (black) versus GnuChess (white)
Software.author
Robert Hyatt, Michael Byrne, Tracy Riegle, Peter Skinner
Software.latest release version
25.6
Software.programming language
C
Software.genre
Chess program
Software.license
Proprietary, Freeware

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Official website
www.craftychess.com
Image
Gnuchess vs crafty.png
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Crafty is a chess program written by UAB professor Robert Hyatt, with development and assistance from Michael Byrne, Tracy Riegle, and Peter Skinner. It is derived from Cray Blitz, winner of the 1983 and 1986 World Computer Chess Championships. Tord Romstad, co-author of Stockfish, described Crafty as "arguably the most important and influential chess program ever".

Crafty finished in second place in the 2010 Fifth Annual ACCA Americas' Computer Chess Championships. Crafty lost only one game, to the first-place winner, Thinker.

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