Developer(s) | Richard Vida |
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Stable release | 1.6a 64-bit
/ June 2012 |
Written in | C++ |
Operating system | Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Android |
Type | Chess engine |
License | Proprietary |
Website | www |
Critter is a cross-platform UCI chess engine by Slovakian programmer Richard Vida which is free for non-commercial use. The engine has achieved top five on most official chess engine Elo rating lists.[1][2][3][4]
Richard Vida started working on Critter in late 2008. The first version was originally written in Object Pascal but the code was later converted to C++ using Bitboard technology because Delphi did not perform well under 64-bit processors.[5][6] Critter had its over-the-board (OTB) debut at the ICT 2012, where it became a strong runner-up behind the Rybka cluster.[7]
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