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'''Ghost''',<br/>
a [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol]] compatible, free chess engine by [[Philipp Claßen]] supported by [[Michael Claßen]], written in [[Cpp|C++]].
The name was taken from the name of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sea-Wolf#Wolf_Larsen Wolf Larsen's] seal-hunting schooner in the novel [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sea-Wolf The Sea-Wolf] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_London Jack London].
Ghost started its life in about 2000 as subject of a school project, the first version appeared in early 2001, playing online at [[Internet Chess Club]] <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=194607 crafty vs ghost on ICC ...could Kasparov himself execute such an attack?] by Jeffrey Wadsworth, [[CCC]], October 28, 2001</ref> , and later in rating list tournaments such as [[CCRL]] <ref>[http://www.computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/4040/cgi/engine_details.cgi?print=Details&each_game=1&eng=Ghost%202.0.1#Ghost_2_0_1 Ghost 2.0.1 in CCRL 40/40]</ref> . Subsequent versions were Ghost 1, Ghost 2, and Ghost 3. Executables are available for [[Windows]] and [[Linux]] platforms. Likely, the current Ghost is [[Bitboards|bitboard]] based, due to the much faster 64-bit executable.
