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[[FILE:Predator 01.jpg|border|right|thumb|240px| Predator <ref>A life-sized Predator sculpture on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koh_Samui Koh Samui], [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Predator_01.jpg?uselang=en Image] by [https://www.flickr.com/people/97844767@N00 Jessica Spengler] from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hove Hove], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom United Kingdom], February 25, 2008, [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en CC BY 2.0], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Commons Wikimedia Commons], [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predator_%28cr%C3%A9ature%29 Predator (créature) - Wikipédia] (French)</ref> ]]
'''Prédateur''',<br/>
an [[UCI]] compatible chess engine by [[Julien Marcel]] with focus on programming and playing delight rather than ultimative playing strength. Prédateur is written in [[Pascal]] using the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus_%28IDE%29 Lazarus IDE] along with its [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Pascal Free Pascal] compiler <ref>[http://www.blitzchess.fr/fr/programmeurs/programmeursfranais/marceljulien/index.html Marcel Julien] from [http://www.blitzchess.fr/ blitzchess.fr] (French)</ref> . Executables are available for [[Windows]], [[Mac OS]] and the [[Amiga]] compatible [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MorphOS MorphOS]. Prédateur is build around an [[Alpha-Beta|alpha-beta]] framework with various [[Pruning|pruning-]], [[Reductions|reduction-]], and [[Extensions|extension techniques]] such as [[Null Move Pruning|null move pruning]], [[Late Move Reductions|late move reductions and pruning]], [[Mate Distance Pruning|mate distance pruning]], [[Futility Pruning|futility-]] and [[Futility Pruning#Extendedfutilitypruning|extended futility pruning]], [[Check Extensions|check-]], [[One Reply Extensions|singular reply-]] and [[Mate Threat Extensions|threat extensions]]. It's [[Evaluation|evaluation]] is still very basic, recently recognizing [[Passed Pawn|passers]] and [[Backward Pawn|backward pawns]]. Prédateur 2.2, released in early 2012, is likely the latest Pascal version, as the [[Cpp|C++]] version is getting mature and closer to delivery <ref>[http://predateur-chess.blogspot.de/2012/01/since-little-bit-more-than-year-and.html Prédateur 2.2 released]</ref> .
=See also=
* [[Various Classifications#Fiction|Fiction]]
=Forum Posts=
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21239 Predateur 0.1.1 : 1498] by [[Patrick Buchmann]], [[CCC]], May 19, 2008
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21238 Prédateur 0.1.3b2] by [[Julien Marcel]], [[CCC]], May 19, 2008
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=37260 Prédateur 2.0 Released (+400 Elo?) - Merry Christmas to all!] by [[Julien Marcel]], [[CCC]], December 23, 2010
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=40678 Sargon III (10mn/move) vs Prédateur (5mn/move)] by [[Julien Marcel]], [[CCC]], October 08, 2011 » [[Sargon]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=41793 Prédateur 2.2 Released] by [[Julien Marcel]], [[CCC]], January 04, 2012
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=42389 Prédateur 2.2.1 "Bugfix" released (now with PPC)] by [[Julien Marcel]], [[CCC]], February 08, 2012
=External Links=
==Chess Engine==
* [http://predateur-chess.blogspot.com/ Prédateur blog]
* [http://www.computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/4040/cgi/compare_engines.cgi?family=Predateur&print=Rating+list&print=Results+table&print=LOS+table&print=Ponder+hit+table&print=Eval+difference+table&print=Comopp+gamenum+table&print=Overlap+table&print=Score+with+common+opponents Predateur] in [[CCRL|CCRL 40/40]]
==Misc==
* [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pr%C3%A9dateur Prédateur - Wikipédia] (French)
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predation Predation from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predator_%28disambiguation%29 Predator (disambiguation) from Wikipedia]
* [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/predate predate from Wiktionary]
* [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predator_%28cr%C3%A9ature%29 Predator (créature) - Wikipédia] (French)
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predator_%28alien%29 Predator (alien) from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predator_%28franchise%29 Predator (franchise) from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predator_%28film%29 Predator (film) from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_vs._Predator_%28film%29 Alien vs. Predator (film) from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predators_%28film%29 Predators (film) from Wikipedia]
=References=
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'''[[Engines|Up one level]]'''
[[FILE:Predator 01.jpg|border|right|thumb|240px| Predator <ref>A life-sized Predator sculpture on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koh_Samui Koh Samui], [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Predator_01.jpg?uselang=en Image] by [https://www.flickr.com/people/97844767@N00 Jessica Spengler] from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hove Hove], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom United Kingdom], February 25, 2008, [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en CC BY 2.0], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Commons Wikimedia Commons], [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predator_%28cr%C3%A9ature%29 Predator (créature) - Wikipédia] (French)</ref> ]]
'''Prédateur''',<br/>
an [[UCI]] compatible chess engine by [[Julien Marcel]] with focus on programming and playing delight rather than ultimative playing strength. Prédateur is written in [[Pascal]] using the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus_%28IDE%29 Lazarus IDE] along with its [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Pascal Free Pascal] compiler <ref>[http://www.blitzchess.fr/fr/programmeurs/programmeursfranais/marceljulien/index.html Marcel Julien] from [http://www.blitzchess.fr/ blitzchess.fr] (French)</ref> . Executables are available for [[Windows]], [[Mac OS]] and the [[Amiga]] compatible [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MorphOS MorphOS]. Prédateur is build around an [[Alpha-Beta|alpha-beta]] framework with various [[Pruning|pruning-]], [[Reductions|reduction-]], and [[Extensions|extension techniques]] such as [[Null Move Pruning|null move pruning]], [[Late Move Reductions|late move reductions and pruning]], [[Mate Distance Pruning|mate distance pruning]], [[Futility Pruning|futility-]] and [[Futility Pruning#Extendedfutilitypruning|extended futility pruning]], [[Check Extensions|check-]], [[One Reply Extensions|singular reply-]] and [[Mate Threat Extensions|threat extensions]]. It's [[Evaluation|evaluation]] is still very basic, recently recognizing [[Passed Pawn|passers]] and [[Backward Pawn|backward pawns]]. Prédateur 2.2, released in early 2012, is likely the latest Pascal version, as the [[Cpp|C++]] version is getting mature and closer to delivery <ref>[http://predateur-chess.blogspot.de/2012/01/since-little-bit-more-than-year-and.html Prédateur 2.2 released]</ref> .
=See also=
* [[Various Classifications#Fiction|Fiction]]
=Forum Posts=
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21239 Predateur 0.1.1 : 1498] by [[Patrick Buchmann]], [[CCC]], May 19, 2008
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21238 Prédateur 0.1.3b2] by [[Julien Marcel]], [[CCC]], May 19, 2008
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=37260 Prédateur 2.0 Released (+400 Elo?) - Merry Christmas to all!] by [[Julien Marcel]], [[CCC]], December 23, 2010
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=40678 Sargon III (10mn/move) vs Prédateur (5mn/move)] by [[Julien Marcel]], [[CCC]], October 08, 2011 » [[Sargon]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=41793 Prédateur 2.2 Released] by [[Julien Marcel]], [[CCC]], January 04, 2012
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=42389 Prédateur 2.2.1 "Bugfix" released (now with PPC)] by [[Julien Marcel]], [[CCC]], February 08, 2012
=External Links=
==Chess Engine==
* [http://predateur-chess.blogspot.com/ Prédateur blog]
* [http://www.computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/4040/cgi/compare_engines.cgi?family=Predateur&print=Rating+list&print=Results+table&print=LOS+table&print=Ponder+hit+table&print=Eval+difference+table&print=Comopp+gamenum+table&print=Overlap+table&print=Score+with+common+opponents Predateur] in [[CCRL|CCRL 40/40]]
==Misc==
* [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pr%C3%A9dateur Prédateur - Wikipédia] (French)
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predation Predation from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predator_%28disambiguation%29 Predator (disambiguation) from Wikipedia]
* [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/predate predate from Wiktionary]
* [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predator_%28cr%C3%A9ature%29 Predator (créature) - Wikipédia] (French)
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predator_%28alien%29 Predator (alien) from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predator_%28franchise%29 Predator (franchise) from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predator_%28film%29 Predator (film) from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_vs._Predator_%28film%29 Alien vs. Predator (film) from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predators_%28film%29 Predators (film) from Wikipedia]
=References=
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'''[[Engines|Up one level]]'''
