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'''GromitChess''', (Gromit)<br/>
a chess engine by [[Frank Schneider]] and [[Kai Skibbe]]. '''Gromit''', later renamed to '''GromitChess''', was initially written by Frank. In 1999 former tester Kai Skibbe joined the development<ref>[http://www.pocketgrandmaster.com/english/about.html PocketGrandmaster About]</ref>.
Gromit and GromitChess played several [[IPCCC|IPCCCs]], the [[WMCCC 1995]], [[WCCC 1999]] in Paderborn and the [[WMCCC 2001]] in Maastricht, where it won the title of the Amateur World Microcomputer Chess Champion. Early versions (1.2) were standalone engines with an own [[GUI]], later versions (> 2.0) were [[WinBoard]]/[[XBoard]] compatible, a dedicated version (3.1) was available as [[ChessBase#YoungTalents|Young Talent]] by [[ChessBase]] running under the [[Fritz#FritzGUI|Fritz6 GUI]] <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=207034 Re: Anyone using the Gromit engine?] by [[Frank Schneider]], [[CCC]], January 13, 2002</ref> <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=51588 ChessBase native engines (freeware)] by [[Norbert Raimund Leisner]], [[CCC]], March 13, 2014</ref>. GromitChess (3.10.3) was incorporated into the [[PocketGrandmaster]] for [[Pocket PC]] <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=240495 Re: Is Gromit 3.9.5 is out?] by [[Frank Schneider]], [[CCC]], July 14, 2002</ref>, and became predecessor of [[Anaconda]].
- you can compare the current position with previous positions in the search tree
An alternative would use a mix of copied and static data structures.
=See also=
* [[Anaconda]]
