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ProDeo, (Pro Deo) a free version of the former commercial Rebel chess program series by Ed Schröder with a complete rewritten personality setting in self-explainable natural language, making it one of the most tunable chess engines. ProDeo is WinBoard and UCI compliant and runs under Windows with various GUIs, and incorporates an open source EOC database. ProDeo played the DOCCC 2004, ICT 2005, DOCCC 2005, DOCCC 2011, and the ICT 2012.

=Selected Games= DOCCC 2004, round 4, Diep - ProDeo [Event "DOCCC 2004"] [Site "Leiden NED"] [Date "2004.10.17"] [Round "04"] [White "Diep"] [Black "ProDeo"] [Result "0-1"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Bb5 Nd7 9.O-O Be7 10.Rc1 O-O 11.a3 Rc8 12.Be2 Nb6 13.Re1 a6 14.b4 Bd6 15.Bxd6 Qxd6 16.Nh4 Be4 17.Qb3 Rc7 18.f3 Bg6 19.Red1 Bh5 20.g4 Qe7 21.Ng2 Bg6 22.Kf2 Rfc8 23.h4 h6 24.Qb2 Na7 25.g5 hxg5 26.hxg5 Qxg5 27.Qa1 Nb5 28.Nxb5 axb5 29.Rc5 Nc4 30.Rxc7 Rxc7 31.Rh1 Nd2 32.Rh3 Bb1 33.a4 Rc2 34.Nf4 Rc1 35.Rg3 Qh4 36.axb5 Nf1 37.Bxf1 Rxf1+ 38.Kxf1 Qxg3 39.Ke2 Qh2+ 40.Kd1 Bf5 41.Qa8+ Kh7 42.Qxb7 Bc2+ 43.Kc1 Ba4 44.Qc7 Qg1+ 45.Kb2 Qxe3 46.b6 Qd2+ 47.Ka3 Bb5 48.Nh5 Qxd4 49.Qc2+ Kh6 50.b7 Qa1+ 51.Qa2 Qc3+ 52.Qb3 Qc7 0-1

=Screenshot= ProDeo vs. Delfi inside the Arena

=Forum Posts=

2004

 * Which style is best for ProDeo 1.0 ? by Norm Pollock, CCC, August 02, 2004
 * ProDeo: what is Chess Knowledge? by Telmo C. Escobar, CCC, August 12, 2004

2005 ...

 * ProDeo 1.1 available! by F. Huber, CCC, February 03, 2005
 * Excellent performance of ProDeo at Leiden... by Peter Skinner, CCC, June 05, 2005 » ICT 2005
 * Pro Deo 1.2 utilities by Ed Schröder, CCC, April 27, 2007
 * Pro Deo 1.5 by Ed Schröder, CCC, June 07, 2007

2010 ...

 * Pro Deo 1.6 grandmaster personalities by David Dahlem, CCC, July 25, 2011
 * ProDeo 1.87 released by Thomas J. Miller, CCC, December 19, 2013
 * ProDeo 1.88 - the let's check version by Ed Schröder, CCC, January 28, 2014

2015 ...

 * ProDeo YAT by Ed Schröder, CCC, February 20, 2016
 * REBEL | ProDeo book available in Polyglot format by Ed Schröder, CCC, March 05, 2016 » Opening Book, PolyGlot
 * Ideas by Ed Schröder, CCC, September 08, 2016
 * ProDeo 2.2 SMP by Damir, CCC, September 25, 2016
 * ProDeo 2.3 [the BUDDY version ] by Ed Schröder, CCC, April 05, 2017
 * ProDeo 2.4 - [the ELO version ] by Ed Schröder, CCC, July 07, 2017
 * ProDeo 2.8 by Damir, CCC, August 06, 2018
 * ProDeo 2.9 -- UPDATE -- by Ed Schröder, CCC, December 15, 2018
 * ProDeo 2.91 [another, but last update ] by Ed Schröder, CCC, January 16, 2019

2020 ...

 * ProDeo 3.0 by Ed Schroder, ProDeo Forum, November 17, 2020
 * ProDeo 3.0 has Arrived! by AdminX, CCC, November 17, 2020
 * ProDeo 3.1 - The PESTO versionn by Ed Schröder, ProDeo Forum, February 19, 2021 » PeSTO's Evaluation Function
 * ProDeo 3.1 - The PESTO version by Ed Schröder, CCC, February 19, 2021

=External Links=

Chess Engine

 * ProDeo
 * History Reductions in Pro Deo by Ed Schröder » Late Move Reductions
 * Pro Deo Frequently Asked Questions

Releases

 * ProDeo 3.0 | Home of the Dutch Rebel
 * ProDeo 2.9 (The Programmer version)
 * ProDeo 2.8 (Introducing Sleepy, Sloppy and Stupid)
 * ProDeo 2.7 NUCLEUS
 * ProDeo 2.6 (The do it yourself version)
 * ProDeo 2.5 (The Gospel version)
 * ProDeo 2.4 (Fun with Elo)
 * ProDeo 2.3 (The Buddy version)
 * ProDeo 2.2 (The SMP version - Speculative Move Principle)
 * ProDeo 2.1 YAT

Rating

 * Pro Deo 1.0 test by Kurt Utzinger
 * ProDeo in CCRL 40/15

Misc

 * ProDeo Forum hosted and moderated by Ed Schroder
 * prodeo - Wiktionary
 * Pro Deo from Wikipedia
 * Pro bono from Wikipedia
 * Pro Deo from Wikipedia.nl (Dutch)
 * Janis Joplin - Get It While You Can, The Dick Cavett Show, June 25, 1970, YouTube Video

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