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'''Belofte''', (Belofte Chess)<br/>
an [[:Category:Open Source|open source chess engine]] by [[Yves De Billoëz]], written in [[C]] and released under the [[Free Software Foundation#GPL|GPL license]] v2.
Belofte is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Console_application console application], but and supports the [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol]] aka [[WinBoard]]/[[XBoard]] protocol.
=Features=
=History=
Development started in 2005 and version 0.2.x made appearance on freechess.org chess server and in source code.
At that time, it was released with a custom license (but still free for the open source community). Versions 0.3 till 0.6 were converted to C++ and developed under windows but compilation on other platforms failed. Source code for those versions is available. Look for the branch in the source repository. In 2017, the old version was re-released under GPL license and a new version 0.9.x is making its appearance.
It is a branch from the 0.2 release and gradually, all changes from the 0.3+ branches will be included.
=Forum Posts=
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=6645 Pawns more valuable than queens !!] by [[Matthias Gemuh]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], July 10, 2007
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=64451 New engine: belofte] by [[Yves De Billoëz]], [[CCC]], June 29, 2017
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=64538 Belofte 0.9.1 for Linux and Macintosh] by [[Norbert Raimund Leisner]], [[CCC]], July 06, 2017
=External links=
==Chess Engine==
* [https://sourceforge.net/projects/belofte/ Belofte Source code on souceforge]
* [http://macchess.internetcontact.be/ MacChess - Dedicated to chess on Mac]
* [https://ccrl.chessdom.com/ccrl/404/cgi/compare_engines.cgi?family=Belofte&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 Belofte] in [[CCRL|CCRL Blitz]]
