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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], and supports the [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol]] aka [[WinBoard]]/[[XBoard]] protocol, since Belofte '''2.0.6''' in October 2020, [[UCI]].

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 [[Cpp|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.Belofte '''2.0.6''', released in October 2020, was a rewrite from scratch in C++ <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=72613&start=456 New engine releases 2020] by [[Yves De Billoëz]], [[CCC]], October 27, 2020</ref>.