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'''Bringer''' (Der Bringer),<br/>
a chess program running under [[Windows]] developed by [[Gerrit Reubold]]. Bringer brings an its own [[GUI]], and further supports the [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol|WinBoard Protocol]] <ref>[http://www.computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list#dead_engine_list Dead Engine List] from [http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=home Computer-Chess Wiki] by [[Ron Murawski]]</ref>.
Bringer applies [[Check Extensions|check]] and [[Recapture Extensions|recapture extensions]], and further extends to detect perpetual checks, on [[Passed Pawn Extensions|pushing passers]] to 6th or 7th rank, if there is [[One Reply Extensions|only one move]], and on [[Mate Threat Extensions|severe threats]].
It also did some negative extension, aka [[Pruning|pruning]] and [[Razoring|razoring]] <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=115020 Re: The Scalable Search Test / Results of "Der Bringer"] by [[Gerrit Reubold]], [[CCC]], June 18, 2000</ref>, and since '''Bringer 1.8''' performs [[Static Exchange Evaluation|smart exchange evaluation]] to avoid calculating obviously bad moves near the tips.
