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In collaboration with [[Albrecht Heeffer]], Hans Secelle started an approach based on [[Crafty]] called [[Bionic Impakt]]. As a strong chess player, Hans added a lot of knowledge in the [[Oracle|prescan routines]] and [[Evaluation|evaluation]]. There were no attempts to "hide" anything from Hans' and Albrecht's side <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=40771 Re: Bionic Vs Crafty Debate: some data required] by [[Albrecht Heeffer]], [[Computer Chess Forums|CCC]], January 25, 1999</ref>, and despite lack of explicit permission of [[Robert Hyatt]] <ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/f6b1901c0aa05a94# Re: POOR BOB HYATT] by [[Robert Hyatt]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], February 21, 1999</ref> ''Bionic Impakt'' was allowed to participate at the [[DOCCC 1998]]. While it did quite well, other participants complained and raised forum discussions about using open source programs <ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/ed89415506592e02# Crafty implications ...] by [[Chris Whittington]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], March 4, 1999</ref> and [[Clones|cloning]] <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=40574 Bionic vs Crafty, once again] by [[Đorđe Vidanović]], [[CCC]], January 23, 1999</ref>, also because during the two weekends of the tournament, the playing version appeared to have changed <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=34321 Re: Dutch CCC - Arthur on 300MHz G3 2nd weekend] by [[Robert Hyatt]], [[CCC]], November 29, 1998</ref>, claiming some the program played the first weekend was more Crafty like <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=40708 Chess program similarity experiment] by [[Bruce Moreland]], [[Computer Chess Forums|CCC]], January 24, 1999</ref>, but explicitly later denied by Heeffer <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=40771 Re: Bionic Vs Crafty Debate: some data required] by [[Albrecht Heeffer]], [[Computer Chess Forums|CCC]], January 25, 1999</ref>. However, as a consequence Hans and Albrecht retired on Bionic Impakt and joined forces with [[Tom Vijlbrief]] on his program [[Ant]] <ref>[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=30320 Some news about H. Secelle (author of Bionic)] by [[Johan Havegheer]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], September 08, 1999</ref> <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=281885 Re: Whatever happened to crafty clone Bionic] by [[Hans van der Zijden]], [[Computer Chess Forums|CCC]], February 05, 2003</ref>.