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'''Hopeless''', (Hopeless Chess)<br/>
a Winboard compliant [[:Category:Open Source|open source chess engine]] by [[Pawel Koziol]], written in [[Pascal]], early versions were incorporated inside the stand-alone chess program [[Clericus]] written in [[Delphi]], featuring an own [[GUI]] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=14880 hopeless chess / clericus release] by [[Pawel Koziol]], {{CCC]], July 05, 2007</ref>.
Hopeless played the [[PCCC 2006]]. In 2020 Hopeless and Clericus were revived by [[Roland Chastain]], using [[Pascal#FreePascal|Free Pascal]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus_(IDE) Lazarus] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=74648 Clericus/Hopeless ported to Lazarus] by [[Roland Chastain]], {{CCC]], August 01, 2020</ref>.
=Features=
* [[Asymmetric Evaluation]]
* [[Piece-Square Tables]]
* [[Evaluation of Pieces]]** [[Mobility]]
** [[Trapped Pieces]]
** [[Outposts|Knight Outposts]]
** [[Rook on Open File|Rooks on (Semi) Open Files]]
