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'''Komodo''',<br/>
a chess engine by primary author [[Don Dailey]] (died at the age of 57 on November 22, 2013) and since October 2013, by [[Mark Lefler]], supported by chess advisor and evaluation expert and Don's long time collaborator [[Larry Kaufman]]. Since 2015, [[:Category:Opening Book Author|opening book expert]] [[Erdogan Günes]] is responsible for Komodo's [[Opening Book|book moves]].
At the [[WCCC 2016]] [[#10|Komodo 10.x]] first time won the [[Shannon Trophy]], defended by subsequent versions at the [[WCCC 2017]], [[WCCC 2018]] and [[WCCC 20182019]] so far.
Komodo appeared in January 2010 derived from Don's former engine [[Doch]]. It uses [[Bitboards|bitboards]] as internal board representation, and has a sophisticated [[Search|search]] and a knowledge based, balanced [[Evaluation|evaluation]].
