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'''[[Main Page|Home]] * [[Engines]] * Rebel'''
[[FILE:RebelTNG.jpg|border|right|thumb|248px|link=http://www.top-5000.nl/RebelTNG.htm| Rebel - The Next Generation <ref>[http://www.top-5000.nl/RebelTNG.htm Rebel - The Next Generation], [[Cartoons#Cartoons|Rebel Cartoon]] by [http://www.diazcartoons.nl/ José Diaz]</ref> ]]
'''Rebel''',<br/>
a chess program developed by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]]. After Ed's retirement from competitive computer chess in 2003, his latest commercial version, Rebel 12, supports the [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol]] and is market by [[Lokasoft]], including their [[ChessPartner]] [[GUI|graphical user interface]] running under [[Windows]]. In 2004, Ed Schröder released the free [[ProDeo]] based on Rebel. The free Rebel - The Next Generation in March 2014, turned out to be an early [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools%27_Day April fool], a [[Stockfish]] version was running in the background passing information to ProDeo <ref>[http://www.top-5000.nl/First-of-May.htm Bee Gees - First of May]</ref> .
=Screenshot=
1.d4 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Be411Be4 11.Qc1 Bb7 12.Rd1 Nc6 13.Bf4 Nd5 14.Bg5 f6 15.Bd2 Nb6
16.e3 Qe8 17.Qc2 Bd6 18.Nh4 Nc4 19.Bc3 g5 20.Nf3 b4 21.Be1 N4a5 22.Nbd2 g4
23.Nh4 f5 24.a3 Kh8 25.Nf1 Ne7 26.Bxb4 Bxb4 27.axb4 Nac6 28.Qc4 Qd7 29.b5 axb5
78.Ra5 e1=Q 79.Rxb5 0-1
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[https://lichess.org/i3UcfwVA View this game on Lichess.org]
==Rebel vs Anand July 1998==
[[FILE:anand1.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|588px|link=http://www.top-5000.nl/authors/rebel/chess_5.htm]] Rebel vs [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viswanathan_Anand Viswanathan Anand], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ischia Ischia], July 1998 <ref>[http://www.top-5000.nl/authors/rebel/chess_5.htm REBEL vs GM Vishy Anand]</ref> <ref>[[Jeroen Noomen]], [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]] ('''1998'''). ''Anand versus Rebel 10 exp.'' [[ICGA Journal#21_3|ICCA Journal, Vol. 21, No. 3]]</ref>
=Associated People=
The [[ARM2]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reduced_instruction_set_computing RISC] version of Rebel, developed in the early 90s, running on a [[TASC]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISA_bus ISA card] for an [[IBM PC]], and called [[ChessMachine]] [[Gideon]], won the [[WMCCC 1991]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver Vancouver] and the [[WCCC 1992]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madrid Madrid] <ref>[http://members.home.nl/matador/chess_2.htm World Champion (1991-1995)]</ref> . Subsequent [[x86]] PC-versions of Rebel run under [[MS-DOS]] with its own proprietary but sophisticated [[GUI|graphical user interface]] developed by [[Rob Kemper]], while [[Jeroen Noomen]] was responsible for the [[Opening Book|opening book]] <ref>[http://members.home.nl/matador/chess_3.htm REBEL on the PC (1993-2001)]</ref> .
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=How Rebel plays Chess=
When [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]] retired from competition in 2003, he made almost all his knowledge about the internals of Rebel public in his ''Programmer Corner'' summarized in ''How Rebel Plays Chess'' <ref>[http://www.top-5000[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]] ('''2004''').nl/authors/rebel/chess840.htm Programmer Corner - ''How Rebel Plays Chess], ''. [http://members.home.nl/matador/Inside%20Rebel.pdf pdf reprint]</ref> . Elaborating , elaborating on:
* [[Move Ordering]]
* [[Search|Search Techniques]]
* [[Evaluation]]
=Descriptions=
* [http://rebel13.nl/dos/rebel%209.0.html Rebel 9.0] : 1998
* [http://rebel13.nl/dos/rebel%2010.html Rebel 10] : 1998-11
* [http://rebel13.nl/misc/rebel%20decade/index.html Rebel Decade ] : 1999* [http://www.rebel.nl/main.htm Rebel 11 ] : 2000-11
* [http://rebel13.nl/dos/rebel%20century%202.html Rebel Century 2.0] 2000
* [http://rebel13.nl/dos/rebel%20century%203.html Rebel Century 3.0] : 2001-01
* [[Jeroen Noomen]], [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]] ('''1998'''). ''Anand versus Rebel 10 exp.'' [[ICGA Journal#21_3|ICCA Journal, Vol. 21, No. 3]]
* [[Jan van Reek]], [[Jos Uiterwijk]] ('''2001'''). ''The Match Van der Wiel vs. REBEL CENTURY 3.0.'' [[ICGA Journal#24_1|ICGA Journal, Vol. 24, No. 1]]
* [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]] ('''2004'''). ''How Rebel Plays Chess''. [http://members.home.nl/matador/Inside%20Rebel.pdf pdf]
=Reviews=
* [https://www.facebook.com/Rebel-415274595331860 Rebel Software - Facebook]
* [http://rebel13.nl/index.html Rebel Pure Nostalgica]
* [http://members.home.nl/matador/chess.htm Computer Chess - Rebel]
* [http://www.rebel.nl/ Schröder BV]
* [http://www.rebel.nl/rebel10c.htm REBEL 10.0 Playing Strength]
* [http://www.rebel.nl/resu.htm Playing strength results of REBEL, CHESS TIGER and GANDALF in 2001]
* [http://www.lokasoft.nl/rebel12.htm Rebel 12] from [[Lokasoft]]
* [http://members.home.nl/matador/index.htm Welcome to the Home of the Dutch Rebel]
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=61 Rebel's ICGA Tournaments]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REBEL_%28chess%29 REBEL (chess) from Wikipedia]
* [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Schr%C3%B6der,_Ed Schröder, Ed] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite Schachcomputer.info - wiki] (German)
==Rebel==
