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'''Ryan Benitez''',<br/>
an American computer scientist, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correspondence_chess Correspondence Chess] player <ref>[http://www.ficgs.com/player_132.html Ryan Benitez - Informations (Chess statistics)]</ref> and computer chess programmer. Ryan is author of the chess engine [[RTG]] with focus on [[Chess960]] and Shuffle Chess <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=420770 Some shuffle chess results for RTG] by [[Ryan Benitez|Ryan B.]], [[CCC]], April 13, 2005</ref> <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=420983 Re: RTG vs Shredder 9 shuffle chess 40/40 tc] by [[Ryan Benitez|Ryan B.]], [[CCC]], April 15, 2005</ref>, and developed the [[Fruit]] derivative [[Gambit Fruit]] based on the last open-source-version Fruit 2.1. In December 2005, he joined the Fruit team around [[Fabien Letouzey]] <ref>[http://www.fruitchess.com/about.htm Fruit - Author/History]</ref>, helping in further developing the then commercial program. After Fabien's retirement in 2007, Ryan resumed the full rights of the non [[Free Software Foundation#GPL|GPL]] Fruit 2.3+, while Fruit 2.1 is now owned by the [[Free Software Foundation]] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=260688&t=27385 Re: When will come a new Toga Engine?] by [[Ryan Benitez]], [[CCC]], April 10, 2009</ref>. Further, Ryan contributed to Fabien's new engine [[Chess-64]] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16738&start=13 Re: Congratulations to Anthony !] by [[Ryan Benitez]], [[CCC]], September 27, 2007</ref> and has changed Fruit into a [[Bitboards|bitboard]] [[SMP Engines|SMP engine]] with a [[Parallel Search|parallel search]] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19164&start=1 Re: How many "official" Toga projects there is now] by [[Ryan Benitez]], [[CCC]], January 24, 2008</ref> <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=179471&t=20106 Re: Has Fruit finaly surpassed Rybka!?] by [[Ryan Benitez]], [[CCC]], March 11, 2008</ref> <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=256307&t=26965 Re: Fruit vs. Toga poll] by [[Ryan Benitez]], [[CCC]], March 19, 2009</ref>.
=Fruit Reloaded=
Simultaneously with the [[Senpai|Senpai 1.0]] release by [[Fabien Letouzey]] in March 2014 <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=51637 Senpai 1.0 (new engine)] by [[Fabien Letouzey]], [[CCC]], March 17, 2014</ref>, and initiated by [[Daniel Mehrmann]], an independent fork of Fruit 2.1, dubbed [[Fruit Reloaded]] by Fabien Letouzey, Daniel Mehrmann, and Ryan Benitez appeared <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=51638 Fruit 1.0 anniversary] by [[Fabien Letouzey]], [[CCC]], March 17, 2014</ref>, hosted by [[Steve Maughan|Steve Maughan's]] Computer Chess Programming <ref>[http://www.chessprogramming.net/fruit-reloaded/ Fruit Reloaded - Computer Chess Programming] hosted by [[Steve Maughan]]</ref> and sources at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub GitHub] <ref>[https://github.com/Akusari/Fruit-reloaded-public Akusari/Fruit-reloaded-public · GitHub]</ref>.
=Forum Posts=
==2005==
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=420770 Some shuffle chess results for RTG] by [[Ryan Benitez|Ryan B.]], [[CCC]], April 13, 2005
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=420858 RTG vs Shredder 9 shuffle chess 40/40 tc] by [[Ryan Benitez|Ryan B.]], [[CCC]], April 14, 2005 » [[Shredder]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=460611 Re: Fact is also that Fruit went commercial] by [[Ryan Benitez|Ryan B.]], [[CCC]], November 09, 2005
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=461801 Re: Gambit Fruit ?] by [[Ryan Benitez|Ryan B.]], [[CCC]], November 15, 2005
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=461958 Has anyone tested Gambit Fruit with Rebel Reductions on?] by [[Ryan Benitez|Ryan B.]], [[CCC]], November 15, 2005 » [[Reductions]], [[Rebel]] <ref>[http://www.top-5000.nl/authors/rebel/chess840.htm#REDUCTIONS Programmer Corner - How Rebel Plays Chess - Reductions] by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]], [http://members.home.nl/matador/Inside%20Rebel.pdf pdf reprint]</ref>
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=462451 Re: To Fruit's author Fabien Letouzey and commercial manager Joachim Rang] by [[Ryan Benitez|Ryan B.]], [[CCC]], November 18, 2005
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=462901 Gambit Fruit Beta 3 available] by [[Ryan Benitez|Ryan B.]], [[CCC]], November 19, 2005
==2006 ...==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15249&start=6 Re: Fruit availability - 2 questions] by [[Ryan Benitez]], [[CCC]], July 21, 2007 » [[Joachim Rang]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=139871&t=15981 Re: Is Toga still weaker than Fruit?] by [[Ryan Benitez]], [[CCC]], August 23, 2007 » [[Toga]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17559 Question to co-Author of Fruit and Chess64, Ryan Benitez] by [[Swaminathan Natarajan|Swaminathan]], [[CCC]], November 03, 2007
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19164&start=1 Re: How many "official" Toga projects there is now] by [[Ryan Benitez]], [[CCC]], January 24, 2008
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=179471&t=20106 Re: Has Fruit finaly surpassed Rybka!?] by [[Ryan Benitez]], [[CCC]], March 11, 2008 » [[Rybka]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=256307&t=26965 Re: Fruit vs. Toga poll] by [[Ryan Benitez]], [[CCC]], March 19, 2009
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=260688&t=27385 Re: When will come a new Toga Engine?] by [[Ryan Benitez]], [[CCC]], April 10, 2009
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=274486&t=28459 Re: Possible search improvment] by [[Ryan Benitez]], [[CCC]], June 17, 2009 » [[History Leaf Pruning]], [[ProbCut]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=300480&t=30413 Re: My two cents on the whole ippolit thing] by [[Ryan Benitez]], [[CCC]], November 01, 2009 » [[Ippolit]]
==2010 ...==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=357742&t=34908 Re: My recent correspondence with Vasik Rajlich] by [[Ryan Benitez]], [[CCC]], June 23, 2010 » [[Rybka Controversy]], [[Vasik Rajlich]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=391074&t=37762 Re: Fabien's open letter to the community] by [[Ryan Benitez]], [[CCC]], January 28, 2011 » [[Fabien Rybka Letter]], [[Free Software Foundation]]
=External Links=
* [http://www.ficgs.com/player_132.html Ryan Benitez - Informations (Chess statistics)]
=References=
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'''Ryan Benitez''',<br/>
an American computer scientist, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correspondence_chess Correspondence Chess] player <ref>[http://www.ficgs.com/player_132.html Ryan Benitez - Informations (Chess statistics)]</ref> and computer chess programmer. Ryan is author of the chess engine [[RTG]] with focus on [[Chess960]] and Shuffle Chess <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=420770 Some shuffle chess results for RTG] by [[Ryan Benitez|Ryan B.]], [[CCC]], April 13, 2005</ref> <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=420983 Re: RTG vs Shredder 9 shuffle chess 40/40 tc] by [[Ryan Benitez|Ryan B.]], [[CCC]], April 15, 2005</ref>, and developed the [[Fruit]] derivative [[Gambit Fruit]] based on the last open-source-version Fruit 2.1. In December 2005, he joined the Fruit team around [[Fabien Letouzey]] <ref>[http://www.fruitchess.com/about.htm Fruit - Author/History]</ref>, helping in further developing the then commercial program. After Fabien's retirement in 2007, Ryan resumed the full rights of the non [[Free Software Foundation#GPL|GPL]] Fruit 2.3+, while Fruit 2.1 is now owned by the [[Free Software Foundation]] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=260688&t=27385 Re: When will come a new Toga Engine?] by [[Ryan Benitez]], [[CCC]], April 10, 2009</ref>. Further, Ryan contributed to Fabien's new engine [[Chess-64]] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16738&start=13 Re: Congratulations to Anthony !] by [[Ryan Benitez]], [[CCC]], September 27, 2007</ref> and has changed Fruit into a [[Bitboards|bitboard]] [[SMP Engines|SMP engine]] with a [[Parallel Search|parallel search]] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19164&start=1 Re: How many "official" Toga projects there is now] by [[Ryan Benitez]], [[CCC]], January 24, 2008</ref> <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=179471&t=20106 Re: Has Fruit finaly surpassed Rybka!?] by [[Ryan Benitez]], [[CCC]], March 11, 2008</ref> <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=256307&t=26965 Re: Fruit vs. Toga poll] by [[Ryan Benitez]], [[CCC]], March 19, 2009</ref>.
=Fruit Reloaded=
Simultaneously with the [[Senpai|Senpai 1.0]] release by [[Fabien Letouzey]] in March 2014 <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=51637 Senpai 1.0 (new engine)] by [[Fabien Letouzey]], [[CCC]], March 17, 2014</ref>, and initiated by [[Daniel Mehrmann]], an independent fork of Fruit 2.1, dubbed [[Fruit Reloaded]] by Fabien Letouzey, Daniel Mehrmann, and Ryan Benitez appeared <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=51638 Fruit 1.0 anniversary] by [[Fabien Letouzey]], [[CCC]], March 17, 2014</ref>, hosted by [[Steve Maughan|Steve Maughan's]] Computer Chess Programming <ref>[http://www.chessprogramming.net/fruit-reloaded/ Fruit Reloaded - Computer Chess Programming] hosted by [[Steve Maughan]]</ref> and sources at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub GitHub] <ref>[https://github.com/Akusari/Fruit-reloaded-public Akusari/Fruit-reloaded-public · GitHub]</ref>.
=Forum Posts=
==2005==
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=420770 Some shuffle chess results for RTG] by [[Ryan Benitez|Ryan B.]], [[CCC]], April 13, 2005
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=420858 RTG vs Shredder 9 shuffle chess 40/40 tc] by [[Ryan Benitez|Ryan B.]], [[CCC]], April 14, 2005 » [[Shredder]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=460611 Re: Fact is also that Fruit went commercial] by [[Ryan Benitez|Ryan B.]], [[CCC]], November 09, 2005
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=461801 Re: Gambit Fruit ?] by [[Ryan Benitez|Ryan B.]], [[CCC]], November 15, 2005
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=461958 Has anyone tested Gambit Fruit with Rebel Reductions on?] by [[Ryan Benitez|Ryan B.]], [[CCC]], November 15, 2005 » [[Reductions]], [[Rebel]] <ref>[http://www.top-5000.nl/authors/rebel/chess840.htm#REDUCTIONS Programmer Corner - How Rebel Plays Chess - Reductions] by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]], [http://members.home.nl/matador/Inside%20Rebel.pdf pdf reprint]</ref>
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=462451 Re: To Fruit's author Fabien Letouzey and commercial manager Joachim Rang] by [[Ryan Benitez|Ryan B.]], [[CCC]], November 18, 2005
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=462901 Gambit Fruit Beta 3 available] by [[Ryan Benitez|Ryan B.]], [[CCC]], November 19, 2005
==2006 ...==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15249&start=6 Re: Fruit availability - 2 questions] by [[Ryan Benitez]], [[CCC]], July 21, 2007 » [[Joachim Rang]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=139871&t=15981 Re: Is Toga still weaker than Fruit?] by [[Ryan Benitez]], [[CCC]], August 23, 2007 » [[Toga]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17559 Question to co-Author of Fruit and Chess64, Ryan Benitez] by [[Swaminathan Natarajan|Swaminathan]], [[CCC]], November 03, 2007
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19164&start=1 Re: How many "official" Toga projects there is now] by [[Ryan Benitez]], [[CCC]], January 24, 2008
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=179471&t=20106 Re: Has Fruit finaly surpassed Rybka!?] by [[Ryan Benitez]], [[CCC]], March 11, 2008 » [[Rybka]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=256307&t=26965 Re: Fruit vs. Toga poll] by [[Ryan Benitez]], [[CCC]], March 19, 2009
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=260688&t=27385 Re: When will come a new Toga Engine?] by [[Ryan Benitez]], [[CCC]], April 10, 2009
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=274486&t=28459 Re: Possible search improvment] by [[Ryan Benitez]], [[CCC]], June 17, 2009 » [[History Leaf Pruning]], [[ProbCut]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=300480&t=30413 Re: My two cents on the whole ippolit thing] by [[Ryan Benitez]], [[CCC]], November 01, 2009 » [[Ippolit]]
==2010 ...==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=357742&t=34908 Re: My recent correspondence with Vasik Rajlich] by [[Ryan Benitez]], [[CCC]], June 23, 2010 » [[Rybka Controversy]], [[Vasik Rajlich]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=391074&t=37762 Re: Fabien's open letter to the community] by [[Ryan Benitez]], [[CCC]], January 28, 2011 » [[Fabien Rybka Letter]], [[Free Software Foundation]]
=External Links=
* [http://www.ficgs.com/player_132.html Ryan Benitez - Informations (Chess statistics)]
=References=
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