IPPOLIT

IPPOLIT
Developer(s)Unknown
Initial release2 May 2009 (2009-05-02)
Preview release
999946h (IvanHoe) / 8 December 2011 (2011-12-08)
Written inC
Operating systemLinux, Windows
TypeChess program
LicensePublic Domain
Websiteippolit.wikispaces.com

IPPOLIT is an open-source chess program released by authors using pseudonyms, Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin, Igor Igorovich Igoronov, Roberto Pescatore, Yusuf Ralf Weisskopf, Ivan Skavinsky Skavar, and Decembrists.

The program is a console application that communicates with a chess graphical user interface (GUI) via standard Universal Chess Interface protocol. IPPOLIT is a bitboard chess engine optimized for 64-bit architecture with native support for both 32-bit/64-bit Linux and Windows operating systems. With about 3100 ELO it is listed in TOP 50 strongest chess programs.