IPPOLIT
| IPPOLIT | |
|---|---|
| IvanHoe analyzing a position with multi-pv enabled using ComradesGUI | |
| Developer(s) | Unknown | 
| Initial release | 2 May 2009 | 
| Preview release | 999946h (IvanHoe)
   / 8 December 2011 | 
| Written in | C | 
| Operating system | Linux, Windows | 
| Type | Chess program | 
| License | Public Domain | 
| Website | ippolit | 
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.