Houdini (2010)
Houdini. Picture by Chess home page, ©2017 Cruxis (http://www.cruxis.com/chess/houdini.htm)
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GENERAL INFO
| Description: Houdini is an UCI chess engine developed by the Belgian programmer Robert Houdart in 2010. The first versions are free but from version 2.0 are commercial. In 2018, Houdini 6 becomes the second best qualified chess engine in the main chess engine ranking lists, behind Stockfish. | |
| Sex: – | Occupation: Chess machine. |
| Place of Birth / Death: Belgium. | Country Tags: Belgium. |
| Centuries: XXI. | Title: Top Chess Engine Champion. |
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| Styles: Attack, agressive and sacrifice style. | Chess Olympiads: – |
IN MUSICHESS
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External links
- Chessbase.com: Houdini 3 – the world’s strongest chess engine in the Fritz interface: https://en.chessbase.com/post/houdini-3-the-world-s-strongest-che-engine-in-the-fritz-interface – [02/04/2018].
- Houdini chess engine in cruxis.com: http://www.cruxis.com/chess/houdini.htm – [02/04/2018].
- Houdini (computer) at chessprogramming.com: https://chessprogramming.wikispaces.com/Houdini – [02/04/2018].
- Houdini (computer) player profile and games at Chessgames.com: http://www.chessgames.com/player/houdinin – [02/04/2018].
- Wikipedia the free encyclopedia: Houdini (computer): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houdini_(chess) – [02/04/2018].
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