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|| [[image:The_number_of_the_beast.jpg width="220" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_number_of_the_beast_is_666_Philadelphia,_Rosenbach_Museum_and_Library.jpg"]] ||~ || **Bestia**,
a [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol]] compliant chess engine written by [[George Lyapko]] in [[Pascal]] and compiled with [[Delphi]] <ref>[[http://titanic.nyme.hu/~wyx/maspv2001/indexeng.htm|MASPV 2001]]</ref>, first released in July 2000 <ref>[[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=31917|New WB engine "Bestia" available for download]] by [[George Lyapko]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], July 05, 2000</ref>, with executables to run under [[Windows]], and more recently, to [[x86-64]] [[Mac OS]] <ref>[[http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list|Chess Engine List]] from [[Ron Murawski|Ron Murawski's]] [[http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=home|Computer-Chess Wiki]]</ref>. Beside the [[Transposition Table|transposition table]], Bestia features a [[Pawn Hash Table|pawn hash table]], and is able to [[Learning|learn]] from its failures <ref>[[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4867&p=25131#p25131|Re: How is learning triggered?]] by [[George Lyapko]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], May 25, 2006</ref> <ref>[[http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/details1/Bestia.html|Bestia]] from [[WBEC|WBEC Ridderkerk]]</ref>.

Bestia participated at three [[Hungarian Chessprogram Open]], and won two times operated by [[Gabor Szots|Gábor Szõts]], the [[MASPV 2001]] and the [[MASPV 2003]], both with a 100% score. ||
|| [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_of_the_Beast|Number of the beast]] <ref>The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_of_the_Beast|number of the beast]] is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/666_%28disambiguation%29|666]] by [[Arts#Blake|William Blake]]</ref> ||~ ||^  ||
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=Photos & Games=
|| [[image:BestiaMerlin.JPG link="http://titanic.nyme.hu/~wyx/maspv2003/images.htm"]] ||
|| [[MASPV 2003]], round 4, [[Bestia]] - [[Merlin (HU)|Merlin]] <ref>[[http://titanic.nyme.hu/~wyx/maspv2003/indexeng.htm|MASPV 2003 - PGN]]</ref> [[Gabor Szots|Gábor Szõts]] and [[Balázs Jako|Balázs Jákó]] <ref>[[http://titanic.nyme.hu/~wyx/maspv2003/images.htm|MASPV 2003 photos]]</ref>||
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[Event "MASPV 2003"]
[Site " Sopron, Hungary"]
[Date "2003.04.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bestia_094"]
[Black "Merlin"]
[Result "1-0"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 g6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Be3 a6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.a4 Nbd7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.e5 
dxe5 9.dxe5 Ng4 10.e6 Nde5 11.exf7+ Nxf7 12.Ng5 Qxd1+ 13.Rxd1 Ne5
14.Bd5 c6 15.Bb3 Kh8 16.O-O Nxg5 17.Bxg5 Bg4 18.f3 Bxf3 19.gxf3 Nxf3+
20.Rxf3 Rxf3 21.Bxe7 Re8 22.Rd7 Bxc3 23.bxc3 b6 24.Kg2 Rf5 25.Be6 Rf4
26.Bg5 Rff8 27.Bf7 Rxf7 28.Rxf7 Kg8 29.Rf6 Rc8 30.Be3 b5 31.a5 Kg7
32.Rd6 Kg8 33.Kf3 Rf8+ 34.Ke2 Rc8 35.Rd7 Re8 36.Ra7 Re4 37.Rxa6 Kf7
38.Rxc6 Ke8 39.Rb6 Ra4 40.Rxb5 Kd7 41.Kd3 Ra1 42.Rb7+ Kc8 43.Ra7 h5
44.a6 Kb8 45.Rb7+ Ka8 46.Rb6 Rd1+ 47.Ke2 Rd8 48.Rxg6 Rh8 49.h4 Kb8
50.a7+ Ka8 51.Bd4 Rf8 52.Rg5 Re8+ 53.Kd3 Rf8 54.c4 Rf3+ 55.Ke4 Rf8
56.Rxh5 Rc8 57.Re5 Rg8 58.h5 Rg4+ 59.Kd3 Rg3+ 60.Be3 Rg8 61.h6 Rc8
62.h7 Rh8 63.Rb5 1-0
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=See also=
* [[Various Classifications#Comics|Comics]]
* [[Various Classifications#Demonology|Demonology]]
* [[Various Classifications#Fiction|Fiction]]
* [[Various Classifications#Mammal|Mammal]]

=Forum Posts=
* [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=31917|New WB engine "Bestia" available for download]] by [[George Lyapko]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], July 05, 2000
* [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=32361|Surpising result from Bestia v0.2d]] by [[George Lyapko]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], September 06, 2000 
* [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=32435|Bestia v0.3d available]] by [[George Lyapko]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], September 26, 2000 
* [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=33054|Bestia lives up to its name]] by [[Dann Corbit]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], January 31, 2001
* [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=33109|Bestia 0.3H verses Quark 1.15 Alpha]] by [[Dann Corbit]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], February 05, 2001 » [[Quark]]
* [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=34232|Bestia 0.8 available for download]] by [[George Lyapko]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], July 20, 2001
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=199223|Commented games Utzinger-Bestia 0.8 [40'/40] 1-0]] by [[Kurt Utzinger]], [[CCC]], November 27, 2001
* [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=35352|Stalemate trap(SOS-Delfi)]] by [[George Lyapko]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], December 18, 2001 » [[Stalemate]], [[Test-Positions]], [[SOS]], [[Delfi]]
* [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=36446|Which is the strongest Delphi chess program?]] by [[Andreas Herrmann]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], March 14, 2002 » [[Delphi]]
* [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=41560|Bestia 0.90 vs Ufim 3.02 (1) 120'/40 (1/2) Commented game]] by [[Kurt Utzinger]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], March 04, 2003 » [[Ufim]]
> [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=41609|Bestia 0.90 vs Ufim 3.02 (3) 120'/40 (1-0) Commented game]] by [[Kurt Utzinger]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], March 07, 2003
> [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=41618|Bestia 0.90 vs Ufim 3.02 (5) 120'/40 [0-1] Commented game]] by [[Kurt Utzinger]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], March 08, 2003
> [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=41653|Ufim 3.02 vs Bestia 090 (8) 120'/40 [1-0] Commented game]] by [[Kurt Utzinger]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], March 10, 2003
* [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=42335|MASPV results - The champion is Bestia!]] by [[Gabor Szots|Gábor Szõts]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], April 22, 2003 » [[MASPV 2003]]
* [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=46770|Olympiads 2004 : Bestia Nationality]] by  Nicolas Normand, [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], March 08, 2004
* [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4867&p=25131#p25131|Re: How is learning triggered?]] by [[George Lyapko]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], May 25, 2006

=External Links=
==Chess Engine==
* [[http://www.reocities.com/lyapko/bestia.htm|Free Winboard engine Bestia]]
* [[http://web.archive.org/web/20100208235521/http://lyapko.110mb.com/bestia.htm|Free Winboard engine Bestia]] from [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine|Wayback Machine]]
* [[http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/details1/Bestia.html|Bestia]] from [[WBEC|WBEC Ridderkerk]]
* [[http://www.computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/404/cgi/engine_details.cgi?print=Details&each_game=1&eng=Bestia%200.90|Bestia 0.90]] in [[CCRL|CCRL 40/4]]
* [[http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/kcec/cgi/engine_details.cgi?print=Details&each_game=1&eng=Bestia%200.90|Bestia 0.90]] in [[KCEC]]
==Bestia Misc==
* [[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bestia|bestia - Wiktionary]]
* [[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bestia_da_soma|bestia da soma - Wiktionary]]
* [[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/beast|beast - Wiktionary]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bestia|Bestia (family) from Wikipedia]]
==Beast==
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beast|Beast (disambiguation) from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beast|The Beast (disambiguation) from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beast_%28Revelation%29|The Beast (Revelation) from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beast_of_the_Last_Days|Beast of the Last Days from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_of_the_Beast|Number of the Beast from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beast_%28novel%29|Beast (novel) from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beast_%28comics%29|Beast (comics) from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_and_the_Beast|Beauty and the Beast from Wikipedia]]
> [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_and_the_Beast_%28disambiguation%29|Beauty and the Beast (disambiguation) from Wikipedia]]
> [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_and_the_Beast_%28musical%29|Beauty and the Beast (musical) from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beast_%28Disney_character%29|Beast (Disney character) from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Kong|King Kong from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolves_in_folklore,_religion_and_mythology|Wolves in folklore, religion and mythology from Wikipedia]]
> [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beast_of_G%C3%A9vaudan|Beast of Gévaudan from Wikipedia]]
> [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_of_Ansbach|Wolf of Ansbach from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werewolf|Werewolf from Wikipedia]]
> [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werewolf_%28disambiguation%29|Werewolf (disambiguation) from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beast_%28game%29|The Beast (game) from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beast_%28video_game%29|Beast (video game) from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beast_%28Trojan_horse%29|Beast (Trojan horse) from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BEAST_%28computer_security%29#BEAST_attack|BEAST attack from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Doctor_Who_villains#Beast|The Beast, List of Doctor Who villains from Wikipedia]]

=References= 
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=What links here?= 
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