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**BugChess**,
a family of chess programs written by programmer [[François Karr]] and chess expert [[Jean-Philippe Karr]]. The early Bugchess versions starting in 1996 running under [[MS-DOS]] <ref>[[http://www.csvnsupplementsite.nl/csvnp8.html|CSVNP8 supplement site 1999]]</ref> and [[Windows]] were compiled with [[Cpp|Borland C++]] <ref>[[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=34468&p=130292#p130292|Re: Programming language]] by [[Dann Corbit]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], September 04, 2001</ref> and had their own [[GUI]].

=Screenshot=
|| [[image:bug.jpg link="http://home.arcor.de/septober/chess/index2.htm"]] ||
|| BugChess [[GUI]] <ref>[[http://home.arcor.de/septober/chess/index2.htm|Septober - Computerschach]] by [[Herbert Marquardt]]</ref> ||
[[#BugChess2]]
=BugChess2=
**BugChess2** is a [[WinBoard]] compliant chess engine written in [[Cpp|C++]]. It was a complete rewrite and has no code in common with BugChess, and features a [[Parallel Search|parallel search]] to utilize multiple processors. BugChess2 was first released in May 2006 <ref>[[http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/details1/BugChess2.html|BugChess2]] from [[WBEC|WBEC Ridderkerk]]</ref>, and played a strong [[WCRCC 2008]] Annual ACCA World Computer Rapid Chess Championship.

=Selected Games=
[[WCRCC 2008]], round 14, [[BugChess FR|BugChess2]] - [[Rybka]] <ref>[[http://compchess.org/ACCAWCRCC/2008ACCAWCRCC/2008WCRCCResults.html|2008 Second Annual ACCA World Computer Chess Championships - Results - PGN download]]</ref>
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[Event "WCRCC 2008"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.06.22"]
[Round "14"]
[White "BugChess2"]
[Black "Rybka"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e5 dxe5 5.Nxe5 a6 6.a4 Qc7 7.d4 e6 8.Be3 Nbd7 
9.Nc4 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Bc5 11.Qf4 Qxf4 12.Bxf4 Nd5 13.Nxd5 exd5 14.Nd6+ Ke7 
15.Nxc8+ Rhxc8 16.O-O-O Nf6 17.f3 b5 18.axb5 axb5 19.Bxb5 Ra5 20.Bd3 Bb4 
21.c3 d4 22.c4 Nd5 23.Bg5+ Ke6 24.Kc2 Ne3+ 25.Bxe3 dxe3 26.Ra1 Rca8 27.Rxa5 
Rxa5 28.Be2 g5 29.h4 h6 30.hxg5 hxg5 31.g4 Ke5 32.Rh8 Kf4 33.Re8 Bd2 34.Re7 
Kg3 35.Rxf7 Kf2 36.Kd3 Ra8 37.Rf5 Bc1 38.Rxg5 Bxb2 39.Rh5 Ra3+ 40.Kc2 Kxe2 
41.Kxb2 Ra8 42.f4 Re8 43.Rh1 Kf3 44.f5 Kxg4 45.Kc2 Kf3 46.Kd1 Rd8+ 47.Ke1 
Ra8 48.Rh3+ Ke4 49.Rh7 Ra1+ 50.Ke2 Ra2+ 51.Kd1 Kd4 52.Rd7+ Kxc4 53.f6 Rf2 
54.f7 Kc5 55.Ke1 Kb6 56.Rd6+ Kb5 57.Rd7 Kc5 58.Kd1 Kc6 59.Rd3 Rxf7 60.Ke2 
Re7 61.Rxe3 1/2-1/2
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=Namesake=
* [[BugChess NL|BugChess]] by [[Erik van het Hof]] and [[Hermen Reitsma]]

=Forum Posts=
* [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=6691|BugChess 2 bug]] by [[Gabor Szots|Gábor Szots]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], July 26, 2007
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17161|BugChess2 1.5.2 is out !]] by [[François Karr]], [[CCC]], October 15, 2007
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24716|BugChess2 1.6.3 is out !]] by [[François Karr]], [[CCC]], November 04, 2008
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=30491|BugChess2 1.6.4 released !]] by [[François Karr]], [[CCC]], November 05, 2009
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=38914|BugChess2 1.9 available (SMP)]] by [[François Karr]], [[CCC]], April 29, 2011
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=39326|SWCR: BugChess2 1.9 x64 test finished, +42 ELO]] by [[Frank Quisinsky]], [[CCC]], June 10, 2011

=External Links=
* [[http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/details1/BugChess2.html|BugChess2]] from [[WBEC|WBEC Ridderkerk]]
* [[http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/kcec/cgi/engine_details.cgi?print=Details&each_game=1&eng=BugChess2%201.5.2|BugChess2 1.5.2]] in [[KCEC]]
* [[http://www.computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/404/cgi/engine_details.cgi?print=Details&eng=BugChess2%201.9%2064-bit%204CPU|BugChess2 1.9 64-bit 4CPU]] in [[CCRL|CCRL 40/4]]
* [[http://www.computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/4040/cgi/engine_details.cgi?print=Details&each_game=1&eng=BugChess2%201.9%2064-bit|BugChess2 1.9 64-bit]] in [[CCRL|CCRL 40/40]]

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