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**Chinito** (El Chinito),
a chess program by primary author [[Eugenio Castillo Jiménez]] and [[Pascal Tang]] competing the [[WCCC 2002]] in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maastricht|Maastricht]] and the [[WCCC 2003]] in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graz|Graz]]. Chinito further played various [[French Computer Chess Championship|French Computer Chess Championships]] and [[French Programmers Tournament|Massy Tournaments]], it won [[Massy 2002]]. In 2004, soon after it was found and proved Chinito contained parts of [[Crafty]] source <ref>[[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=383228|List is NOT a Crafty clone, ... etc]] by [[Matthias Gemuh]], [[CCC]], August 21, 2004</ref>, Eugenio admitted using Crafty, apologized and informed the [[ICGA]] and French Computer Chess Association about the issue to accept their decision and disqualification of Chinito from the played events <ref>[[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=384790|Open letter by Eugenio Castillo (ELChinito team) ...]] by [[Frank Quisinsky]], [[CCC]], August 28, 2004</ref>. 

=Photos=
|| [[image:Massy2002Chinito.jpg link="http://www.ludochess.com/trn_massy2002/tournoi.php3"]] ||
|| [[Massy 2002]]: El Chinito vainqueur! [[Bernard Brioit]], [[Pascal Tang]], [[Eugenio Castillo Jiménez|Eugenio Castillo]], [[Bruno Lucas]] <ref>[[http://www.ludochess.com/trn_massy2002/tournoi.php3|Massy 2002's chess programs tournament]] by [[Stéphane Nguyen]]</ref> ||

=Forum Posts=
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=206572|Re: Odyssey2001-Tournament: final round, first games]] by [[Thorsten Czub]], [[CCC]], January 10, 2002
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=322959|El Chinito]] by [[Swaminathan Natarajan]], [[CCC]], October 22, 2003
* [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=48647|ElChinito: A Crafty Clone]] by [[Paul Hunter]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], August 20, 2004
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=383344|Re: Correction: List and ElChinito as Crafty clones, ... etc]] by [[Paul Hunter]], [[CCC]], August 21, 2004 » [[List (Program)|List]]
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=383312|Re: List is NOT a Crafty clone, ... etc]] by [[Álvaro Begué]], [[CCC]], August 21, 2004 
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=384408|ElChinito private, amateur or well on top tourneys?]] by [[Rolf Tüschen]], [[CCC]], August 25, 2004
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=384790|Open letter by Eugenio Castillo (ELChinito team) ...]] by [[Frank Quisinsky]], [[CCC]], August 28, 2004

=External Links=
* [[http://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=71|Chinito's ICGA Tournaments]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chino|Chino from Wikipedia]]

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