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|| [[image:Falero_Luis_Ricardo_Lily_Fairy_1888.jpg width="216" height="432" link="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Falero_Luis_Ricardo_Lily_Fairy_1888.jpg"]] ||~   || **Fairy-Max**,
an [[Open Source Engines|open source engine]] for playing [[Chess#Variants|chess variants]] with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy_chess_piece|fairy chess pieces]] by [[Harm Geert Muller]], written in [[C]] and compliant to the [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol]]. Fairy-Max is based on [[Micro-Max]], and uses tables with step vectors for [[Move Generation|move generation]], and knows which pieces are [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy_chess_piece#Leapers|leapers]] and which are [[Sliding Pieces|sliders]] <ref>[[http://home.hccnet.nl/h.g.muller/CVfairy.html|Fairy-Max: an AI for playing user-defined Chess variants]]</ref> <ref>[[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=52775|Anatomy of a simple engine: Fairy-Max]] by [[Harm Geert Muller]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum | Chess Programming Lessons]], March 28, 2013</ref> . ||
|| Lily Fairy by [[Arts#Falero|Luis Ricardo Falero]] <ref>[[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Falero_Luis_Ricardo_Lily_Fairy_1888.jpg|Lily Fairy]] by [[Arts#Falero|Luis Ricardo Falero]], 1888, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_painting|Oil on canvas]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Commons|Wikimedia Commons]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy|Fairy from Wikipedia]]</ref> ||~   ||^   ||
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=Forum Posts= 
==2007 ...==
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17213|Fairy-Max 4.8 released]] by [[Harm Geert Muller]], [[CCC]], October 18, 2007
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=29644|New Fairy-Max (4.8L) as demo for WB protocol extensions]] by [[Harm Geert Muller]], [[CCC]], September 03, 2009
==2010 ...==
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=31768|Fairy-Max 4.8_O released]] by [[Harm Geert Muller]], [[CCC]], January 16, 2010
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=36742|Fairy-Max now also plays Seirawan Chess!]] by [[Harm Geert Muller]], [[CCC]], November 17, 2010
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=40667|Fairy-Max 4.8R released]] by [[Harm Geert Muller]], [[CCC]], October 07, 2011
* [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=52775|Anatomy of a simple engine: Fairy-Max]] by [[Harm Geert Muller]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum | Chess Programming Lessons]], March 28, 2013
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=54122|Fairy-Max 4.8V]] by [[Harm Geert Muller]], [[CCC]], October 23, 2014
==2015 ...==
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=58965|Improved corner painting]] by [[Harm Geert Muller]], [[CCC]], January 18, 2016 » [[KBNK Endgame|KBNK]]
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=59059|Fairy-Max 5.0a released]] by [[Harm Geert Muller]], [[CCC]], January 26, 2016
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=59309|Fairy-Max 5.0b released]] by [[Harm Geert Muller]], [[CCC]], February 19, 2016

=External Links= 
==Chess Engine== 
* [[http://home.hccnet.nl/h.g.muller/CVfairy.html|Fairy-Max: an AI for playing user-defined Chess variants]]
* [[http://hgm.nubati.net/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=fairymax.git;a=summary|hgm.nubati.net Git - fairymax.git/summary]]
* [[http://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/manual/html_node/Fairy_002dMax.html#Fairy_002dMax|Fairy-Max - XBoard]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy-Max|Fairy-Max from Wikipedia]]
==Misc== 
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy_chess|Fairy chess from Wikipedia]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy_chess_piece|Fairy chess piece from Wikipedia]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy|Fairy from Wikipedia]]

=References= 
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