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|| [[image:220px-Sir_Galahad_statue.jpg width="198" height="282" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galahad"]] ||~   || **Galahad**,
a [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol]] compatible [[Private Engines|private chess engine]] written by [[James Swafford]] in [[Cpp|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>. Galahad is a traditional [[Bitboards|bitmap]] based program performing an [[Alpha-Beta]] search with [[Opening Book|opening book]] and [[Endgame Tablebases|endgame tablebase]] access. It is the successor to the weaker freeware program [[Tristram]] <ref>[[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=58697|Galahad]] by [[James Swafford]], [[CCC]], June 29, 1999</ref>.

An [[Open Source Engines|open source]] [[Windows]] version Galahad 1.0 with an own [[GUI]] didn't include the Chess Engine Communication Protocol compatible console engine. Its evaluation is a bitmap translation of [[Tom Kerrigan|Tom Kerrigan's]] [[TSCP|TSCP 1.3]] <ref>[[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=127561|galahad 1.0 available (with source)]] by [[James Swafford]], [[CCC]], August 30, 2000</ref> . ||
|| Statue of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galahad|Galahad]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa|Ottawa]] <ref>[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galahad|Galahad from Wikipedia]], Sir Galahad statue, Parliament Hill, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa|Ottawa]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario|Ontario]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada|Canada]]</ref> ||~   ||^   ||
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=See also=
* [[Various Classifications#Arthur|Arthurian legend]]
* [[Various Classifications#Legend|Legend]]
* [[Prophet]]
* [[Tristram]]

=Forum Posts= 
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=42571|Re: en-passant move generation]] by [[James Swafford|James Long]], [[CCC]], February 07, 1999 ยป [[En passant]]
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=58697|Galahad]] by [[James Swafford]], [[CCC]], June 29, 1999
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=127561|galahad 1.0 available (with source)]] by [[James Swafford]], [[CCC]], August 30, 2000

=External Links= 
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galahad_%28disambiguation%29|Galahad (disambiguation) from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galahad|Galahad from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Arthurian_characters|List of Arthurian characters from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galahad_library|Galahad library from Wikipedia]]

=References= 
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