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|| [[image:PANSDeinonychus.jpg link="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PANSDeinonychus.JPG"]] ||~ || **Raptor**,
an experimental chess program by [[Frédéric Louguet]] which played the [[Massy 2003]] [[French Programmers Tournament]], where it became runner-up behind [[Chess Tiger]] in a field of 18 programs. Frédéric Louguet explicitely stated that Raptor is definitely **not** [[Chess Wizard]], but a different and experimental program <ref>[[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=301078|Massy, a correction : Raptor is NOT Chess Wizard]] by [[Frédéric Louguet]], [[CCC]], June 16, 2003</ref>. ||
|| [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deinonychus|Deinonychus]] skeleton <ref>[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deinonychus|Deinonychus antirrhopus]] skeleton, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_of_Natural_Sciences_of_Drexel_University|Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences]], by Bearerofthecup, July 04, 2008</ref>||~ ||^ ||
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=Photos & Games=
|| [[image:JesterRaptor2003.JPG link="http://www.ludochess.com/trn_massy2003/cb07.jpg"]] ||
|| [[Stéphane Nguyen]] and [[Frédéric Louguet]], [[Massy 2003]], round 1, [[Jester]] - [[Raptor]] <ref>from Photo 7 by [[Christian Barreteau]], from [[http://www.ludochess.com/trn_massy2003/tournoi.php3|Massy 2003/06/15 - Tournoi de programmes d'Echecs]]</ref> <ref>[[http://www.ludochess.com/trn_massy2003/tournoi.php3|Massy 2003/06/15 - Tournoi de programmes d'Echecs - Parties en pgn]]</ref>||
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[Event "Massy 2003"]
[Site "Massy, FRA"]
[Date "2003.06.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jester 2.2"]
[Black "Raptor"]
[Result "0-1"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 Na6 7.O-O e5 8.dxe5 dxe5 
9.Bg5 Qe8 10.Nd5 Nxe4 11.Be7 c6 12.Bxf8 Qxf8 13.Ne3 Nac5 14.Nd2 Nf6 15.Nb3 
Ne6 16.Qd2 Ne4 17.Qe1 Nf4 18.Rd1 Be6 19.f3 Nc5 20.Rf2 Nxb3 21.axb3 Rd8 22.Qa5 
Rxd1+ 23.Nxd1 Qd6 24.Nc3 Qd4 25.Bf1 Bf8 26.b4 Bxc4 27.Bxc4 Qxc4 28.Rd2 Nd3 
29.Qxa7 Bxb4 30.Qb8+ Kg7 31.Rxd3 Qxd3 32.Qxe5+ Kg8 33.Qe8+ Bf8 34.h3 Qd2 
35.Qe2 Bc5+ 36.Kh2 Qxe2 37.Nxe2 f5 38.g4 Kf7 39.Kg2 Ke6 40.Nf4+ Kf6 41.Kf1 
Be3 42.Ng2 Bc1 43.b3 Ke5 44.Ke2 fxg4 45.fxg4 Kd4 46.Kd1 Bg5 47.Kc2 Ke4 48.Ne1 
Kf4 49.Kd2 Kg3+ 50.Ke2 h5 51.gxh5 gxh5 52.Nd3 h4 53.Nf2 Be7 54.Kf1 c5 55.Ke1 
b5 56.Kf1 c4 57.bxc4 bxc4 58.Ne4+ Kxh3 59.Kg1 Kg4 60.Nc3 Bd6 61.Kg2 h3+ 62.Kh1
Be5 63.Nb1 Bb2 64.Kh2 Kf4 65.Nd2 c3 66.Nb3 c2 67.Kxh3 Ke4 68.Kg3 Kd3 69.Kf3 
Ba3 70.Kg4 Kc3 71.Na5 c1=Q 0-1
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=Namesake=
* [[Raptor LU|Raptor]] by [[Steve Webber]]

=See also=
* [[Various Classifications#Bird|Bird]]
* [[Various Classifications#Reptile|Reptile]]

=Forum Posts=
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=301078|Massy, a correction : Raptor is NOT Chess Wizard]] by [[Frédéric Louguet]], [[CCC]], June 16, 2003

=External Links=
* [[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/raptor|raptor - Wiktionary]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raptor|Raptor (disambiguation) from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_of_prey|Bird of prey]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velociraptor|Velociraptor from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic_Park_%28film%29|Jurassic Park (film) from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dromaeosauridae|Dromaeosauridae from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAPTOR_%28software%29|RAPTOR (software) from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raptor_code|Raptor code from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://code.google.com/p/raptor-chess-interface/|Raptor Chess Interface - Google Project Hosting]]

=References= 
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=What links here?= 
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