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|| [[image:Tetramorium_smaug_0121244_p_1_high.jpg link="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tetramorium_smaug_0121244_p_1_high.jpg"]] ||~ || **Smaug**,
a chess engine by [[Joona Kiiski]] which was a slightly modified version of [[Glaurung|Glaurung 2.2]] by [[Tord Romstad]], announced in March 2009 <ref>[[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=26971|Smaug: a new chess engine based on glaurung]] by [[Joona Kiiski]], [[CCC]], March 12, 2009</ref>. Smaugh's patches were soon incorporated into another Glaurung derivative by [[Marco Costalba]] dubbed [[Stockfish]] <ref>[[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=26971&start=1|Re: Smaug: a new chess engine based on glaurung]] by [[Marco Costalba]], [[CCC]], March 12, 2009</ref> . Along with some emotional forum discussions on [[Clones#Derivative|derivatives]] <ref>[[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=27029|Plague: a "new" chess engine based on Smaug]] by [[Christopher Conkie]], [[CCC]], March 16, 2009</ref>, Joona Kiiski became co-author of Stockfish, and Smaug 2.2.1. the one and only public release <ref>[[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=27029&start=76|Re: Plague: a "new" chess engine based on Smaug]] by [[Joona Kiiski]], [[CCC]], March 18, 2009</ref>. ||
|| Tetramorium smaug <ref>Profile of Tetramorium smaug, [[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tetramorium_smaug_0121244_p_1_high.jpg|Image]] by Shannon Hartman, June 26, 2012, Source: [[http://www.antweb.org/bigPicture.do?name=casent0121244&shot=p&number=1|Closeup of the profile of Specimen CASENT0121244]], [[https://www.antweb.org/|AntWeb]],  [[https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en|CC BY 3.0]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Commons|Wikimedia Commons]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetramorium_smaug|Tetramorium smaug from Wikipedia]]</ref> ||~ ||^ ||
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=See also=
* [[Various Classifications#Arthropod|Arthropod]]
* [[Clones#Derivative|Derivatives]]
* [[Various Classifications#Dragon|Dragon]]
* [[Glaurung]]
* [[Various Classifications#Reptile|Reptile]]
* [[Stockfish]]
* [[Various Classifications#Tolkien|Tolkien characters]]

=Forum Posts=
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=26971|Smaug: a new chess engine based on glaurung]] by [[Joona Kiiski]], [[CCC]], March 12, 2009
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=27029|Plague: a "new" chess engine based on Smaug]] by [[Christopher Conkie]], [[CCC]], March 16, 2009
> [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=27029&start=76|Re: Plague: a "new" chess engine based on Smaug]] by [[Joona Kiiski]], [[CCC]], March 18, 2009
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=27758|Trusted testers wanted]] by [[Volker Annuss]], [[CCC]], May 05, 2009

=External Links=
==Chess Engine==
* [[http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:download:engine_download_list|Computer Chess Wiki - Engine Download List]] hosted by [[Ron Murawski]] 
* [[http://kirr.homeunix.org/chess/engines/jim%20ablett/SMAUG/|Index of /chess/engines/jim ablett/SMAUG]] by [[Jim Ablett]], hosted by [[Kirill Kryukov]]
==Misc==
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smaug|Smaug from Wikipedia]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smaug_(genus)|Smaug (genus) from Wikipedia]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetramorium_smaug|Tetramorium smaug from Wikipedia]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realms_of_Despair|Realms of Despair from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://www.last.fm/music/Smaug|Smaug]] - [[http://www.last.fm/music/Smaug/_/MOONLIGHT+FT.+BIJOU+(WITH+JOYFUL+LIPS+RE...|Moonlight ft. Bijou (With Joyful Lips Remix)]],  [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube|YouTube]] Video
> [[media type="youtube" key="e_O4FJdHzDo"]]

=References= 
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