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|| [[image:300px-Vespula_vulgaris_SEM_Sting_01.jpg link="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vespula_vulgaris_SEM_Sting_01.jpg"]] ||~ || **Sting**,
a Stockfish [[Clones#Derivative|derivative]] by [[Marek Kwiatkowski]] with the aim to solve difficult positions such as [[Zugzwang|zugzwangs]], "longer" [[Sacrifice|sacrifices]], and to [[Fortress|detect fortress positions]]. It was first released in December 2011 based on Stockfish **2.1.1** <ref>[[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=41379|Sting SF 1.0 is out]] by [[Marek Kwiatkowski]], [[CCC]], December 08, 201</ref>, so far until Sting **8.8** in October 2017 still based on that Stockfish version <ref>[[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=65379|Sting SF 8.8 release]] by [[Marek Kwiatkowski]], [[CCC]], October 05, 2017</ref> <ref>[[https://www.dropbox.com/sh/75gzfgu7qo94pvh/AAC_5pspvEnHOkZDO85LAsmka/Stockfish%202?dl=0|Dropbox - Stockfish 2]]</ref> <ref>[[http://winmerge.org/?lang=en|WinMerge]]</ref>. ||
|| Yellowjacket sting <ref>[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowjacket|Yellowjacket]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stinger|sting]] in its sheath in the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scanning_electron_microscope|scanning electron microscope]], [[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vespula_vulgaris_SEM_Sting_01.jpg|Image]] by [[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:SecretDisc|SecretDisc]], July 24, 2007, [[https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en|CC BY-SA 3.0]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Commons|Wikimedia Commons]]</ref> ||~ ||^  ||
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=See also=
* [[Stockfish#Derivatives|Stockfish Derivatives]]

=Forum Posts=
==2011 ...==
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=41195|Sting 1.0 beta (based on Stockfish 1.8)]] by [[Marek Kwiatkowski]], [[CCC]], November 24, 2011
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=41379|Sting SF 1.0 is out]] by [[Marek Kwiatkowski]], [[CCC]], December 08, 2011
**2012**
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=43694|Sting SF 2.0]] by [[Marek Kwiatkowski]], [[CCC]], May 13, 2012
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=44024|Sting SF 2 is now available]] by [[Marek Kwiatkowski]], [[CCC]], June 11, 2012
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=44413|Sting SF PV]] by [[Marek Kwiatkowski]], [[CCC]], July 13, 2012
**2013**
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=47563|about Sting-sf-3]] by [[Marek Kwiatkowski]], [[CCC]], March 21, 2013
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=47840|sting-sf-3 release]] by [[Marek Kwiatkowski]], [[CCC]], April 22, 2013
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=48745|Project Sting (4)]] by [[Marek Kwiatkowski]], [[CCC]], July 24, 2013
**2014**
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=52829|Sting Sf 4.6 release]] by [[Marek Kwiatkowski]], [[CCC]], July 01, 2014
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=53136|Sting Sf 4.7 release]] by [[Marek Kwiatkowski]], [[CCC]], July 31, 2014
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=53775|Where is the diference? (about Sting project)]] by [[Marek Kwiatkowski]], [[CCC]], September 21, 2014
==2015 ...==
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=54828|about next Sting]] by [[Marek Kwiatkowski]], [[CCC]], January 01, 2015
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=55141|Sting-sf-48 release]] by [[Marek Kwiatkowski]], [[CCC]], January 29, 2015
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=55154|Sting SF 4.8.1 release]] by [[Marek Kwiatkowski]], [[CCC]], January 30, 2015
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=55231|Sting SF 4.8.2 release (64-bit too!)]] by [[Marek Kwiatkowski]], [[CCC]], February 06, 2015
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=55311|Sting SF 4.8.3 release]] by [[Marek Kwiatkowski]], [[CCC]], February 12, 2015
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=55411|Sting SF 4.8.4 correction]] by [[Marek Kwiatkowski]], [[CCC]], February 21, 2015
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=55887|Sting-sf-5 release]] by [[Marek Kwiatkowski]], [[CCC]], April 04, 2015 
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=56045|A next task for Sting]] by [[Marek Kwiatkowski]], [[CCC]], April 18, 2015
**2016**
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=58839|Sting-sf-6 a quasi-intelligent engine]] by [[Marek Kwiatkowski]], [[CCC]], January 08, 2016
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=59291|sting sf 6.1 update]] by [[Marek Kwiatkowski]], [[CCC]], February 18, 2016
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=59296|Stockfish Sting 6.1 for the Mac]] by [[Michael Byrne|Michael B]], [[CCC]], February 19, 2016
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=59336|Sting SF 6.2]] by [[Marek Kwiatkowski]], [[CCC]], February 23, 2016
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=59348|Sting SF 6.3]] by [[Marek Kwiatkowski]], [[CCC]], February 24, 2016
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=59513|Sting - A fatal error in Hash code (Stockfish.2.1.1)]] by [[Marek Kwiatkowski]], [[CCC]], March 14, 2016
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=59704|sting-sf-67]] by [[Marek Kwiatkowski]], [[CCC]], March 31, 2016
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=60863|sting-sf-7 release]] by [[Marek Kwiatkowski]], [[CCC]], July 18, 2016
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=60907|Sting SF 7.1]] by [[Marek Kwiatkowski]], [[CCC]], July 22, 2016
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=61281|Sting SF 7.3]] by [[Marek Kwiatkowski]], [[CCC]], August 31, 2016
**2017**
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=63912|Sting-sf-8]] by [[Marek Kwiatkowski]], [[CCC]], May 06, 2017
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=63947|Sting SF 8.1]] by [[Marek Kwiatkowski]], [[CCC]], May 10, 2017
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=64573|Sting SF 8.5]] by [[Marek Kwiatkowski]], [[CCC]], July 10, 2017
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=65379|Sting SF 8.8 release]] by [[Marek Kwiatkowski]], [[CCC]], October 05, 2017
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=65475|Sting SF 8.9]] by [[Marek Kwiatkowski]], [[CCC]], October 17, 2017
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=65780|Sting SF 9 Release]] by [[Marek Kwiatkowski]], [[CCC]], November 20, 2017
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=66185|Sting SF 9.5]] by [[Marek Kwiatkowski]], [[CCC]], December 30, 2017
**2018**
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=66255|Sting SF 9.6]] by [[Marek Kwiatkowski]], [[CCC]], January 06, 2018
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=66609|Sting SF 9.8 update]] by [[Marek Kwiatkowski]], [[CCC]], February 16, 2018
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=66788|Sting SF 9.9 update]] by [[Marek Kwiatkowski]], [[CCC]], March 09, 2018

=External Links=
==Chess Engine==
* [[http://kirr.homeunix.org/chess/engines/Jim%20Ablett/STING/|Index of /chess/engines/Jim Ablett/STING]] by [[Jim Ablett]], hosted by [[Kirill Kryukov]]
* [[http://www.computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/4040/cgi/engine_details.cgi?print=Details&each_game=1&eng=Sting%20SF%204.8.4%2064-bit%204CPU#Sting_SF_4_8_4_64-bit_4CPU|Sting SF 4.8.4 64-bit 4CPU]] in [[CCRL|CCRL 40/40]]
==Misc==
* [[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sting|sting - Wiktionary]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sting|Sting from Wikipedia]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stinger|Stinger (Sting) from Wikipedia]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmidt_sting_pain_index|Schmidt sting pain index from Wikipedia]]

=References= 
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