Crafty

Crafty is a chess program written by UAB professor Dr. Robert Hyatt, with continual development and assistance from Michael Byrne, Tracy Riegle, and Peter Skinner. It is directly derived from Cray Blitz, winner of the 1983 and 1986 World Computer Chess Championships. Tord Romstad, the author of Stockfish, described Crafty as "arguably the most important and influential chess program ever".

Crafty finished in second place in the 2010 Fifth Annual ACCA Americas' Computer Chess Championships. Crafty lost only one game to the first place winner Thinker.

Crafty also finished in second place in the 2010 World Computer Rapid Chess Championships. Crafty won seven out of nine games, finishing just behind the first place winner Rybka by only ½ point.

In the World Computer Chess Championships 2004, running on slightly faster hardware than all other programs, Crafty took fourth place with the same number of points as the third-place finisher, Fritz 8. On the November 2007 SSDF ratings list, Crafty was 34th with an estimated Elo rating of 2608.

Crafty (disambiguation)

Crafty is a chess program. Crafty or Crafties may also refer to:

  • Crafty Games, an American publisher of role-playing games
  • HMS Crafty, a later name of HMS Renard (1803), a Royal Navy schooner
  • Crafties, students of Guitar Craft
  • Crafty, mascot of Bristol-Plymouth Regional Technical School, East Taunton, Massachusetts, United States
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    The Daily Republic 12 Apr 2025
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