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Superpawn logo [1] Superpawn, (Super Pawn)

an UCI conform, experimental open source chess engine by John Byrd, written in C++, licensed under Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution Unported, and first released in January 2015 [2]. Superpawn comes with a single C++ source file [3] , requires a C++11 compiler, and provides a CMake implementation to target builds using Microsoft VC 2013, GCC 3.8.2 (or higher) or Clang compilers, to run Superpawn on Windows, Linux or Mac OS respectively.

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by Superpawn’s author, John Byrd [4] :

Superpawn is an excellent example of the “objects gone wild” style of programming, in which Everything Is An Object. Even the pieces themselves are objects; they know how to move, capture, etc. This of course slows down the [move generation](Move_Generation "Move Generation") and evaluation process immensely, making this program irredeemably slow in tournament conditions. However, its logic is easy to follow and extend as you see fit.