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Why is Stockfish called "Stockfish?"

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lucifermorgenster
Oct 5, 2024
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Why is it called after a dried dead fish? It literally means "stick-fish," because it's as dry and as stiff as a stick... Just curious...

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PradyPraj
Oct 5, 2024
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Stock fish! Stock fruits! Stock vegetables! STOCK EVERYTHING!
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king_real_lol
Mar 31, 2025
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The chess engine Stockfish is named after the food "stockfish" (dried fish), a nod to the fact that the engine's creator, Tord Romstad, is Norwegian, and the name was chosen because it was "produced in Norway and cooked in Italy" (where the forker Marco Costalba is from).