What is "strelka"

Strelka may refer to:

• Strelka, a Soviet space dog
• Strelka, the easternmost tip of Vasilyevsky Island in St. Petersburg, Russia
• Strelka, a small cape at the confluence of the Volga and Kotorosl Rivers in Yaroslavl, Russia
• Strelka (chess engine), one of the strongest single processor chess engines
• Strelka (inhabited locality), several inhabited localities in Russia

Strelka (rus. Стрелка) is a computer chess engine for Windows, developed by Yuri Osipov. In total five versions of the program have been developed. The current version, 5.5, has support only one core. Now, Strelka is one of the strongest programs in the world, according to several blitz rating lists and the strongest in Russia.

Strelka is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia.