Alex Kure

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Alex Kure [1] Alexander (Alex) Kure,

an Austrian software developer, computer chess programmer and opening book author. Along with Chrilly Donninger he is co-author as well as opening book author of the chess program Hydra [2] and the FPGA program Brutus. He is further opening book author of the commercial chess program Fritz by ChessBase.

Selected Publications#

• Chrilly Donninger, Alex Kure, Ulf Lorenz (2004). Parallel Brutus: The First Distributed, FPGA Accelerated Chess Program. IPDPS’04

Forum Posts#

• To all, but mainly to Peter Kapler and Alexander Kure by Paulo Soares, CCC, October 31, 1999
• Looking for “Zugzwang” positions by Alexander Kure, CCC, February 09, 2002 » Zugzwang
• Is Alexander Kure The Right Opening Book Man Against Kramnik? by Graham Laight, CCC, October 09, 2002 » Kramnik versus Deep Fritz 2002
• Intersting testposition: multiple passed pawns by Alexander Kure, CCC, March 23, 2003 » Passed Pawn

External Links#

• Alex Kure’s ICGA Tournaments
• Portrait Kure © Martin Stichlberger, Kurier, November 24, 2002 (German)
• Parallele Schachprogrammierung, ChessBase News, September, 16, 2003 (German)

References#

1. ↑ Image clipped from President’s Computer Challenge: Junior leads Fritz 3:1, ChessBase News, June 10, 2007 » Deep Fritz versus Deep Junior 2007
2. ↑ Hydra 97, playing the WMCCC 1997, not the FPGA project

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