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Frank Quisinsky [1] Frank Quisinsky,

a German computer chess aficionado, journalist and early WinBoard promoter. Along with Volker Pittlik, Frank founded the Winboard Forum in 1999 [2], and hosts his own computer chess site Frank’s Chess Page [3] with a temporary break in 2007, and maintains his own FCT rating list since 2014 [4]. He contributed to the computer chess column of the German chess magazine Schachwelt [5] with interviews and program reports. Notably, Frank was initiator of the Arena Chess GUI development realized by Martin Blume [6]. In 2004, he established the Gladiator-Shop as an attempt to commercialize engines such as Ruffian [7], Patriot [8] and Ktulu [9] bundled with Arena, to provide a small income for their developers and to support further development. The project was abandoned after suspicions that the new Patriot 2.0 was based on Fruit became substantial in May 2005 [10] [11]. By August 2005, Frank Quisinsky went out of the Arena project.

Photos#

Vincent and Frank, IPCCC 1998 [12]

Team Patzer, Frank Quisinsky and Roland Pfister, ICT 2001 [13]

Forum Posts#

• Interview with Fabien (from the year 2005) … by Frank Quisinsky, CCC, January 25, 2011
• FEOBOS 2.0 is available … by Frank Quisinsky, CCC, May 01, 2017 » Opening Book
• Vintage …. Rating List Winboard from June 1999 (16:42) by Frank Quisinsky, CCC, August 03, 2020

External Links#

• Frank’s Chess Page
• Frank`s Chess Page ( Wayback Machine) August 2001
• Frank’s Chess Page, About me … ( Wayback Machine) 2007
• SWCR Engines
• Computerschach from Schachwelt (mostly German)

Über Frank Quisinsky Interviews

• Interview with Vasik Rajlich by Christopher Conkie, Michael Diosi, Frank Quisinsky & Alexander Schmidt, December 20, 2005, hosted by Ed Schröder ( Wayback Machine)

References#

1. ↑ from the Photo Composition of the Participants, DOCCC 1999, Dutch Open Computer Chess Championship 1999 old CSVN site
2. ↑ Thanks by Đorđe Vidanović, Winboard Forum, August 28, 1999
3. ↑ Frank’s Chess Page
4. ↑ First FCT1 rating list now available … by Frank Quisinsky, CCC, May 12, 2014
5. ↑ Schachwelt-Blog - Schachwelt - der Blog für Schachspieler (German)
6. ↑ Arena 3.0 Chess GUI
7. ↑ Ruffian 2.1.0 … by Frank Quisinsky, CCC, February 09, 2004
8. ↑ After Ruffian now the second project clear for take off (Patriot) … by Frank Quisinsky, CCC, March 27, 2004
9. ↑ Ktulu 5.0 by Rahman Paidar (Iran) available in Gladiator-Shop tomorrow! by Frank Quisinsky, CCC, May 01, 2004
10. ↑ Patriot 2.0 Revealed as a Clone! by Nog, CCC, May 04, 2005
11. ↑ Re: Sorry Vladimir but this is what I see… by Christopher Conkie, CCC, May 09, 2005
12. ↑ Ein Besuch in Paderborn 1998 by Thorsten Czub
13. ↑ 1st International CSVN-Tournament 2001 by Thomas Mayer, ICT 2001

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