Frederic Friedel

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[ Frederic Friedel [1] Frederic Alois Friedel,

a German graduate linguist, science-, chess- and computer chess journalist, in 1986 with game database developer Matthias Wüllenweber co-founder and participator of ChessBase [2]. With his fellow Dieter Steinwender, Frederic Friedel was publisher and editor of Computerschach und Spiele, from the first edition in 1983 until 2004.

In the late 70s and early 80s, Friedel featured computer chess in the German television, for instance the match of David Levy versus Chess 4.8, with Volker Arzt, ZDF 1979 [3]. Friedel has close relations with world’s top chess players [4], and was member of Kasparov’s team during his match versus Deep Blue in 1997.

Photos

Belle vs CHAOS, WCCC 1980, Thompson, Friedel, Berman [5], Swartz, Donskoy [6]

Thompson, Friedel, Condon, Slate, and Blanchard, WCCC 1983, Nuchess- Belle 1-0 [7]

Selected Publications

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1979

Frederic Friedel, Frieder Schwenkel (1979). Computerschach ’79. (German) [9]

1980 …

Frederic Friedel (1980). Computerschach. (German) [10]
Frederic Friedel (1984). Move from the East. Personal Computer World, January 1984 [11] » WMCCC 1983
Frederic Friedel (1984). The European Microcomputer-Chess Championship - 6th PCW. ICCA Journal, Vol. 7, No. 1 » European MCC 1983
Frederic Friedel (1985). Das perfekte Endspiel (2). Computerschach und Spiele Vol. 2, No. 4 (German)
Frederic Friedel (1985). Fehler bei Capablanca. Computerschach und Spiele Vol. 2, No. 5 (German)
Frederic Friedel (1988). Das perfekte Endspiel - auf Atari ST. Computerschach und Spiele, No. 2 (German) » Atari ST
Frederic Friedel (1989). Auto-Analyse und TPA - Die neuen Funktionen des Kasparov Renaissance. Computerschach und Spiele, No. 5 (German) [12] » Kasparov Renaissance

1990 …

Frederic Friedel (1990). Chessbase. ICCA Journal, Vol. 13, No. 3
Frederic Friedel (1990). Elektronischer Sekundant ein Fidelity-Computer bei der Schach-WM in New-York. Computerschach und Spiele 6/90, (German)
Frederic Friedel (1991). Not the Mother of all Chess Machines. ICCA Journal, Vol. 14, No. 2 » Deep Thought [13]
Frederic Friedel, Michael Valvo (1992). The 7th World Computer-Chess Championship. Results and Games. ICCA Journal, Vol. 15, No. 4 » WCCC 1992
Frederic Friedel, Dieter Steinwender (1993). Results and selected games of the 12th World Microcomputer Chess Championship. ICCA Journal, Vol. 16, No. 4 » WMCCC 1993
Frederic Friedel (1994). Pentium Genius Beats Kasparov: A Report on the Intel Speed Chess Grand Prix in London. ICCA Journal, Vol. 17, No. 3
Frederic Friedel, Frans Morsch (1994). The Intel World Chess Express Challenge. ICCA Journal, Vol. 17, No. 2
Dieter Steinwender, Frederic Friedel (1995). Schach am PC Bits und Bytes im königlichen Spiel, Markt und Technik Buch 1995, ISBN: 978-3-87791-522-6 (German)
Frederic Friedel (1998). Advanced Chess by Kasparov and Topalov. ICCA Journal, Vol. 21, No. 2
Frederic Friedel (1999). The Advanced Chess Match between Anand and Karpov. ICCA Journal, Vol. 22, No. 3