JanJaap van Horssen

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Jan-Jaap van Horssen [1] Jan-Jaap van Horssen,

a Dutch computer scientist and as computer Draughts programmer, author of the Draughts program Maximus, Gold medal winner of the 16th Computer Olympiad 2011 [2], and Bronze medal winner at the 19th Computer Olympiad 2016 [3]. In April 2012, Maximus played a six game match versus international Draughts grandmaster Alexander Schwarzman, where Schwarzman won game two and all other five games were draws [4]. In his 2019 ICGAJ article Jan-Jaap van Horssen elaborates on how to obtain the best move and principal variation in MTD(f) by walking the TT, as applied in his Draughts program [5].

Selected Publications

Jan-Jaap van Horssen (2012). Schwarzman vs. MAXIMUS: A Man-Machine Match in International Draughts. ICGA Journal, Vol. 35, No. 2
Jan-Jaap van Horssen (2012). Schwarzman vs. MAXIMUS: Games 5 and 6 annotated. ICGA Journal, Vol. 35, No. 3
Jan-Jaap van Horssen (2013). The 27th Dutch Open Computer Rapid-Draughts Championship. ICGA Journal, Vol. 36, No. 4
Jan-Jaap van Horssen (2018). Handling Search Inconsistencies in MTD(f). pdf
Jan-Jaap van Horssen (2018). Complexity of checkers and draughts on different board sizes. ICGA Journal, Vol. 40, No. 4
Jan-Jaap van Horssen (2019). Move selection in MTD(f). ICGA Journal, Vol. 41, No. 1 [8]