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Manfred Hegener [1] Manfred Hegener,

a German management engineer, in 1969 along with Florian Glaser, founder of Hegener & Glaser, since 1980 most famous of their Mephisto trademark dedicated chess computers. After the acquisition of Hegener & Glaser by Eric Winkler’s Saitek Ltd. in 1994 [2] [3], Manfred Hegener founded the Hegener Marketing GmbH [4], and in 1996 joined forces with Ossi Weiner with his Hobby Computer Centrale, Weiner Vertriebs GmbH, to create the Millennium 2000 GmbH with its core business of chess computers, electronic games and consumer products [5]. In 2016 he handed over the business to Maximilian Hegener and Thomas Karkosch [6]..

Manfred Hegener and Florian Glaser in Cologne WCCC 1986 [8]

Publications

Schachcomputer: Tricks und Trug, Der Spiegel 50/1980, December 08, 1980, (German)
Gern gefällig, Der Spiegel 1/1983, January 03, 1983 (German) [9] [10]
Interview mit Manfred Hegener (pdf), Erwerbsquelle: 10-1985, Zeitschrift Schachcomputer (Herausgeber Florian Piel), Edition 20, S. 6-8, Gerhard Piel: Neue Programme von neuen Programmierern.(German) hosted by Hein Veldhuis