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Mathias Feist [1] Mathias Feist,

a German computer chess programmer, ChessBase employee and formidable Chess player [2]. End of the 80s Mathias was hired by ChessBase to port the ChessBase Database program from Atari ST to the MS-DOS operating system based PCs. Mathias is co-author of the Fritz engine by primary author Frans Morsch [3] and worked on the Fritz- GUI for DOS and Windows.

At two Aegon Tournaments, 1996 and 1997 Mathias played on behalf of the humans against the machines. Mathias operated Fritz during various World Computer Chess Championships and Man-Machine matches against Kasparov [4] and Kramnik [5][6].

Selected Publications

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John Hamlen, Mathias Feist (1997). Report on the 15th World Microcomputer Chess Championship. ICCA Journal, Vol. 20, No. 4 » WMCCC 1997
Mathias Feist (1999). The 9th Wold Computer-Chess Championship: Report on the tournament. ICCA Journal, Vol. 22, No. 3 » WCCC 1999
Matthias Wüllenweber, Frederic Friedel, Mathias Feist (2006). Kramnik vs. Deep Fritz 10: Computer wins match by 4-2. ICGA Journal, Vol. 29, No. 4 » Kramnik versus Deep Fritz 2006