Reinhard Scharnagl

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Reinhard Scharnagl [1] Reinhard Scharnagl, (died in August 2015)

was a German computer chess programmer, and author of the chess program SMIRF. Reinhard was pioneer in Fischer Random Chess (FRC / Chess960) [2] as well for chess variants with other board sizes like 10x8. On August 01, 2015 he posted on his Google+ site that he survived three weeks of chemotherapy and radiation therapy fighting brain tumor [3]. He died soon later that month in August 2015 [4] [5].

Forum Posts#

2000 …#

• Re: ASCII Board representation by Reinhard Scharnagl, CCC, December 08, 2003
• Re:On SMIRF by Reinhard Scharnagl, CCC, December 30, 2004

2005 …#

• Why to use compatible X-FEN (in Chess960) by Reinhard Scharnagl, CCC, July 17, 2005 » X-FEN
• for Reinhard Scharnagl about Chess960 by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, July 18, 2005
• Best BitBoard LSB funktion? by Reinhard Scharnagl, Winboard Forum, July 20, 2005 » BitScan
• Chess960: X-FEN rules international by Reinhard Scharnagl, CCC, August 03, 2005
• Scharnagl from Munich, Germany by Octopus, Rybka Forum, September 18, 2007
• Search extensions at promising trajectories by Reinhard Scharnagl, CCC, May 28, 2008 » Extensions

2010 …#

• Computerschach mit monochromen Methoden ? by Reinhard Scharnagl, OpenChess - Deutsches Forum, January 27, 2011 (German)
• Starting to use the Winboard Protocol by Reinhard Scharnagl, Winboard Forum, December 11, 2011
• SMIRF engine project terminated by Reinhard Scharnagl, CCC, January 22, 2012
• Smirf 8x8/10x8 on USB Stick by Octopus, OpenChess Forum, March 16, 2012
• Little progress on SMIRF’s successor program by Reinhard Scharnagl, CCC, September 28, 2014

2015#

• Some Chess960/FRC positions to be confirmed by Reinhard Scharnagl, CCC, February 09, 2015 » Chess960, Perft Results
• Detail evaluation within quiescence search by Reinhard Scharnagl, CCC, February 22, 2015
• hanging piece at starting quiescence search - how to handle? by Reinhard Scharnagl, CCC, February 22, 2015 » Hanging Piece, Quiescence Search

External Links#

• Capablanca Random Chess - Proposal
• Reinhard Scharnagl - Fotos & Bilder - Fotograf aus Büttelborn Klein-Gerau, Deutschland | fotocommunity

References#

1. ↑ Reinhard Scharnagl - Google+
2. ↑ Chess960 from Wikipedia
3. ↑ Reinhard Scharnagl - Google+
4. ↑ Please delete my account / Octopus by Sebastian Scharnagl, Rybka Forum, April 08, 2016
5. ↑ Reinhard Scharnagl passed away by Herbert L, CCC, April 09, 2016
6. ↑ Schach 960: Die Zukunft des Schachs? Interview mit Reinhard Scharnagl by René Gralla, ChessBase.de, August 17, 2006 (German)

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