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Sven Schüle [1] Sven Schüle,

a German computer scientist, freelance software developer and computer chess programmer. Sven started first chess programming activities in 1986, when he wrote some private chess programs for Atari ST and later PCs with Windows operating system. He is author of Chess Engine Communication Protocol compatible WinBoard chess engines Surprise, first released in June 2004 [2], KnockOut, released in June 2010 [3], and Jumbo, first released in September 2016 [4]. He further supported Michael Hoffmann with the development of Nemo [5], and is a frequent and competent poster in Computer Chess Forums. Sven is skeptic about the ICGA decision concerning Rybka in 2011 [6].

2004#

• New engine released: “Surprise 4.1”! by Sven Schüle, Winboard Forum, June 13, 2004
• How to handle the first repetition correctly? (long) by Sven Schüle, Winboard Forum, August 10, 2004 » Repetitions

2005 …#

• perft question by Sven Schüle, Winboard Forum, January 19, 2005 » Perft
• Search questions by Sven Schüle, Winboard Forum, July 17, 2007 » Fail Soft, Principal Variation Search, Search
• Even more search questions by Sven Schüle, Winboard Forum, July 17, 2007 » Root, Iterative Deepening
• Bounds for aspiration window re-search by Sven Schüle, CCC, March 17, 2009 » Aspiration Windows
• Perft and insufficient material by Sven Schüle, CCC, November 23, 2009 » Perft
• SEE algorithm on chessprogramming wiki by Sven Schüle, CCC, December 02, 2009 » Static Exchange Evaluation

2010 …#

• New engine: KnockOut 0.7 by Sven Schüle, CCC, June 04, 2010
• My recent correspondence with Vasik Rajlich by Sven Schüle, CCC, June 13, 2010
• Tool to recreate PGN from winboard.debug? by Sven Schüle, CCC, January 01, 2013 » Portable Game Notation, WinBoard [7]

2015 …#

• Comparison of bitboard attack-getter variants by Sven Schüle, CCC, January 04, 2016 » Bitboards, Sliding Piece Attacks
• New engine release: Jumbo by Sven Schüle, CCC, September 19, 2016
• Technical reason why probing N-men syzygy will also probe N-1 men? by Sven Schüle, CCC, October 28, 2018 » Syzygy Bases

External Links#

• Homepage von Sven Schüle
• Surprise - A WinBoard Chess Engine
• The Jumbo Twins (WinBoard Chess Engine Family)

References#

1. ↑ Homepage von Sven Schüle
2. ↑ Surprise - A WinBoard Chess Engine
3. ↑ New engine: KnockOut 0.7 by Sven Schüle, CCC, June 04, 2010
4. ↑ New engine release: Jumbo by Sven Schüle, CCC, September 19, 2016
5. ↑ Nemo 1.0 Beta by Michael Hoffmann, CCC, January 12, 2012
6. ↑ Re: Crafty accused of copying Fruit PST by Sven Schüle, CCC, August 15, 2011
7. ↑ Lyapko George’s WinBoard related page (outdated) by George Lyapko

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