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Thomas Jahn [1] Thomas Jahn,

a German computer scientist, game developer and technical director at King Art Games in Bremen. He holds a diplom degree in media informatics from City University of Applied Sciences (Bremen) in 2008 [1]. In early 2021, he started computer chess programming [2] and soon came up with his own open source chess program dubbed MinimalChess [3] [4]. In early 2022, he started with a DevLog describing his new project Leorik [5].

Forum Posts#

2021#

• Testing strategies for my engines playing strength by Thomas Jahn, CCC, January 04, 2021
• My Beginner’s Guide to Chess Programming by Thomas Jahn, CCC, January 23, 2021
• MinimalChess 0.2 released by Thomas Jahn, CCC, February 12, 2021
• Quiescence Search doesn’t improve strength by Thomas Jahn, CCC, February 25, 2021 » Quiescence Search
• MinimalChess 0.3 released by Thomas Jahn, CCC, March 09, 2021
• PST-only Evaluation for MinimalChess 0.4 by Thomas Jahn, CCC, April 15, 2021 » Piece-Square Tables
• Move ordering heuristics for captures by Thomas Jahn, CCC, April 23, 2021

2022#

• Devlog of Leorik by Thomas Jahn, CCC, January 04, 2022

Re: Devlog of Leorik - A.k.a. how to tune high-quality PSTs from scratch (material values) in 20 seconds by Thomas Jahn, CCC, March 28, 2022 » Automated Tuning, Piece-Square Tables, Leorik

External Links#

• lithander (lithander) · GitHub
• Thomas Jahn | LinkedIn
• Pixelpracht Blog
• lithander (@pixelpracht) / Twitter
• Making of MinimalChessEngine, YouTube Videos

References#

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Thomas Jahn | LinkedIn
2. ↑ My Beginner’s Guide to Chess Programming by Thomas Jahn, CCC, January 23, 2021
3. ↑ MinimalChess 0.2 released by Thomas Jahn, CCC, February 12, 2021
4. ↑ GitHub - lithander/MinimalChessEngine
5. ↑ Devlog of Leorik by Thomas Jahn, CCC, January 04, 2022

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