Ralf Schäfer
Ralf Schäfer [1]
Ralf Schäfer,
a German computer scientist and chess programmer. Ralf is author of the chess engine Cheetah, and along with Volker Böhm, author of Spike, which incorporates ideas of Cheetah and Böhm's IceSpell [2]. Spike won the first Livingston Chess960 Computer World Championship, 2005, in Mainz [3] [4].
Photos
Winners Chess960CWC 2005: Tord Romstad, Johannes Zwanzger, Volker Böhm and Ralf Schäfer [5]
Forum Posts
- Re: Spike News or update? by Ralf Schäfer, CCC, March 31, 2009
- Spike 1.4 is available by Ralf Schäfer, CCC, February 01, 2011
External Links
- Ralf Schäfer's ICGA Tournaments
- Spike home
- Spike 0.9 released, Interview with Volker Böhm and Ralf Schäfer by Frank Quisinsky, hosted by Arena Chess GUI 3.0 - Welcome to Arena, March 20, 2005 (German)
- ...weil Chess960 vom ersten Zug an spannend ist - Die Chess960 Computer Weltmeister Volker Böhm und Ralf Schäfer im Gespräch. Chess Tigers, August 07, 2006 (German)
References
- ↑ Clipped from Volker Böhm und Ralf Schäfer, Sieger der ersten Chess960 Computer WM, Chess Classic - 2. Computer Weltmeisterschaft im Chess960, Chess Tigers, April 05, 2006 (German)
- ↑ Spike home
- ↑ Spike - Mainz 2005 Report (German)
- ↑ Chess Classic - Spike is the first Chess960 Computer World Champion!
- ↑ Aronian gewinnt FINet-Chess960-Turnier from ChessBase Nachrichten, August 13, 2005 (German)
