Shaun Press
Shaun Press,
a Papua New Guinean, Australian software developer and roboticist, chess FIDE master and correspondence chess player, president of the Correspondence Chess League of Australia (CCLA) [2], international chess arbiter, member of FIDE rules and tournament regulations committee, and the FIDE Swiss pairing programs committee [3].
Computer Chess
As computer chess programmer, Shaun has written multiple chess programs, most notably Vanilla Chess (VChess), BChess and Fencer, and he organized [4] the Australasian National Computer Chess Championships, where he also participated with his programs.
Chess Olympiads
Shaun Press represented Papua New Guinea in seven Chess Olympiads from 2000 to 2012 [5] as player, since 2014 as official. In Turin 2006, he was quite close to his computer chess fellows.
| Year | Edition | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 34th Chess Olympiad | Istanbul, Turkey |
| 2002 | 35th Chess Olympiad | Bled, Slovenia |
| 2004 | 36th Chess Olympiad | Calvià, Majorca, Spain |
| 2006 | 37th Chess Olympiad | Turin, Italy [6] |
| 2008 | 38th Chess Olympiad | Dresden, Germany [7] |
| 2010 | 39th Chess Olympiad | Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia |
| 2012 | 40th Chess Olympiad | Istanbul, Turkey |
| 2014 | 41st Chess Olympiad | Tromsø, Norway |
| 2016 | 42nd Chess Olympiad | Baku, Azerbaijan |
Forum Posts
- Re: cheaper search ? by Shaun Press, rgcc, April 28, 1997 » Copy-Make, Vanilla Chess, KnightCap
- National Computer Chess Championships 2004 by Shaun Press, Chess Chat, July 20, 2004 » NC3 2004
- 2005 National Computer Chess Championships by Shaun Press, Chess Chat, July 17, 2005 » NC3 2005
- Re: 2005 National Computer Chess Championships by Shaun Press, Chess Chat, July 17, 2005 » Point Value
- Vanilla Chess by Shaun Press (1997) resurrected by Jim Ablett, Winboard Forum, September 13, 2006 » Vanilla Chess
External Links
- Shaun Press from Wikipedia
- Shaun Press - LinkedIn
- Shaun Press - YouTube
- chessexpress - Shaun's Chess Blog
- chessexpress: Tridge by Shaun Press, July 23, 2007 » Andrew Tridgell, KnightCap, Vanilla Chess
- chessexpress: Ow, my brain hurts by Shaun Press, October 03, 2007 » Tor Lattimore
- Press, Shaun FIDE Chess Profile - Players Arbiters Trainers
- The chess games of Shaun Press from chessgames.com
References
- ↑ Shaun Press, Chief Arbiter at the 2013 Doeberl Cup, Canberra, April 2013, Photo taken by Gary Bekker, April 01, 2013, Shaun Press from Wikipedia
- ↑ CCLA Home
- ↑ Shaun Press – Google+ | About
- ↑ Shaun Press Home Page
- ↑ Shaun Press from Wikipedia
- ↑ WCCC 2006, CG 2006
- ↑ Workshop Chess and Mathematics
