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[[FILE:ThomasNitsche1986.JPG|border|right|thumb|222px| Thomas Nitsche <ref>[[László Lindner]], A SZÁMÍTÓGÉPES SAKK KÉPEKBEN című melléklete - The pictures of the Beginning of Chess Computers</ref> ]]
'''Thomas Nitsche''',<br/>
a German mathematician and computer scientist, former computer chess programmer, and along with [[Elmar Henne]] affiliated with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proximic Proximic], a high performance contextual matching service. As student at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Freiburg University of Freiburg], Thomas Nitsche started computer chess programming in the early 70s. His program [[Orwell]] already played the first [[First GI Computer Chess Tournament]] 1975 in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dortmund Dortmund]. When Nitsche went to the [[Technical University of Munich]], he started to write a parallel version of Orwell, called [[Parwell]], in collaboration with Elmar Henne and [[Wolfram Wolff]]. Henne and Nitsche were most famous for their mighty [[Mephisto (H)|Mephisto]] computers with the unique [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briquette Briquette] design, manufactured by [[Hegener & Glaser]] <ref>[http://www.computerwoche.de/heftarchiv/1979/36/1194002/ Ab Dezember neuer Mikroschachcomputer für 350 Mark:: Mephisto unterm Weihnachtsbaum], October 7, 1979, [[Computerworld#Woche|Computerwoche]] 36/1979 (German)</ref>.
=Photos=
[[FILE:glasgowwm_565x385.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|560px|link=http://www.thorstenczub.de/thomas.html]]
Thomas Nitsche, [[Ossi Weiner]] and [[Lars Hjörth]], [[WMCCC 1984]] Glasgow <ref>[http://www.thorstenczub.de/thomas.html Was macht eigentlich Thomas Nitsche, der Mephisto III Programmierer?] by [[Thorsten Czub]] (German)</ref><ref>Photo by [[Rainer Neuhäusler]], [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=287460&t=29458 Re: Who is that guy?] by [[Rainer Neuhäusler]], [[CCC]], August 19, 2009</ref>
[[FILE:Polgar_sisters_against_Mephisto.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|560px|link=http://www.ismenio.com/mephisto.html]]
Thomas Nitsche operating Mephisto III versus [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Polgar Susan] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofia_Polgar Sofia Polgar] 1985 <ref>[http://www.ismenio.com/mephisto.html Hegener & Glaser (Mephisto)] from [http://www.ismenio.com/chess_computers.html ChessComputers.org]</ref>
=Quotes=
Quote from ''Proximic to Syndicate Ads For [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo! Yahoo], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBay eBay]'' <ref>[http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/print.php/3721906 Proximic to Syndicate Ads For Yahoo, eBay]</ref> :
The architect behind Proximic's contextual-matching engine is Thomas Nitsche, a German mathematician who won the world microcomputer chess title in 1984. Nitsche serves as Proximic's chief technical officer.
The computers Nitsche was turning into world-class chess champions in the 1980's had about 5 kilobytes of memory. He applied the same economical method of coding to Proximic's pattern-proximity technology, which boasts the ability to handle tens of millions of ads with only a fraction of the servers required in keyword-based systems with much smaller inventories.
=See also=
* [[Elmar Henne]]
* [[Hegener & Glaser]]
* [[Mephisto (H)]]
* [[Orwell]]
* [[Parwell]]
* [[Technical University of Munich]]
=Selected Publications=
<ref>[http://ilk.uvt.nl/icga/journal/docs/References.pdf ICGA Reference Database] (pdf)</ref>
* [[Thomas Nitsche]] ('''1982'''). ''A Learning Chess Program.'' [[Advances in Computer Chess 3]]
* [[Thomas Nitsche]] ('''1983'''). ''The Mephisto Concept. A "Humanlike" Thinking Chess Program''. [[Computer Chess Reports|Computer Chess Digest Annual 1983]]
* [[Thomas Nitsche]] ('''1984'''). [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Das_Mephisto_3-Projekt Das Mephisto 3-Projekt], [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schach-Echo Schach-Echo] 7/1984 (German)
=External Links=
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/person.php?id=407 Thomas Nitsche's ICGA Tournaments]
* [http://www.thomasnitsche.com/ Thomas Nitsche Projects]
* [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Nitsche,_Thomas_%26_Henne,_Elmar Nitsche, Thomas & Henne, Elmar] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info - Wiki]
* [http://www.podtech.net/home/4265/proximic-brings-new-contextual-search-and-advertising-platform Proximic brings new contextual search and advertising platform] from [http://www.podtech.net/home/ PODTech home]
* Proximic video by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Scoble Robert Scoble], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video
: {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUwccx4hMrw|alignment=left|valignment=top}}
=References=
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[[FILE:ThomasNitsche1986.JPG|border|right|thumb|222px| Thomas Nitsche <ref>[[László Lindner]], A SZÁMÍTÓGÉPES SAKK KÉPEKBEN című melléklete - The pictures of the Beginning of Chess Computers</ref> ]]
'''Thomas Nitsche''',<br/>
a German mathematician and computer scientist, former computer chess programmer, and along with [[Elmar Henne]] affiliated with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proximic Proximic], a high performance contextual matching service. As student at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Freiburg University of Freiburg], Thomas Nitsche started computer chess programming in the early 70s. His program [[Orwell]] already played the first [[First GI Computer Chess Tournament]] 1975 in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dortmund Dortmund]. When Nitsche went to the [[Technical University of Munich]], he started to write a parallel version of Orwell, called [[Parwell]], in collaboration with Elmar Henne and [[Wolfram Wolff]]. Henne and Nitsche were most famous for their mighty [[Mephisto (H)|Mephisto]] computers with the unique [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briquette Briquette] design, manufactured by [[Hegener & Glaser]] <ref>[http://www.computerwoche.de/heftarchiv/1979/36/1194002/ Ab Dezember neuer Mikroschachcomputer für 350 Mark:: Mephisto unterm Weihnachtsbaum], October 7, 1979, [[Computerworld#Woche|Computerwoche]] 36/1979 (German)</ref>.
=Photos=
[[FILE:glasgowwm_565x385.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|560px|link=http://www.thorstenczub.de/thomas.html]]
Thomas Nitsche, [[Ossi Weiner]] and [[Lars Hjörth]], [[WMCCC 1984]] Glasgow <ref>[http://www.thorstenczub.de/thomas.html Was macht eigentlich Thomas Nitsche, der Mephisto III Programmierer?] by [[Thorsten Czub]] (German)</ref><ref>Photo by [[Rainer Neuhäusler]], [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=287460&t=29458 Re: Who is that guy?] by [[Rainer Neuhäusler]], [[CCC]], August 19, 2009</ref>
[[FILE:Polgar_sisters_against_Mephisto.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|560px|link=http://www.ismenio.com/mephisto.html]]
Thomas Nitsche operating Mephisto III versus [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Polgar Susan] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofia_Polgar Sofia Polgar] 1985 <ref>[http://www.ismenio.com/mephisto.html Hegener & Glaser (Mephisto)] from [http://www.ismenio.com/chess_computers.html ChessComputers.org]</ref>
=Quotes=
Quote from ''Proximic to Syndicate Ads For [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo! Yahoo], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBay eBay]'' <ref>[http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/print.php/3721906 Proximic to Syndicate Ads For Yahoo, eBay]</ref> :
The architect behind Proximic's contextual-matching engine is Thomas Nitsche, a German mathematician who won the world microcomputer chess title in 1984. Nitsche serves as Proximic's chief technical officer.
The computers Nitsche was turning into world-class chess champions in the 1980's had about 5 kilobytes of memory. He applied the same economical method of coding to Proximic's pattern-proximity technology, which boasts the ability to handle tens of millions of ads with only a fraction of the servers required in keyword-based systems with much smaller inventories.
=See also=
* [[Elmar Henne]]
* [[Hegener & Glaser]]
* [[Mephisto (H)]]
* [[Orwell]]
* [[Parwell]]
* [[Technical University of Munich]]
=Selected Publications=
<ref>[http://ilk.uvt.nl/icga/journal/docs/References.pdf ICGA Reference Database] (pdf)</ref>
* [[Thomas Nitsche]] ('''1982'''). ''A Learning Chess Program.'' [[Advances in Computer Chess 3]]
* [[Thomas Nitsche]] ('''1983'''). ''The Mephisto Concept. A "Humanlike" Thinking Chess Program''. [[Computer Chess Reports|Computer Chess Digest Annual 1983]]
* [[Thomas Nitsche]] ('''1984'''). [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Das_Mephisto_3-Projekt Das Mephisto 3-Projekt], [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schach-Echo Schach-Echo] 7/1984 (German)
=External Links=
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/person.php?id=407 Thomas Nitsche's ICGA Tournaments]
* [http://www.thomasnitsche.com/ Thomas Nitsche Projects]
* [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Nitsche,_Thomas_%26_Henne,_Elmar Nitsche, Thomas & Henne, Elmar] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info - Wiki]
* [http://www.podtech.net/home/4265/proximic-brings-new-contextual-search-and-advertising-platform Proximic brings new contextual search and advertising platform] from [http://www.podtech.net/home/ PODTech home]
* Proximic video by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Scoble Robert Scoble], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video
: {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUwccx4hMrw|alignment=left|valignment=top}}
=References=
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