25,161
edits
Changes
Created page with "'''Home * People * Thorsten Czub''' FILE:5.13-ThorstenAtBelct2001.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=http://www.quarkchess.de/belct/body_index.html| Thorsten Cz..."
'''[[Main Page|Home]] * [[People]] * Thorsten Czub'''
[[FILE:5.13-ThorstenAtBelct2001.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=http://www.quarkchess.de/belct/body_index.html| Thorsten Czub, [[BELCT 2001]] <ref>[http://www.quarkchess.de/belct/ BELCT 2001 Berlin is worth a trip!] Photos by [[Thomas Mayer]]</ref> ]]
'''Thorsten Czub''',<br/>
a German computer chess aficionado, tester, as well as tournament organizer and journalist. He also wrote a [[MS-DOS|DOS]] chess program in [[Basic]], dubbed [[Capa]] <ref>[http://www.thorstenczub.de/capa.html Capa] Thorsten's [[MS-DOS|DOS]] Chess Program, written in [[Basic]] (German)</ref>. Thorsten cooperated with many chess programmers as tester and operator, most notably with [[Chris Whittington]] author of the mighty [[Chess System Tal]], and occasionally with [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]], [[Christophe Théron]], [[John Stanback]], [[Martin Bryant]], [[Ryan Benitez]] and probably others. Thorsten also hosts a [[Hiarcs]] Fan Page <ref>[http://www.thorstenczub.de/hiarcs.html Hiarcs Fan Page]</ref>.
=Journalist=
As teenager, Thorsten was already a computer chess enthusiast and collector of [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computers]], playing private tournaments. He started to write articles for the German computer chess magazine [[Computerschach und Spiele]] ('''CSS'''), but soon had issues about evenhandedness with the responsible CSS editors [[Dieter Steinwender]] and [[Frederic Friedel]], which results in cessation of the collaboration and disrespect, as still manifested in Thorsten's own online computer chess magazine Schachcomputerwelt <ref>[http://www.thorstenczub.de/scw.html Schachcomputerwelt] Thorsten's computer chess magazine (German)</ref>. Thorsten was a critic of the close relations between CSS, [http://www.computerschach.de/shop/index.html?http://www.computerschach.de/shop/xaranshop_53_1.htm CSS-Shop] and [[ChessBase]], as cause of possible conflict of interests related to independent journalism and test-reports of computer chess products <ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/656439670bd7c7fb# commercial interests and the CSS magazine (was: Botvinnik article) post 194 ...] [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/topics rgcc] November 3, 1996</ref>.
=Computer Chess Forums=
Thorsten Czub is active poster in [[Computer Chess Forums]] and was co-founder of the [[CCC|Computer Chess Club]] 1997 <ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/7c5b47d1a27a42df computer-chess club] by [[Robert Hyatt]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], October 10, 1997</ref> <ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/05debe01992e594d# Computer-Chess Club] by [[Steven Schwartz]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], October 17, 1997</ref>, after the unmoderated [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]] suffered from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flaming_%28Internet%29 flaming] by various posters. Along with his political principles, his courage, and his animosity against authorities, Thorsten was involved in heated and disputed discussions, and surely overacted sometimes. He served as moderator in [[CCC]] and also was subject of moderator actions <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=27681 Reinstate Thorsten Czub? A plea] by [[Dann Corbit]], [[CCC]], September 24, 1998</ref> and receded twice as elected member of CCC moderator teams.
=BELCT=
In 2001, while living in Berlin, Thorsten was primary organizer of the [[BELCT 2001|First Berliner Emanuel-Lasker Computerchess-Tournament 2001]].
[[FILE:7.07-all.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|link=http://www.quarkchess.de/belct/]]
Participants: [[Gerd Isenberg]], [[Thomas Mayer]], [[Heiner Marxen]], [[Jochen Peussner]], [[Roland Pfister]],<br/>
Thorsten Czub, [[Stefan Knappe]], [[Ingo Bauer]] and [[Peter Berger]] <ref>Image from [http://www.quarkchess.de/belct/ BELCT 2001 Berlin is worth a trip!] by [[Thomas Mayer]]</ref>
=Selected Publications=
* [[Thorsten Czub]] ('''2003'''). ''Mark Uniacke interviewed - Programming HIARCS 9''. [[Selective Search]] 108, pp. 12, [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/SS_108.pdf pdf] hosted by [[Mike Watters]]
=Forum Posts=
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=43212 benchmark new smartphones] by [[Thorsten Czub]], [[CCC]], April 08, 2012 » [[Android]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=53257 The dedicated chess computer thread] by [[Thorsten Czub]], [[CCC]], August 12, 2014 » [[Dedicated Chess Computers]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=53733 computerchess on apple] by [[Thorsten Czub]], [[CCC]], September 17, 2014 » [[Apple]], [[Macintosh]]
* [http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2886 Benchmark mobile phones] by [[Thorsten Czub]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], October 03, 2015
=External Links=
* [http://www.thorstenczub.de/scw.html Schachcomputerwelt] Thorsten's computer chess magazine (German)
* [http://www.thorstenczub.de/capa.html Capa] Thorsten's [[MS-DOS|DOS]] Chess Program, written in [[Basic]] (German)
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raumpatrouille Pilot Raumpatrouille (Space Patrol)], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video
: with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dietmar_Sch%C3%B6nherr Dietmar Schönherr] as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raumpatrouille#Characters Major Cliff Allister McLane]
: {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp1jddiZDtI|alignment=left|valignment=top}}
=References=
<references />
'''[[People|Up one level]]'''
[[FILE:5.13-ThorstenAtBelct2001.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=http://www.quarkchess.de/belct/body_index.html| Thorsten Czub, [[BELCT 2001]] <ref>[http://www.quarkchess.de/belct/ BELCT 2001 Berlin is worth a trip!] Photos by [[Thomas Mayer]]</ref> ]]
'''Thorsten Czub''',<br/>
a German computer chess aficionado, tester, as well as tournament organizer and journalist. He also wrote a [[MS-DOS|DOS]] chess program in [[Basic]], dubbed [[Capa]] <ref>[http://www.thorstenczub.de/capa.html Capa] Thorsten's [[MS-DOS|DOS]] Chess Program, written in [[Basic]] (German)</ref>. Thorsten cooperated with many chess programmers as tester and operator, most notably with [[Chris Whittington]] author of the mighty [[Chess System Tal]], and occasionally with [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]], [[Christophe Théron]], [[John Stanback]], [[Martin Bryant]], [[Ryan Benitez]] and probably others. Thorsten also hosts a [[Hiarcs]] Fan Page <ref>[http://www.thorstenczub.de/hiarcs.html Hiarcs Fan Page]</ref>.
=Journalist=
As teenager, Thorsten was already a computer chess enthusiast and collector of [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computers]], playing private tournaments. He started to write articles for the German computer chess magazine [[Computerschach und Spiele]] ('''CSS'''), but soon had issues about evenhandedness with the responsible CSS editors [[Dieter Steinwender]] and [[Frederic Friedel]], which results in cessation of the collaboration and disrespect, as still manifested in Thorsten's own online computer chess magazine Schachcomputerwelt <ref>[http://www.thorstenczub.de/scw.html Schachcomputerwelt] Thorsten's computer chess magazine (German)</ref>. Thorsten was a critic of the close relations between CSS, [http://www.computerschach.de/shop/index.html?http://www.computerschach.de/shop/xaranshop_53_1.htm CSS-Shop] and [[ChessBase]], as cause of possible conflict of interests related to independent journalism and test-reports of computer chess products <ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/656439670bd7c7fb# commercial interests and the CSS magazine (was: Botvinnik article) post 194 ...] [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/topics rgcc] November 3, 1996</ref>.
=Computer Chess Forums=
Thorsten Czub is active poster in [[Computer Chess Forums]] and was co-founder of the [[CCC|Computer Chess Club]] 1997 <ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/7c5b47d1a27a42df computer-chess club] by [[Robert Hyatt]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], October 10, 1997</ref> <ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/05debe01992e594d# Computer-Chess Club] by [[Steven Schwartz]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], October 17, 1997</ref>, after the unmoderated [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]] suffered from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flaming_%28Internet%29 flaming] by various posters. Along with his political principles, his courage, and his animosity against authorities, Thorsten was involved in heated and disputed discussions, and surely overacted sometimes. He served as moderator in [[CCC]] and also was subject of moderator actions <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=27681 Reinstate Thorsten Czub? A plea] by [[Dann Corbit]], [[CCC]], September 24, 1998</ref> and receded twice as elected member of CCC moderator teams.
=BELCT=
In 2001, while living in Berlin, Thorsten was primary organizer of the [[BELCT 2001|First Berliner Emanuel-Lasker Computerchess-Tournament 2001]].
[[FILE:7.07-all.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|link=http://www.quarkchess.de/belct/]]
Participants: [[Gerd Isenberg]], [[Thomas Mayer]], [[Heiner Marxen]], [[Jochen Peussner]], [[Roland Pfister]],<br/>
Thorsten Czub, [[Stefan Knappe]], [[Ingo Bauer]] and [[Peter Berger]] <ref>Image from [http://www.quarkchess.de/belct/ BELCT 2001 Berlin is worth a trip!] by [[Thomas Mayer]]</ref>
=Selected Publications=
* [[Thorsten Czub]] ('''2003'''). ''Mark Uniacke interviewed - Programming HIARCS 9''. [[Selective Search]] 108, pp. 12, [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/SS_108.pdf pdf] hosted by [[Mike Watters]]
=Forum Posts=
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=43212 benchmark new smartphones] by [[Thorsten Czub]], [[CCC]], April 08, 2012 » [[Android]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=53257 The dedicated chess computer thread] by [[Thorsten Czub]], [[CCC]], August 12, 2014 » [[Dedicated Chess Computers]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=53733 computerchess on apple] by [[Thorsten Czub]], [[CCC]], September 17, 2014 » [[Apple]], [[Macintosh]]
* [http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2886 Benchmark mobile phones] by [[Thorsten Czub]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], October 03, 2015
=External Links=
* [http://www.thorstenczub.de/scw.html Schachcomputerwelt] Thorsten's computer chess magazine (German)
* [http://www.thorstenczub.de/capa.html Capa] Thorsten's [[MS-DOS|DOS]] Chess Program, written in [[Basic]] (German)
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raumpatrouille Pilot Raumpatrouille (Space Patrol)], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video
: with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dietmar_Sch%C3%B6nherr Dietmar Schönherr] as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raumpatrouille#Characters Major Cliff Allister McLane]
: {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp1jddiZDtI|alignment=left|valignment=top}}
=References=
<references />
'''[[People|Up one level]]'''
