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'''Helmut Richter''',
a German computer scientist and as computer chess programmer author of one of the first German chess programs, [[Schach MV 5,6]]. In 1971, Richter started the development on a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telefunken Telefunken] [[TR-4]] and [[TR 440]] mainframe, continuing with a [[PDP-10]]. Schach MV 5,6, containing about 5000 [[Fortran]] statements, was subject of his diploma thesis, and apparently a [[SOMA]] approach without looking ahead more than one [[Ply|ply]] <ref>[https://www.computerwoche.de/a/computer-logik-im-koeniglichen-spiel,1205123 Erstes Computer-Schachturnier der Gesellschaft für Informatik] October 17, 1975, [[Computerworld#Woche|Computerwoche]] 42/1975 (German)</ref>.
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[[David Levy]], who was tournament director at the [[First GI Computer Chess Tournament]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dortmund Dortmund], was indebted to Helmut Richter of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburg Hamburg] for an accurate description of what [[Donald Michie]] called "swap-off". This is described incorrectly on pages 45-47 of ''Chess and Computers'' <ref>[[David Levy]] ('''1976'''). ''Chess and Computers''. Batsford, ISBN 0-7134-3178-4</ref>, the errors having been copied over from Michies's original article on the subject, published in 1966 <ref>[[Donald Michie]] ('''1966'''). ''Game Playing and Game Learning Automata.'' Advances in Programming and Non-Numerical Computation, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Fox Leslie Fox] (ed.), pp. 183-200. Oxford, Pergamon. » Includes Appendix: ''Rules of SOMAC'' by [[John Maynard Smith]]</ref>. Levy gives Richter's description of as Swap-off algorithm what is today usually referred as [[Static Exchange Evaluation|SEE]] in the May 1970 issue of [[Personal Computer World]] <ref>[[David Levy]] ('''1979'''). ''Chess Programming - Before You Begin''. [[Personal Computer World]], May 1979</ref>.
=Selected Publications=
<ref>[[Tony Marsland]] ('''1979'''). ''A bibliography of computer chess''. [http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/%7Eshm/MI/mi9.html Machine Intelligence 9], [http://aitopics.org/sites/default/files/classic/Machine_Intelligence_9/MI9-Ch19-Marsland.pdf pdf]</ref>
* [[Helmut Richter]] ('''1976'''). ''A chess program based on principles of human thought processes on playing chess''. Technical Report, [[University of Hamburg]] » [[Schach MV 5,6]]
* [[Helmut Richter]] ('''1976'''). ''The first German computer chess championship at Dortmund''. [[ACM#SIG|SIGART newsletter]], Vol. 56, No. 2 » [[First GI Computer Chess Tournament]]
=External Links=
* [https://www.computerwoche.de/a/computer-logik-im-koeniglichen-spiel,1205123 Erstes Computer-Schachturnier der Gesellschaft für Informatik] October 17, 1975, [[Computerworld#Woche|Computerwoche]] 42/1975 (German)
* [https://www.computerwoche.de/a/tells-geschoss-schachmatt,1205122 Sieger bleibt nüchtern: Tells Geschoß: Schachmatt], October 17, 1975, [[Computerworld#Woche|Computerwoche]] 42/1975 (German)
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'''Helmut Richter''',
a German computer scientist and as computer chess programmer author of one of the first German chess programs, [[Schach MV 5,6]]. In 1971, Richter started the development on a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telefunken Telefunken] [[TR-4]] and [[TR 440]] mainframe, continuing with a [[PDP-10]]. Schach MV 5,6, containing about 5000 [[Fortran]] statements, was subject of his diploma thesis, and apparently a [[SOMA]] approach without looking ahead more than one [[Ply|ply]] <ref>[https://www.computerwoche.de/a/computer-logik-im-koeniglichen-spiel,1205123 Erstes Computer-Schachturnier der Gesellschaft für Informatik] October 17, 1975, [[Computerworld#Woche|Computerwoche]] 42/1975 (German)</ref>.
<span id="Swapoff"></span>
=Swap-off=
[[David Levy]], who was tournament director at the [[First GI Computer Chess Tournament]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dortmund Dortmund], was indebted to Helmut Richter of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburg Hamburg] for an accurate description of what [[Donald Michie]] called "swap-off". This is described incorrectly on pages 45-47 of ''Chess and Computers'' <ref>[[David Levy]] ('''1976'''). ''Chess and Computers''. Batsford, ISBN 0-7134-3178-4</ref>, the errors having been copied over from Michies's original article on the subject, published in 1966 <ref>[[Donald Michie]] ('''1966'''). ''Game Playing and Game Learning Automata.'' Advances in Programming and Non-Numerical Computation, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Fox Leslie Fox] (ed.), pp. 183-200. Oxford, Pergamon. » Includes Appendix: ''Rules of SOMAC'' by [[John Maynard Smith]]</ref>. Levy gives Richter's description of as Swap-off algorithm what is today usually referred as [[Static Exchange Evaluation|SEE]] in the May 1970 issue of [[Personal Computer World]] <ref>[[David Levy]] ('''1979'''). ''Chess Programming - Before You Begin''. [[Personal Computer World]], May 1979</ref>.
=Selected Publications=
<ref>[[Tony Marsland]] ('''1979'''). ''A bibliography of computer chess''. [http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/%7Eshm/MI/mi9.html Machine Intelligence 9], [http://aitopics.org/sites/default/files/classic/Machine_Intelligence_9/MI9-Ch19-Marsland.pdf pdf]</ref>
* [[Helmut Richter]] ('''1976'''). ''A chess program based on principles of human thought processes on playing chess''. Technical Report, [[University of Hamburg]] » [[Schach MV 5,6]]
* [[Helmut Richter]] ('''1976'''). ''The first German computer chess championship at Dortmund''. [[ACM#SIG|SIGART newsletter]], Vol. 56, No. 2 » [[First GI Computer Chess Tournament]]
=External Links=
* [https://www.computerwoche.de/a/computer-logik-im-koeniglichen-spiel,1205123 Erstes Computer-Schachturnier der Gesellschaft für Informatik] October 17, 1975, [[Computerworld#Woche|Computerwoche]] 42/1975 (German)
* [https://www.computerwoche.de/a/tells-geschoss-schachmatt,1205122 Sieger bleibt nüchtern: Tells Geschoß: Schachmatt], October 17, 1975, [[Computerworld#Woche|Computerwoche]] 42/1975 (German)
=References=
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