Folkert van Heusden

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Folkert van Heusden, a Dutch software developer, system administrator and network engineer. As open source and game programmer, Folkert is author of the experimental chess programs Pos and DeepBrutePos, both written in Java. A incarnation of DeepBrutePos, running on a system with an UDOO computer and seven Raspberry Pi calculating nodes is dubbed PuppetMaster. Former experimental chess programs were CPP1, Bullucks and QueenBee. His latest chess engine, first released in August 2015, is the UCI compliant Embla, in 2016 incorporated inside a self made chess computer board based on a Raspberry Pi 3. He further wrote the Go playing program Stop.

=Forum Posts=

2012 ...

 * move generation speed by Folkert van Heusden, Winboard Forum, January 03, 2012 » Move Generation
 * what on earth by Folkert van Heusden, CCC, July 09, 2012
 * transposition tables by Folkert van Heusden, CCC, July 23, 2013 » Transposition Table
 * raspberry pi cluster versus fairymax by Folkert van Heusden, CCC, October 31, 2013 » Raspberry Pi
 * Re: CSVN 1st Open Internet Tournament: Results and games by Folkert van Heusden, CCC, May 12, 2014
 * std::vector<> considered harmful by Folkert van Heusden, CCC, September 25, 2014 » Move List, Array

2015 ...
2016 2017 2018
 * creating an opening book by Folkert van Heusden, CCC, June 24, 2015 » Opening Book
 * Embla by Folkert van Heusden, CCC, August 26, 2015
 * Embla 0.7.1 by Folkert van Heusden, CCC, December 08, 2015
 * late move reduction by Folkert van Heusden, CCC, January 21, 2016 » Late Move Reductions
 * Embla 0.8 by Folkert van Heusden, CCC, February 13, 2016
 * Embla 0.9 by Folkert van Heusden, CCC, March 03, 2016
 * threading by Folkert van Heusden, CCC, March 03, 2016 » Thread
 * chess computer board by Folkert van Heusden, CCC, April 27, 2016 » Embla Board
 * cluster versus single server by Folkert van Heusden, CCC, April 28, 2016 » Engine Testing
 * improving iid by Folkert van Heusden, CCC, January 06, 2017 » Internal Iterative Deepening
 * cut nodes by Folkert van Heusden, CCC, October 18, 2017 » Cut-Nodes
 * PVS & Embla by Folkert van Heusden, CCC, October 19, 2017 » Principal Variation Search, Embla
 * tuning for the uninformed by Folkert van Heusden, CCC, November 23, 2017 » Automated Tuning
 * texel tuning by Folkert van Heusden, CCC, June 01, 2018 » Texel's Tuning Method
 * Re: Lazy SMP ideas by Folkert van Heusden, CCC, October 03, 2018 » Lazy SMP, Aspiration Windows
 * easy move? by Folkert van Heusden, CCC, October 19, 2018 » Time Management

=External Links=
 * flok99 (Folkert van Heusden) · GitHub
 * www.vanheusden.com
 * www.vanheusden.com - Computer Chess
 * Data-mining on the game of chess
 * Embla based chess computer by Folkert van Heusden
 * van Heusden, Folkert from computer-go.info
 * Folkert van Heusden | LinkedIn

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