Jan-Jaap van Horssen

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Jan-Jaap van Horssen, a Dutch computer scientist and as computer Draughts programmer, author of the Draughts program Maximus, Gold medal winner of the 16th Computer Olympiad 2011, and Bronze medal winner at the 19th Computer Olympiad 2016. In April 2012, Maximus played a six game match versus international Draughts grandmaster Alexander Schwarzman, where Schwarzman won game two and all other five games were draws . In his 2019 ICGAJ article Jan-Jaap van Horssen elaborates on how to obtain the best move and principal variation in MTD(f) by walking the TT, as applied in his Draughts program.

=Fotos= 19th Computer Olympiad 2016, ICGA Organizer Joke Hellemons and Draughts winners Jan-Jaap van Horssen (3rd), Fabien Letouzey (1st), Jelle Wiersma (2nd), and TD

=Selected Publications=
 * Jan-Jaap van Horssen (2012). Schwarzman vs. MAXIMUS: A Man-Machine Match in International Draughts. ICGA Journal, Vol. 35, No. 2, pdf
 * Jan-Jaap van Horssen (2012). Schwarzman vs. MAXIMUS: Games 5 and 6 annotated. ICGA Journal, Vol. 35, No. 3
 * Jan-Jaap van Horssen (2019). Move selection in MTD(f). ICGA Journal, Vol. 41, No. 1

=External Links=
 * Jan-Jaap van Horssen - LinkedIn
 * Jan-Jaap van Horssen's ICGA Tournaments
 * Android Apps by Jan-Jaap van Horssen on Google Play

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