Jeroen Noomen

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Jeroen Noomen, a Dutch chess player, computer chess expert, collector of dedicated chess computers, and well-established opening book author. Since 1981 Jeroen has been involved in computer chess as a writer in computer chess magazines, as a full time contributor for Hegener & Glaser, being responsible for the opening books of the programs by Richard Lang and Ed Schröder. In the period from 1990 to 1992 Jeroen developed opening books for the Schröder programs such as Mephisto Polgar, Mephisto MM IV, Mephisto RISC, and Rebel itself. Jeroen was further book author of Chess Tiger, Ruffian and Rybka. He is also known as author of opening suites, a set of opening positions, intended for engine vs engine testing, which gives a balanced representation of modern chess.

=Photos=

Karpov Simul
Anatoly Karpov vs Mephisto Portorose operated by Jeroen Noomen @ 63...Rxh1 SKA-Mephisto-Tournament, Munich, April 1990

Aegon 1997
Peter Schreiner operating MChess versus Jeroen Noomen, Aegon 1997

=Selected Publications=
 * Thomas Mally (1990). Liebesgrüße nach Warschau - Ein Interview mit Jeroen Noomen. Modul, December 1990 (German), pdf hosted by Hein Veldhuis
 * Jeroen Noomen, Ed Schröder (1998). Anand versus Rebel 10 exp. ICCA Journal, Vol. 21, No. 3
 * Jeroen Noomen (2006). The Revolution of 2005 and the Rating Lists. ICGA Journal, Vol. 29, No. 4
 * Jeroen Noomen, Jos Uiterwijk, Jaap van den Herik (2007). The 15th World Computer Chess Championship. ICGA Journal, Vol. 30, No. 2 » WCCC 2007

=Forum Posts=

2010 ...

 * Noomen Testsuite 2012 available by Jeroen Noomen, Rybka Forum, December 03, 2011
 * Noomen Sicilian Testsuite 2012 available by Jeroen Noomen, Rybka Forum, December 17, 2011
 * Noomen King's Indian Testsuite 2012 by Jeroen Noomen, Rybka Forum, January 29, 2012
 * Noomen Benko Gambit Testsuite 2012 by Jeroen Noomen, Rybka Forum, February 03, 2012
 * A new testsuite by Jeroen Noomen, CCC, June 21, 2014 » Opening Suites
 * New testsuite available by Jeroen Noomen, CCC, November 13, 2014 » Opening Suites

2015 ...

 * Noomen selected openings for eng-eng matches by Ed Schröder, CCC, May 31, 2015 » Opening Suites
 * My new book is out: Noomen.ctg by Jeroen Noomen, CCC, May 22, 2016 » CTG
 * Noomen.ctg: UPDATE by Jeroen Noomen, CCC, August 20, 2016
 * New testsuite: UltraShort Lines by Jeroen Noomen, Rybka Forum, June 03, 2017
 * New testsuite: King's Indian Mar del Plata by Jeroen Noomen, CCC, June 22, 2017
 * Updated Mar del Plata testsuite, NEW Ruy Lopez testsuite by Jeroen Noomen, CCC, July 04, 2017
 * Mar del Plata II testsuite by Jeroen Noomen, CCC, July 08, 2017
 * New testsuite: Slav Defence (plus link to all my testsuites) by Jeroen Noomen, CCC, July 19, 2017

=External Links=
 * Noomen, Jeroen FIDE Chess Profile
 * Jeroen Noomen's chess games from chessgames.com
 * Jeroen Noomen from Wikipedia.nl (Dutch)
 * Opening Books hosted by Ed Schröder
 * Jeroen Noomen Column from Ed Schröder's Rebel site
 * Article - Jeroen’s New Opening Book for Rybka Aquarium from ChessOK.com, March 13, 2009
 * Jeroen`s Schachcomputer (German)

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