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Johannes (Jan) Louwman, (October 25, 1924 – December 04, 2002) was a Dutch computer chess expert, early opening book author, writer, tester, and publisher of an own computer chess magazine MegaByte. Jan Louwman was the Dutch pioneer of computer chess, supporting, advising and motivating programmers, beside others Ed Schröder, Frans Morsch and Bart Weststrate. In 1980, Jan Louwman was co-founder of the Dutch Computer Chess Federation, the CSVN. He organized computer chess events, and operated programs in countless computer chess competitions, most notably as member of the Rebel team, not to mention the testing in his home laboratory.

=Photos= Jan Louwman in his computer chess test laboratory ICT 2002: Stefan Meyer-Kahlen, Johan de Koning, Jan Louwman (operator of Insomniac), Vincent Diepeveen, Mathias Feist =First Dutch Championship= Jan Louwman's announcement of the First Dutch Computer Chess Championship 1981 :

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=Publications=
 * Jan Louwman (1981). Wereldkampioenschap Computerschaak te Travemünde. Computerschaak, 11-1981 (Dutch) » WMCCC 1981
 * Jan Louwman (1981). Morphy + Great Game Machine. 06/07-1981, Databus, p. 26-36 » Morphy, Great Game Machine
 * Jan Louwman (1985). Schaakcomputers in opmars. Sijthoff, Amsterdam, ISBN: 9021833123, 9789021833125 (Dutch)
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 * Jan Louwman (1993). The 12th World Microcomputer Chess Championship. ICCA Journal, Vol. 16, No. 4 » WMCCC 1993
 * Günter Rehburg (2000). Nicht verzagen – Louwman fragen. Eine Legende des Computerschachs erzählt aus seinem Leben. Computerschach und Spiele, 8/2000 (German) pdf hosted by Hein Veldhuis
 * Rob van Son (2002). Dutch expert Jan Louwman The father of computer chess tells his story!. Selective Search 103, pdf hosted by Hein Veldhuis
 * Ed Schroder (2003). In Memorium - Jan Louwman. Selective Search 104, pp. 8, pdf hosted by Mike Watters

=Forum Posts=
 * In memorandum - Jan Louwman by Ed Schröder, CCC, December 04, 2002
 * History of computerchess and Jan Louwman by Vincent Diepeveen, CCC, December 04, 2002

=External Links=
 * Jan Louwman's ICGA Tournaments
 * Jan Louwman, 1924 – 2002 Obituraries by Eric van Reem and Chrilly Donninger from ChessBase
 * Coko: Nachruf Jan Louwman by Eric van Reem (German)

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