Reinhard Scharnagl

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Reinhard Scharnagl, (died in August 2015) was a German computer chess programmer, and author of the chess program SMIRF. Reinhard was pioneer in Fischer Random Chess (FRC / Chess960) as well for chess variants with other board sizes like 10x8. On August 01, 2015 he posted on his Google+ site that he survived three weeks of chemotherapy and radiation therapy fighting brain tumor. He died soon later that month in August 2015.

=Publications=
 * Reinhard Scharnagl (2004). Fischer-Random-Schach: (FRC/Chess 960). Books on Demand (German)
 * Reinhard Scharnagl (2014). Chess960 / FRC: Des Schachspiels revolutionäre Zukunft. Amazon.de: Kindle Edition (German)

=Forum Posts=

2000 ...

 * Re: ASCII Board representation by Reinhard Scharnagl, CCC, December 08, 2003
 * Re:On SMIRF by Reinhard Scharnagl, CCC, December 30, 2004

2005 ...

 * Why to use compatible X-FEN (in Chess960) by Reinhard Scharnagl, CCC, July 17, 2005 » X-FEN
 * for Reinhard Scharnagl about Chess960 by Matthias Gemuh, CCC, July 18, 2005
 * Best BitBoard LSB funktion? by Reinhard Scharnagl, Winboard Forum, July 20, 2005 » BitScan
 * Chess960: X-FEN rules international by Reinhard Scharnagl, CCC, August 03, 2005
 * Scharnagl from Munich, Germany by Octopus, Rybka Forum, September 18, 2007
 * Search extensions at promising trajectories by Reinhard Scharnagl, CCC, May 28, 2008 » Extensions

2010 ...

 * Computerschach mit monochromen Methoden ? by Reinhard Scharnagl, OpenChess - Deutsches Forum, January 27, 2011 (German)
 * Starting to use the Winboard Protocol by Reinhard Scharnagl, Winboard Forum, December 11, 2011
 * SMIRF engine project terminated by Reinhard Scharnagl, CCC, January 22, 2012
 * Smirf 8x8/10x8 on USB Stick by Octopus, OpenChess Forum, March 16, 2012
 * Little progress on SMIRF's successor program by Reinhard Scharnagl, CCC, September 28, 2014

2015

 * Some Chess960/FRC positions to be confirmed by Reinhard Scharnagl, CCC, February 09, 2015 » Chess960, Perft Results
 * Detail evaluation within quiescence search by Reinhard Scharnagl, CCC, February 22, 2015
 * hanging piece at starting quiescence search - how to handle? by Reinhard Scharnagl, CCC, February 22, 2015 » Hanging Piece, Quiescence Search

=External Links=
 * Capablanca Random Chess - Proposal
 * Reinhard Scharnagl - Fotos & Bilder - Fotograf aus Büttelborn Klein-Gerau, Deutschland | fotocommunity

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