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) [2] 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 [3].
He died soon later that month in August 2015 [4] [5].
Publications
- Reinhard Scharnagl (2004). Fischer-Random-Schach: (FRC/Chess 960). Books on Demand (German) [6]
- 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 ...
- 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
- 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
References
- ↑ Reinhard Scharnagl - Google+
- ↑ Chess960 from Wikipedia
- ↑ Reinhard Scharnagl - Google+
- ↑ Please delete my account / Octopus by Sebastian Scharnagl, Rybka Forum, April 08, 2016
- ↑ Reinhard Scharnagl passed away by Herbert L, CCC, April 09, 2016
- ↑ Schach 960: Die Zukunft des Schachs? Interview mit Reinhard Scharnagl by René Gralla, ChessBase.de, August 17, 2006 (German)