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[[FILE:david_kittinger.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=http://pagesperso-orange.fr/Eric.Terrien/page4/page2/page2.html|David Kittinger <ref>[http://pagesperso-orange.fr/Eric.Terrien/page4/page2/page2.html Echecs Electroniques pour Tous - Programmeurs] (French)</ref> ]]

an American electrical engineer and computer chess programmer, active since 1979 with his first program [[MyChess]], which was quite successful during its [[ACM 1979]] debut. Short after, David started to work for [[Novag]] in developing programs for [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computers]], beside others [[Savant]], [[Robot Adversary]], [[Constellation]] and the mighty [[Super Constellation]] with its [[Oracle|pre scan heuristics]] <ref>[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/PSH PSH] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki] (German)</ref>. He later also wrote the chess engine for [[Chessmaster#2000|Chessmaster 2000]] and was further involved in developing the [[Chessmaster#3000|Chessmaster 3000]] <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=422725 Re: Historical Chessmaster ?] by [[John Merlino]], [[CCC]], April 24, 2005</ref> <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=422644 Re: Historical Chessmaster ?] by [[John Merlino]], [[CCC]], April 24, 2005</ref> <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=462584&t=43447 Re: Hello all] by [[David Kittinger|Dave Kittinger]], [[CCC]], April 25, 2012</ref>. In 1995 David Kittinger released his new [[MS-DOS|DOS]]-Program [[WChess]], also the engine of [[Sierra|Sierra's]] [[Power Chess]] <ref>[http://www.rebel.nl/authors.htm Meet the Authors] by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]]</ref>, market since 1996 as [[Windows|Windows 95]] program <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Chess Power Chess from Wikipedia]</ref>, and of [[Interplay|Interplay's]] [[USCF Chess]] in 1998 <ref>[http://www.mobygames.com/game/uscf-chess USCF Chess for Windows (1998) - MobyGames]</ref>. The further developed ''WChess 2000'' was incorporated as game AI in [[Majestic Chess]], released in 2003 by Sierra and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivendi Vivendi] <ref>[http://www.gamespot.com/hoyle-majestic-chess/reviews/hoyle-majestic-chess-review-6074888/ Hoyle Majestic Chess Review - GameSpot.com]</ref>, and inside Sierra's [[Disney's Aladdin Chess Adventures]] in 2004 <ref>[http://www.mobygames.com/game/disneys-aladdin-chess-adventures Disney's Aladdin Chess Adventures for Windows (2004) - MobyGames]</ref>. His long time collaboration with Novag still yields in new dedicated units from time to time, for instance [[Novag Citrine]] in 2006.