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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> ]]
'''David (Dave) Kittinger''',
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.
In 1995 during the [[WCCC 1995]] in Hong Kong, David told [[Bruce Moreland]] about a [[Move Generation|move generation scheme]], which was later called [[0x88]] <ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070716111804/www.brucemo.com/compchess/programming/0x88.htm 0x88 Move Generation] by [[Bruce Moreland]]</ref> .
=Photos=
[[FILE:Kittinger1983.JPG|none|border|text-bottom|560px]]
David Kittinger, [[WCCC 1983]] <ref>[[László Lindner]], A SZÁMÍTÓGÉPES SAKK KÉPEKBEN című melléklete - The pictures of the Beginning of Chess Computers</ref>
[[FILE:3-1_and_3-2.Thompson_Kittenger.WCCC-Edmonton.1989.102645363.NEWBORN.lg.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|560px|link=http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=stl-430b9bbdd6cd9]]
[[Ken Thompson|Thompson]] and Kittinger at [[WCCC 1989]] in Edmonton, Alberta <ref>[http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=stl-430b9bbdd6cd9 Thompson and Kittinger at 6th World Computer Chess Championship in Edmonton, Alberta], Gift of [[Monroe Newborn]] 1989 from [[The Computer History Museum]]</ref>
=See also=
* [[0x88#Kittinger|0x88 - Kittinger]]
* [[Chessmaster#2000|Chessmaster 2000]]
* [[Chessmaster#3000|Chessmaster 3000]]
* [[Harvard Cup 1994#Video|Harvard Cup 1994 - Video]]
* [[MyChess]]
* [[Novag]]
* [[WChess]]
=Publications=
* [[Harry Shershow]] ('''1981'''). ''The MyChess-CSC Confrontation at San Jose''. [[Personal Computing#5_1|Personal Computing, Vol. 5, No. 1]], pp. 79 » [[MCC 1980]], Interviews with [[David Kittinger]] and [[Myron Samole|Mike Samole]]
* [[David Kittinger|Dave Kittinger]] ('''1984'''). ''MyChess - Chess Playing Program''. [[Software Toolworks|The Software Toolworks]], [http://heathkit.garlanger.com/library/TheSoftwareToolworks/software/manuals/210_Mychess.pdf pdf] hosted by [http://garlanger.com/Welcome.html garlanger.com]
* [[David Kittinger]], [[Scott McDonald]] ('''1984'''). ''Report from the U.S. Open''. [[Computer Chess Reports|Computer Chess Digest Annual 1984]] pp. 15-33
* [[David Kittinger]] ('''1984'''). ''[[WMCCC 1983|Report from Budapest]]''. [[Computer Chess Reports|Computer Chess Digest Annual 1984]] pp. 34
* [[David Kittinger]] ('''1985'''). ''[[ACM 1984|15th North American Computer Chess Championship]]''. 1985 [[Computer Chess Reports|Computer Chess Digest Supplement]]
* The Editor ('''1994'''). ''David Kittinger, Professional Biography''. [[Computer Chess Reports]], Vol. 5, No. 1, p. 21
=Forum Posts=
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=43447 Hello all] by [[David Kittinger|Dave Kittinger]], [[CCC]], April 25, 2012
: [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
* [http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6768&start=84 Consumer Computer Chess History Trivia] by [[Ron Nelson|ChessChallenger]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], December 22, 2015
=External Links=
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/person.php?id=187 David Kittinger's ICGA Tournaments]
* [http://kittinger.yolasite.com/ David Kittinger - Interview] by [[Bryan Whitby]]
* [http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,4147/ David Kittinger] from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MobyGames MobyGames]
* [http://www.rebel.nl/authors.htm Meet the Authors] by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]]
* [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Kittinger,_David Kittinger, David] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki] (German)
=References=
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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> ]]
'''David (Dave) Kittinger''',
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.
In 1995 during the [[WCCC 1995]] in Hong Kong, David told [[Bruce Moreland]] about a [[Move Generation|move generation scheme]], which was later called [[0x88]] <ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070716111804/www.brucemo.com/compchess/programming/0x88.htm 0x88 Move Generation] by [[Bruce Moreland]]</ref> .
=Photos=
[[FILE:Kittinger1983.JPG|none|border|text-bottom|560px]]
David Kittinger, [[WCCC 1983]] <ref>[[László Lindner]], A SZÁMÍTÓGÉPES SAKK KÉPEKBEN című melléklete - The pictures of the Beginning of Chess Computers</ref>
[[FILE:3-1_and_3-2.Thompson_Kittenger.WCCC-Edmonton.1989.102645363.NEWBORN.lg.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|560px|link=http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=stl-430b9bbdd6cd9]]
[[Ken Thompson|Thompson]] and Kittinger at [[WCCC 1989]] in Edmonton, Alberta <ref>[http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=stl-430b9bbdd6cd9 Thompson and Kittinger at 6th World Computer Chess Championship in Edmonton, Alberta], Gift of [[Monroe Newborn]] 1989 from [[The Computer History Museum]]</ref>
=See also=
* [[0x88#Kittinger|0x88 - Kittinger]]
* [[Chessmaster#2000|Chessmaster 2000]]
* [[Chessmaster#3000|Chessmaster 3000]]
* [[Harvard Cup 1994#Video|Harvard Cup 1994 - Video]]
* [[MyChess]]
* [[Novag]]
* [[WChess]]
=Publications=
* [[Harry Shershow]] ('''1981'''). ''The MyChess-CSC Confrontation at San Jose''. [[Personal Computing#5_1|Personal Computing, Vol. 5, No. 1]], pp. 79 » [[MCC 1980]], Interviews with [[David Kittinger]] and [[Myron Samole|Mike Samole]]
* [[David Kittinger|Dave Kittinger]] ('''1984'''). ''MyChess - Chess Playing Program''. [[Software Toolworks|The Software Toolworks]], [http://heathkit.garlanger.com/library/TheSoftwareToolworks/software/manuals/210_Mychess.pdf pdf] hosted by [http://garlanger.com/Welcome.html garlanger.com]
* [[David Kittinger]], [[Scott McDonald]] ('''1984'''). ''Report from the U.S. Open''. [[Computer Chess Reports|Computer Chess Digest Annual 1984]] pp. 15-33
* [[David Kittinger]] ('''1984'''). ''[[WMCCC 1983|Report from Budapest]]''. [[Computer Chess Reports|Computer Chess Digest Annual 1984]] pp. 34
* [[David Kittinger]] ('''1985'''). ''[[ACM 1984|15th North American Computer Chess Championship]]''. 1985 [[Computer Chess Reports|Computer Chess Digest Supplement]]
* The Editor ('''1994'''). ''David Kittinger, Professional Biography''. [[Computer Chess Reports]], Vol. 5, No. 1, p. 21
=Forum Posts=
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=43447 Hello all] by [[David Kittinger|Dave Kittinger]], [[CCC]], April 25, 2012
: [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
* [http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6768&start=84 Consumer Computer Chess History Trivia] by [[Ron Nelson|ChessChallenger]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], December 22, 2015
=External Links=
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/person.php?id=187 David Kittinger's ICGA Tournaments]
* [http://kittinger.yolasite.com/ David Kittinger - Interview] by [[Bryan Whitby]]
* [http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,4147/ David Kittinger] from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MobyGames MobyGames]
* [http://www.rebel.nl/authors.htm Meet the Authors] by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]]
* [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Kittinger,_David Kittinger, David] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki] (German)
=References=
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