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[[FILE:Ephraim Kishon 6.jpg|border|right|thumb| Ephraim Kishon <ref>[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ephraim_Kishon_6.jpg Photo] by [https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47175301 Nachoom Assis], 1994, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephraim_Kishon Ephraim Kishon from Wikipedia], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Commons Wikimedia Commons]</ref> ]]
'''Ephraim Kishon''', (August 23, 1924 – January 29, 2005)<br/>
was an Hungarian born, Israeli writer, satirist, dramatist, screenwriter, and film director.
He spent most of his youth in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_camp labour camps] and in various hiding-places in fear of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazism Nazis].
In 1944, Kishon was deported to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jel%C5%A1ava Jolsva], a labour camp in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovakia Slovakia] but together with a friend he managed to escape.
In the camp he worked as a secretary for the district commandant. He got his job only because of the fact that he was an excellent chess player and the Nazi commander wanted to play with him
<ref>[http://www.ephraimkishon.de/en/biography_of_ephraim_kishon.htm The life of Ephraim Kishon (1924-2005)]</ref>.
Kishon was a life-long chess enthusiast, and took an early interest in chess-playing computers.
In 1990, German chess computer manufacturer [[Hegener & Glaser]] along with its affiliate at that time, [[Fidelity Electronics]]
<ref>[http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6768&start=194 Ron Nelson and H & G Projects] by [[Ron Nelson|ChessChallenger]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], January 02, 2016</ref>,
produced the [[Fidelity Chesster Challenger#Kishon|Kishon Chesster]] <ref>[http://www.ephraimkishon.de/kishon_chesster.htm Ephraim Kishon - Der Kishon Chesster]</ref>,
a [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computer]] with a program by [[Dan Spracklen|Dan]] and [[Kathe Spracklen]], distinguished by the spoken comments of Kishon
<ref>[https://en.chessbase.com/post/ephraim-kishon-1924-2005 Ephraim Kishon, 1924 – 2005], Obituary by [[Frederic Friedel]], [[ChessBase]], February 04, 2005</ref>.
=Selected Publications=
* [[Ephraim Kishon]] ('''1979'''). ''Compushvili''. [[Personal Computing#3_10|Personal Computing, Vol. 3, No. 10]], pp. 76
* [[Ephraim Kishon]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmut_Pfleger Helmut Pfleger], [[Ossi Weiner]] ('''1993'''). ''Der Schachcomputer: Gegner und Freund''. Ullstein (German)
* [[Ephraim Kishon]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmut_Pfleger Helmut Pfleger], [[Ossi Weiner]] ('''1998'''). ''Der Schachcomputer: Gegner und Freund''. Nymphenburger Verlag
=See also=
* [[WCCC 1986#Video|WCCC 1986 Video]]
=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephraim_Kishon Ephraim Kishon from Wikipedia]
* [http://www.ephraimkishon.de/en/Kishon.htm Ephraim Kishon's web pages]
: [http://www.ephraimkishon.de/Photographien.htm Ephraim Kishon - Photographien]
* [https://en.chessbase.com/post/ephraim-kishon-1924-2005 Ephraim Kishon, 1924 – 2005], Obituary by [[Frederic Friedel]], [[ChessBase]], February 04, 2005
* [http://www.spacious-mind.com/html/kishon_chesster.html Fidelity Kishon Chesster Challenger Electronic Chess Computer], [[The Spacious Mind]]
* [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Kishon_Chesster Kishon Chesster], [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki] (German)
=References=
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[[FILE:Ephraim Kishon 6.jpg|border|right|thumb| Ephraim Kishon <ref>[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ephraim_Kishon_6.jpg Photo] by [https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47175301 Nachoom Assis], 1994, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephraim_Kishon Ephraim Kishon from Wikipedia], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Commons Wikimedia Commons]</ref> ]]
'''Ephraim Kishon''', (August 23, 1924 – January 29, 2005)<br/>
was an Hungarian born, Israeli writer, satirist, dramatist, screenwriter, and film director.
He spent most of his youth in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_camp labour camps] and in various hiding-places in fear of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazism Nazis].
In 1944, Kishon was deported to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jel%C5%A1ava Jolsva], a labour camp in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovakia Slovakia] but together with a friend he managed to escape.
In the camp he worked as a secretary for the district commandant. He got his job only because of the fact that he was an excellent chess player and the Nazi commander wanted to play with him
<ref>[http://www.ephraimkishon.de/en/biography_of_ephraim_kishon.htm The life of Ephraim Kishon (1924-2005)]</ref>.
Kishon was a life-long chess enthusiast, and took an early interest in chess-playing computers.
In 1990, German chess computer manufacturer [[Hegener & Glaser]] along with its affiliate at that time, [[Fidelity Electronics]]
<ref>[http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6768&start=194 Ron Nelson and H & G Projects] by [[Ron Nelson|ChessChallenger]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], January 02, 2016</ref>,
produced the [[Fidelity Chesster Challenger#Kishon|Kishon Chesster]] <ref>[http://www.ephraimkishon.de/kishon_chesster.htm Ephraim Kishon - Der Kishon Chesster]</ref>,
a [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computer]] with a program by [[Dan Spracklen|Dan]] and [[Kathe Spracklen]], distinguished by the spoken comments of Kishon
<ref>[https://en.chessbase.com/post/ephraim-kishon-1924-2005 Ephraim Kishon, 1924 – 2005], Obituary by [[Frederic Friedel]], [[ChessBase]], February 04, 2005</ref>.
=Selected Publications=
* [[Ephraim Kishon]] ('''1979'''). ''Compushvili''. [[Personal Computing#3_10|Personal Computing, Vol. 3, No. 10]], pp. 76
* [[Ephraim Kishon]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmut_Pfleger Helmut Pfleger], [[Ossi Weiner]] ('''1993'''). ''Der Schachcomputer: Gegner und Freund''. Ullstein (German)
* [[Ephraim Kishon]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmut_Pfleger Helmut Pfleger], [[Ossi Weiner]] ('''1998'''). ''Der Schachcomputer: Gegner und Freund''. Nymphenburger Verlag
=See also=
* [[WCCC 1986#Video|WCCC 1986 Video]]
=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephraim_Kishon Ephraim Kishon from Wikipedia]
* [http://www.ephraimkishon.de/en/Kishon.htm Ephraim Kishon's web pages]
: [http://www.ephraimkishon.de/Photographien.htm Ephraim Kishon - Photographien]
* [https://en.chessbase.com/post/ephraim-kishon-1924-2005 Ephraim Kishon, 1924 – 2005], Obituary by [[Frederic Friedel]], [[ChessBase]], February 04, 2005
* [http://www.spacious-mind.com/html/kishon_chesster.html Fidelity Kishon Chesster Challenger Electronic Chess Computer], [[The Spacious Mind]]
* [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Kishon_Chesster Kishon Chesster], [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki] (German)
=References=
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