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[[FILE:Rice and steinmeier april 2006.jpg|border|right|thumb| Frank-Walter meets Condoleezza <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condoleezza_Rice Secretary Rice] greets Foreign Minister Steinmeier, Washington DC, April 4, 2006, [https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ei/pix/2006/64144.htm Photo: Secretary Rice Greets Foreign Minister Steinmeier of Germany], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State United States Department of State]</ref> ]]
'''FrankWalter''', (Frank Walter, Frank-Walter)<br/>
After continuing the development on his old engine <ref>[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=50010 Frank-Walter 1.0.5] by [[Laurens Winkelhagen]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], March 03, 2009</ref>, Laurens Winkelhagen re-published FrankWalter '''2.2.0''' in November 2018 <ref>[http://talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?t=68989 Revived Engine - Frank Walter 2.2.0 (Java - WB)] by [[Laurens Winkelhagen]], [[CCC]], November 20, 2018</ref>,
short before it had its over the board debut at the [[PT 54]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leiden Leiden].
=Etymology=
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank-Walter_Steinmeier Frank-Walter Steinmeier], in 2009 German [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister_for_Foreign_Affairs_(Germany) Minister for Foreign Affairs], since March 2017 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Germany President of Germany],
and his apparently desired name change <ref>[https://uk.reuters.com/article/oukoe-uk-germany-spd-steinmeier/to-be-perfectly-frank-minister-shortens-name-idUKTRE51E19520090217 To be perfectly Frank... minister shortens name] by [https://www1.wdr.de/daserste/presseclub/gaeste/gast-erik-kirschbaum-latimes-100.html Erik Kirschbaum], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuters Reuters], February 17, 2009</ref> to Frank was the inspiration for the name of the chess engine <ref>[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=49948&p=189209#p189206 Re: Java & Magic Bitboards] by [[Laurens Winkelhagen]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], February 17, 2009</ref>. Frank-Walter Steinmeier in an 2011 interview <ref>[https://www.welt.de/print/wams/politik/article13700701/Spielen-Sie-eigentlich-Schach-Herr-Steinmeier.html Spielen Sie eigentlich Schach, Herr Steinmeier?] by [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claus_Christian_Malzahn Claus Christian Malzahn] and [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Friedrich_Sturm Daniel Friedrich Sturm], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welt_am_Sonntag Welt am Sonntag] November 6, 2011</ref>
Mr. Steinmeier, can you actually play chess, like [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer_Steinbr%C3%BCck Peer Steinbrück] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmut_Schmidt Helmut Schmidt]?
Frank-Walter Steinmeier: Neither am I a good chess player nor am I currently writing a book.
=Features=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_(name) Walter (name) from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank-Walter_Steinmeier Frank-Walter Steinmeier from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Walter Frank Walter from Wikipedia]
* [http://www.frankwalter.org/ Frank Walter] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antigua Antiguan] Artist)
