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'''Fritz Königshofer''',<br/>
an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian_American Austrian American] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genealogy genealogist], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burgenland Burgenland] Bunch staff member <ref>[http://www.the-burgenland-bunch.org/Staff/BB-Staff.html Burgenland Bunch Staff]</ref> and editor of the BB newsletter <ref>[http://www.the-burgenland-bunch.org/Newsletter/Newsletter227.htm BB News No. 227, 31 Dec 2012]</ref>, Ph.D. in applied mathematics from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Graz University of Graz], computer scientist<ref>[https://austria-forum.org/af/Wissenssammlungen/Essays/Institutionen/Die_Geburt_der_Informatik_an_der_TU_Graz Die Geburt der Informatik an der TU Graz] by [[Mathematician#ReinhardPosch|Reinhard Posch]], [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria-Forum Austria-Forum]</ref>, and early computer chess programmer. While affiliated with the computer center ''Rechenzentrum Graz'' in the 70s <ref>[http://webapp.uibk.ac.at/alo_cat/card.jsp?id=12536859 Rechenzentrum (Graz) : "Für eine Stärkung des Rechenzentrums" v . Fritz Königshofer : Kl. Ztg. v. 16.3.1973, S . 17, Kataloge der Universitäten Graz, Linz, Bratislava und Innsbruck]</ref>, along with [[Gerhard Wolf]], Fritz Königshofer co-authored the mainframe chess program [[Frantz]], which competed at the [[WCCC 1974|1st World Computer Chess Championship, 1974]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm Stockholm] <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=47 Frantz' ICGA Tournaments]</ref> <ref>[http://webapp.uibk.ac.at/alo_cat/card.jsp?id=12537152&pos=43 SCHACH (Graz) : "Grazer nehmen an Computer - SCHACH - WM in Stockholm teil": Wahrheit v. 3.8.1974, S. 7, Kataloge der Universitäten Graz, Linz, Bratislava und Innsbruck]</ref>. In 1981, Fritz Königshofer moved to the US, working as an information technology and network specialist at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Bank World Bank] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C. Washington, D.C.], specializing in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Europe Eastern Europe] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Asia Central Asia], and began genealogy in 1994 <ref>[http://www.the-burgenland-bunch.org/Newsletter/NL/Newsletter%20100.htm BB News No. 100 dtd 31 Oct 2001]</ref>.
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* [https://www.facebook.com/fritz.konigshofer Fritz Konigshofer | Facebook]
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/person.php?id=492 J. Koenigshafer's ICGA Tournaments] (spelling)
* [https://much.isds.tugraz.at/people/by_name/k/koenigshofer_fritz/index.htm/ Königshofer] from [http://much.iicm.edu/index.htm/ MUCH]

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