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[[FILE:fotomsn1HarryNefkens.jpg|border|right|thumb| Harry Nefkens ]]
'''Henricus Joannes Jacobus (Harry) Nefkens''',<br/>
a Dutch computer scientist born in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schiedam Schiedam], The Netherlands in 1952. His interest in Computer Chess came when he started his study on the TH Delft (now [[Delft University of Technology]]). He is co-author of the programs [[Pion]], [[Dutch]] and [[Much]], participating at various World Computer Chess Championships in the 80s <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/person.php?id=400 Harry Nefkens's ICGA Tournaments]</ref>. His main contribution was the [[Opening Book|opening book]]. Several articles in the [[ICGA Journal|ICCA Journal]] were published. Still an active visitor of the [[Computer Olympiad|Computer Olympiads]] and [[Conferences|conferences]] and since his retirement on Jan 1st 2009 trying to find more time on computer games.
=Selected Publications=
<ref>[http://ilk.uvt.nl/icga/journal/docs/References.pdf [ICGA Journal#RefDB|ICGA Reference Database] (pdf)]</ref>
* [[Harry Nefkens]], [[Jaap van den Herik]] en [[Bob Herschberg]] ('''1984'''). ''De openingsbibliotheek van het schaakprogramma PION''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delft_University_of_Technology THD] rapport (Dutch)
* [[Harry Nefkens]] ('''1985'''). ''Constructing Data Bases to Fit a Microcomputer''. [[ICGA Journal#8_4|ICCA Journal, Vol. 8, No. 4]]
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