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Hermann uses [[Bitboards|bitboards]] as basic data structure, determines [[Sliding Piece Attacks|sliding piece attacks]] with [[Magic Bitboards#FixedShiftFancy|fixed shift magic bitboards]] <ref>[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=51162 Fixed shift magics with 800KB lookup table] by [[Volker Annuss]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], September 05, 2010</ref>, and applies [[Neural Networks|neural networks]] for [[Material|material evaluation]] and [[Time Management|timing]] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=316926&t=31545 Re: Chess program with Artificial Neural Networks (ANN)?] by [[Volker Annuss]], [[CCC]], January 08, 2010</ref> <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=436342&t=41300 Re: Is there place for neural networks in chess engines?] by [[Volker Annuss]], [[CCC]], December 04, 2011</ref> <ref>[http://www.playwitharena.com/?Newsticker:Archive_6#86 Timing with a neural network] by [[Volker Annuss]], March 23, 2005, [[Arena]], News-Ticker, Page 6, 86</ref>. In 2011, Volker Annuss confirmed his soft spot for his engine names associated with the legacy of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romantic_nationalism romantic] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_nationalism German nationalism] by calling Hermann's completely restructured successor with its [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latinization Latinised] name [[Arminius]] <ref>[http://www.csvn.nl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=517%3Apandix-wint-open-nk&catid=51%3Atoernooien&Itemid=28&lang=en Pandix wins Dutch Open], [[CSVN]] site, October 22, 2011</ref>.
In Germany, Arminius was rechristened ''Hermann'' (Heer Mann - army man) by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther Martin Luther], and he became an emblem of the revival of German nationalism fueled by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars Napoleon wars] in the 19th century <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arminius#Martin_Luther Arminius from Wikipedia - Martin Luther]</ref>.
=Photos & Games=
=Forum Posts=
==2008 ...==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21628 Hermann 2.3 : 2432] by [[Patrick Buchmann]], [[CCC]], June 05, 2008
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=25020 Hermann 2.4 : 2416] by [[Patrick Buchmann]], [[CCC]], November 23, 2008
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=30112 Hermann 2.5 : 2471] by [[Patrick Buchmann]], [[CCC]], October 12, 2009
==2010 ...==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=316926&t=31545 Re: Chess program with Artificial Neural Networks (ANN)?] by [[Volker Annuss]], [[CCC]], January 08, 2010
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=39407&start=30 Re: Programmers: what's the story behind the name of your engine] by [[Volker Annuss]], [[CCC]], June 21, 2011
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=436342&t=41300 Re: Is there place for neural networks in chess engines?] by [[Volker Annuss]], [[CCC]], December 04, 2011
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=54973 Hermann 1.6.28] by [[Wolfgang Battig]], [[CCC]], January 14, 2015* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=60614 Hermann and Arminus] by [[Fernando Villegas]], [[CCC]], June 26, 2016
=External Links=
* [http://www.nnuss.de/Hermann/ Hermann webpage]
* [http://kirr.homeunix.org/chess/engines/Norbert%27s%20collection/Hermann%20%28Compilation%29/ Index of /chess/engines/Norbert's collection/Hermann (Compilation)] by [[Norbert Raimund Leisner]], hosted by [[Kirill Kryukov]]
* [http://www.computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/4044040/cgi/engine_detailscompare_engines.cgi?family=Hermann&print=Rating+list&print=Results+table&print=LOS+table&print=Ponder+hit+table&print=Eval+difference+table&print=DetailsComopp+gamenum+table&engprint=Overlap+table&print=Score+with+common+opponents Hermann%202] in [[CCRL|CCRL 40/40]]* [http://www.computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/404FRC/cgi/compare_engines.8%2064-bit%202CPU#Hermann_2_8_64-bit_2CPU cgi?family=Hermann&print=Rating+list&print=Results+table&print=LOS+table&print=Ponder+hit+table&print=Eval+difference+table&print=Score+with+common+opponents&match_length=30 Hermann 2.8 64-bit 2CPU] in [[CCRL|CCRL 40/4404FRC]]
==Misc==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann Hermann (disambiguation page) from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherusci Cherusci from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Teutoburg_Forest Battle of the Teutoburg Forest from Wikipedia]
: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_von_Kleist Heinrich von Kleist] (1777–1811), [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Hermannsschlacht_%28Kleist%29 Die Hermannsschlacht] (1808)
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Gottlieb_Klopstock Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock] (1724-1803), [http://www.literaturwelt.com/werke/klopstock/hermann.html Hermann und Thusnelda] from [http://www.literaturwelt.com/ literaturwelt.com - Deutsche Literaturgeschichte] (German) <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_und_Thusnelda Hermann und Thusnelda Thusnelda from Wikipedia]</ref>
: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Schubert Franz Schubert] (1797–1828), [http://www.klassika.info/Komponisten/Schubert/Lied/D_322/index.html Opus D 322 Hermann und Thusnelda, 1815] from [http://www.klassika.info/index.html Klassika] (German)
: [[Ingo Althöfer]], [https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/20766/hermann-und-thusnelda-verprugeln-die-romer Hermann und Thusnelda verprügeln die Römer], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract_strategy_game abstract board game], [http://boardgamegeek.com/ BoardGameGeek]
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