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'''[[Main Page|Home]] * [[Engines]] * Hermann'''
[[FILE:Hermann statue closeup.jpeg|border|right|thumb|220px| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Heights_Monument Hermann Heights Monument] <ref>[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hermann_statue_closeup.jpeg Hermann Heights Monument], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Ulm,_Minnesota New Ulm, Minnesota], [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Hermann_Heights_Monument Category:Hermann Heights Monument - Wikimedia Commons]</ref> ]]
'''Hermann''',<br/>
a [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol]] and [[UCI]] compliant chess engine by [[Volker Annuss]], able to play [[Chess960]]. Hermann is [[Arena]] partner engine, participating the [[Chess960CWC 2005]], [[Chess960CWC 2006]], [[CPT 2009]], [[CPT 2010]] and various [[Dutch Open Computer Chess Championship|Dutch Open Computer Chess Championships]] and [[International CSVN Tournament|International CSVN Tournaments]], third place at [[ICT 2009]].
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=
[[FILE:AnnussDoerr5.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|640px|link=http://old.csvn.nl/gallery24.html]]
[[Volker Annuss]] and [[Ralf Dörr]] in [[Hermann]] vs. [[Argonaut]], [[ICT 2006]] <ref>[http://old.csvn.nl/gallery24.html 6th International CSVN Tournament 2006 - Photo Gallery]</ref> <ref>[http://www.csvn.nl/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=39&Itemid=26&lang=en&limitstart=5 Downloads | CSVN International Computerchess Tournament | Games | ICT Leiden 2006], [[CSVN]] site</ref>
<pre>
[Event "ICT 2006"]
[Site "Leiden NED"]
[Date "2006.05.07"]
[Round "08"]
[White "Hermann"]
[Black "Argonaut"]
[Result "1-0"]
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Bc4 cxb2 5.Bxb2 Qe7 6.Nd2 Nc6 7.Ngf3 Nf6
8.O-O Na5 9.e5 Nh5 10.Bd3 Nf4 11.Be4 Nc6 12.Nb3 Qb4 13.Re1 Ne6 14.Qc2 Qb6
15.h3 Nb4 16.Qc4 a5 17.a3 Nc6 18.Qc2 a4 19.Nc1 Be7 20.Ne2 Qb3 21.Qd2 Nc5
22.Bf5 O-O 23.Nf4 g6 24.Nh5 1-0
</pre>
=See also=
* [[Arminius]]
* [[Neural Networks#engines|Chess Engines with Neural Networks]]
=Forum Posts=
* [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
* [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]], January 14, 2015
=External Links=
==Chess Engine==
* [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/404/cgi/engine_details.cgi?print=Details&eng=Hermann%202.8%2064-bit%202CPU#Hermann_2_8_64-bit_2CPU Hermann 2.8 64-bit 2CPU] in [[CCRL|CCRL 40/4]]
==Misc==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann Hermann (disambiguation page) from Wikipedia]
: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman Herman (disambiguation page) from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_the_German Hermann the German from Wikipedia]
: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermannus_Alemannus Hermannus Alemannus from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arminius Arminius (Hermann der Cherusker) 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]
: [http://www.voluspa.org/teutoburgmain.htm Völuspá - Norse and Germanic Lore site with Old Norse / English translations of the Poetic Edda and Prose Edda | Battle of Teutoburg Forest]
: [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/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]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romantic_nationalism Romantic nationalism from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_nationalism German nationalism from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermannsdenkmal Hermannsdenkmal from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Heights_Monument Hermann Heights Monument from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sons_of_Hermann Sons of Hermann from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_AVA Hermann AVA from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann,_Missouri Hermann, Missouri from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Bodenplatte Operation Bodenplatte (Operation Hermann) from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SC1000_bomb SC1000 bomb from Wikipedia]
=References=
<references />
'''[[Engines|Up one Level]]'''
[[Category:UCI]]
[[Category:WinBoard]]
[[Category:Chess960]]
[[Category:Given Name]]
[[Category:Legend]]
[[FILE:Hermann statue closeup.jpeg|border|right|thumb|220px| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Heights_Monument Hermann Heights Monument] <ref>[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hermann_statue_closeup.jpeg Hermann Heights Monument], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Ulm,_Minnesota New Ulm, Minnesota], [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Hermann_Heights_Monument Category:Hermann Heights Monument - Wikimedia Commons]</ref> ]]
'''Hermann''',<br/>
a [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol]] and [[UCI]] compliant chess engine by [[Volker Annuss]], able to play [[Chess960]]. Hermann is [[Arena]] partner engine, participating the [[Chess960CWC 2005]], [[Chess960CWC 2006]], [[CPT 2009]], [[CPT 2010]] and various [[Dutch Open Computer Chess Championship|Dutch Open Computer Chess Championships]] and [[International CSVN Tournament|International CSVN Tournaments]], third place at [[ICT 2009]].
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=
[[FILE:AnnussDoerr5.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|640px|link=http://old.csvn.nl/gallery24.html]]
[[Volker Annuss]] and [[Ralf Dörr]] in [[Hermann]] vs. [[Argonaut]], [[ICT 2006]] <ref>[http://old.csvn.nl/gallery24.html 6th International CSVN Tournament 2006 - Photo Gallery]</ref> <ref>[http://www.csvn.nl/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=39&Itemid=26&lang=en&limitstart=5 Downloads | CSVN International Computerchess Tournament | Games | ICT Leiden 2006], [[CSVN]] site</ref>
<pre>
[Event "ICT 2006"]
[Site "Leiden NED"]
[Date "2006.05.07"]
[Round "08"]
[White "Hermann"]
[Black "Argonaut"]
[Result "1-0"]
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Bc4 cxb2 5.Bxb2 Qe7 6.Nd2 Nc6 7.Ngf3 Nf6
8.O-O Na5 9.e5 Nh5 10.Bd3 Nf4 11.Be4 Nc6 12.Nb3 Qb4 13.Re1 Ne6 14.Qc2 Qb6
15.h3 Nb4 16.Qc4 a5 17.a3 Nc6 18.Qc2 a4 19.Nc1 Be7 20.Ne2 Qb3 21.Qd2 Nc5
22.Bf5 O-O 23.Nf4 g6 24.Nh5 1-0
</pre>
=See also=
* [[Arminius]]
* [[Neural Networks#engines|Chess Engines with Neural Networks]]
=Forum Posts=
* [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
* [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]], January 14, 2015
=External Links=
==Chess Engine==
* [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/404/cgi/engine_details.cgi?print=Details&eng=Hermann%202.8%2064-bit%202CPU#Hermann_2_8_64-bit_2CPU Hermann 2.8 64-bit 2CPU] in [[CCRL|CCRL 40/4]]
==Misc==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann Hermann (disambiguation page) from Wikipedia]
: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman Herman (disambiguation page) from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_the_German Hermann the German from Wikipedia]
: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermannus_Alemannus Hermannus Alemannus from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arminius Arminius (Hermann der Cherusker) 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]
: [http://www.voluspa.org/teutoburgmain.htm Völuspá - Norse and Germanic Lore site with Old Norse / English translations of the Poetic Edda and Prose Edda | Battle of Teutoburg Forest]
: [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/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]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romantic_nationalism Romantic nationalism from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_nationalism German nationalism from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermannsdenkmal Hermannsdenkmal from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Heights_Monument Hermann Heights Monument from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sons_of_Hermann Sons of Hermann from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_AVA Hermann AVA from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann,_Missouri Hermann, Missouri from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Bodenplatte Operation Bodenplatte (Operation Hermann) from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SC1000_bomb SC1000 bomb from Wikipedia]
=References=
<references />
'''[[Engines|Up one Level]]'''
[[Category:UCI]]
[[Category:WinBoard]]
[[Category:Chess960]]
[[Category:Given Name]]
[[Category:Legend]]
