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'''Johan de Koning''',<br/>
a Dutch professional computer chess and games programmer. Born in 1964, Johan de Koning started computer chess programming in the 80s. In 1987 Johan's chess program [[The King]], completely written in [[C]], had its debut at the [[Dutch Open Computer Chess Championship]] and finished shared fourth. After accepting an offer from [[TASC]], Johan de Koning became professional computer chess programmer. He ported his program to an [[ARM2]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reduced_instruction_set_computing RISC-processor], which was sold as [[ChessMachine]] bundle with [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder's]] 1992 world champion program, including a plugin-card for [[IBM PC|PCs]]. Chessmachine the King was famous for its tactical and entertaining playing style, and was further adopted for various [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computers]], most notably [[TASC R30]], [[TASC R40]], [[Saitek]] [[RISC 2500]] and [[Mephisto Montreux]]. Johan's greatest commercial success was entering the [[IBM PC|PC]] and [[Windows]] mass market, when in 1993 The King became the chess engine of [[Chessmaster|Chessmaster 4000]] <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=287267 Re: Just Curious - Does anyone know Johan de Koning of Chessmaster fame?] by [[John Merlino]], [[CCC]], February 28, 2003</ref> <ref>[[Mads Brevik]] ('''1994'''). ''[http://www.ibiblio.org/GameBytes/issue18/greviews/chess/chess.html Chessmaster 4000 Turbo for Windows from Mindscape]''. [http://www.ibiblio.org/GameBytes/issue18/editor/pub.html Game Bytes Magazine]</ref>, which remains the best-selling chess franchise in history <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chessmaster Chessmaster from Wikipedia]</ref> <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=117882 Re: Why is Chessmaster so popular in CCC?] by [[John Merlino]], [[CCC]], July 05, 2000</ref>.
=Other Games=
In 2000, Johan began to write programs for other [[Games|board games]]. His [[Amazons]] program [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=164 8 Queens Problem] and his [[Clobber]] program [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=169 Pan] were very successful [[ICGA]] tournament contenders. Johan also competed in 9x9 [[Go]] with [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=97 Atarist].
=Photos=
[[FILE:MeyeKoni.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|640px|link=http://old.csvn.nl/mei2003toernooi.html]]
[[Stefan Meyer-Kahlen]] and Johan de Koning at [[ICT 2003]] <ref>[http://old.csvn.nl/mei2003toernooi.html 3rd International CSVN Tournament Leiden, Netherlands, May 16-18, 2003]</ref>
[[FILE:clobber-2011-gold-johan.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|640px|link=http://www.althofer.de/clobber-2011.html]]
[[16th Computer Olympiad#Clobber|16th Computer Olympiad, 2011]] [[Clobber]] ceremony, TD [[Jaap van den Herik]] congrats <br/>
Gold medal winner [[Johan de Koning]] with [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=641 PAN], [[Ingo Althöfer]] of [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=717 McJena] with Silver <ref>[http://www.althofer.de/clobber-2011.html Computer Olympiad 2011 - Clobber] by [[Ingo Althöfer]]</ref>
=Selected Publications=
* [[Ingo Althöfer]], [[Jens Lieberum]], [[Johan de Koning]], [[Stefan Meyer-Kahlen]], [[Thomas Rolle]], [[Jörg Sameith]] ('''2003'''). ''Five visualizations of the k-best mode.'' [[ICGA Journal#26_3|ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 3]] <ref>[http://www.althofer.de/k-best-visualisations.html K-Best Visualisations] by [[Ingo Althöfer]]</ref>
* [[Johan de Koning]] ('''2004'''). ''8QP regains Amazons Title''. [[ICGA Journal#27_3|ICGA Journal, Vol. 27, No. 3]] » [[9th Computer Olympiad#Amazons|9th Computer Olympiad]]
* [[Johan de Koning]] ('''2011'''). ''Invader prolongs Amazons Title''. [[ICGA Journal#34_2|ICGA Journal, Vol. 34, No. 2]] » [[15th Computer Olympiad#Amazons|15th Computer Olympiad]]
* [[Johan de Koning]] ('''2012'''). ''Invader wins Amazons Tournament''. [[ICGA Journal#35_4|ICGA Journal, Vol. 35, No. 4]] » [[16th Computer Olympiad#Amazons|16th Computer Olympiad]]
* [[Ingo Althöfer]] ('''2013'''). ''PAN wins Clobber Tournament - King of Clobber - De Koning and his PAN''. [[ICGA Journal#36_3|ICGA Journal, Vol. 36, No. 3]] » [[17th Computer Olympiad#Clobber|17th Computer Olympiad]]
=Forum Posts=
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=287267 Re: Just Curious - Does anyone know Johan de Koning of Chessmaster fame?] by [[John Merlino]], [[CCC]], February 28, 2003
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=352090 Chessmaster X release forecast] by [[Johan de Koning]], [[CCC]], February 29, 2004
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=352092 [OT] The Return of The King] by [[Johan de Koning]], [[CCC]], February 29, 2004
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=365349 Chessmaster 9000 and SSDF summary] by [[Johan de Koning]], [[CCC]], May 15, 2004
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=378198 Re: Chessmaster 10th Edition demo (technalities)] by [[Johan de Koning]], [[CCC]], July 20, 2004
=External Links=
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/person.php?id=55 Johan de Koning's ICGA Tournaments]
* [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Johan_de_Koning De Koning, Johan] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite Schachcomputer.info - wiki] (German)
* [http://www.rebel.nl/authors.htm Meet the Authors] by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]]
=References=
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[[FILE:Koning14.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=http://old.csvn.nl/gallery16.html|Johan de Koning <ref>[http://old.csvn.nl/gallery16.html 2nd International CSVN Tournament (2002)] Photos by [[Theo van der Storm]]</ref> ]]
'''Johan de Koning''',<br/>
a Dutch professional computer chess and games programmer. Born in 1964, Johan de Koning started computer chess programming in the 80s. In 1987 Johan's chess program [[The King]], completely written in [[C]], had its debut at the [[Dutch Open Computer Chess Championship]] and finished shared fourth. After accepting an offer from [[TASC]], Johan de Koning became professional computer chess programmer. He ported his program to an [[ARM2]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reduced_instruction_set_computing RISC-processor], which was sold as [[ChessMachine]] bundle with [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder's]] 1992 world champion program, including a plugin-card for [[IBM PC|PCs]]. Chessmachine the King was famous for its tactical and entertaining playing style, and was further adopted for various [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computers]], most notably [[TASC R30]], [[TASC R40]], [[Saitek]] [[RISC 2500]] and [[Mephisto Montreux]]. Johan's greatest commercial success was entering the [[IBM PC|PC]] and [[Windows]] mass market, when in 1993 The King became the chess engine of [[Chessmaster|Chessmaster 4000]] <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=287267 Re: Just Curious - Does anyone know Johan de Koning of Chessmaster fame?] by [[John Merlino]], [[CCC]], February 28, 2003</ref> <ref>[[Mads Brevik]] ('''1994'''). ''[http://www.ibiblio.org/GameBytes/issue18/greviews/chess/chess.html Chessmaster 4000 Turbo for Windows from Mindscape]''. [http://www.ibiblio.org/GameBytes/issue18/editor/pub.html Game Bytes Magazine]</ref>, which remains the best-selling chess franchise in history <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chessmaster Chessmaster from Wikipedia]</ref> <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=117882 Re: Why is Chessmaster so popular in CCC?] by [[John Merlino]], [[CCC]], July 05, 2000</ref>.
=Other Games=
In 2000, Johan began to write programs for other [[Games|board games]]. His [[Amazons]] program [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=164 8 Queens Problem] and his [[Clobber]] program [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=169 Pan] were very successful [[ICGA]] tournament contenders. Johan also competed in 9x9 [[Go]] with [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=97 Atarist].
=Photos=
[[FILE:MeyeKoni.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|640px|link=http://old.csvn.nl/mei2003toernooi.html]]
[[Stefan Meyer-Kahlen]] and Johan de Koning at [[ICT 2003]] <ref>[http://old.csvn.nl/mei2003toernooi.html 3rd International CSVN Tournament Leiden, Netherlands, May 16-18, 2003]</ref>
[[FILE:clobber-2011-gold-johan.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|640px|link=http://www.althofer.de/clobber-2011.html]]
[[16th Computer Olympiad#Clobber|16th Computer Olympiad, 2011]] [[Clobber]] ceremony, TD [[Jaap van den Herik]] congrats <br/>
Gold medal winner [[Johan de Koning]] with [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=641 PAN], [[Ingo Althöfer]] of [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=717 McJena] with Silver <ref>[http://www.althofer.de/clobber-2011.html Computer Olympiad 2011 - Clobber] by [[Ingo Althöfer]]</ref>
=Selected Publications=
* [[Ingo Althöfer]], [[Jens Lieberum]], [[Johan de Koning]], [[Stefan Meyer-Kahlen]], [[Thomas Rolle]], [[Jörg Sameith]] ('''2003'''). ''Five visualizations of the k-best mode.'' [[ICGA Journal#26_3|ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 3]] <ref>[http://www.althofer.de/k-best-visualisations.html K-Best Visualisations] by [[Ingo Althöfer]]</ref>
* [[Johan de Koning]] ('''2004'''). ''8QP regains Amazons Title''. [[ICGA Journal#27_3|ICGA Journal, Vol. 27, No. 3]] » [[9th Computer Olympiad#Amazons|9th Computer Olympiad]]
* [[Johan de Koning]] ('''2011'''). ''Invader prolongs Amazons Title''. [[ICGA Journal#34_2|ICGA Journal, Vol. 34, No. 2]] » [[15th Computer Olympiad#Amazons|15th Computer Olympiad]]
* [[Johan de Koning]] ('''2012'''). ''Invader wins Amazons Tournament''. [[ICGA Journal#35_4|ICGA Journal, Vol. 35, No. 4]] » [[16th Computer Olympiad#Amazons|16th Computer Olympiad]]
* [[Ingo Althöfer]] ('''2013'''). ''PAN wins Clobber Tournament - King of Clobber - De Koning and his PAN''. [[ICGA Journal#36_3|ICGA Journal, Vol. 36, No. 3]] » [[17th Computer Olympiad#Clobber|17th Computer Olympiad]]
=Forum Posts=
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=287267 Re: Just Curious - Does anyone know Johan de Koning of Chessmaster fame?] by [[John Merlino]], [[CCC]], February 28, 2003
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=352090 Chessmaster X release forecast] by [[Johan de Koning]], [[CCC]], February 29, 2004
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=352092 [OT] The Return of The King] by [[Johan de Koning]], [[CCC]], February 29, 2004
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=365349 Chessmaster 9000 and SSDF summary] by [[Johan de Koning]], [[CCC]], May 15, 2004
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=378198 Re: Chessmaster 10th Edition demo (technalities)] by [[Johan de Koning]], [[CCC]], July 20, 2004
=External Links=
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/person.php?id=55 Johan de Koning's ICGA Tournaments]
* [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Johan_de_Koning De Koning, Johan] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite Schachcomputer.info - wiki] (German)
* [http://www.rebel.nl/authors.htm Meet the Authors] by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]]
=References=
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