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[[FILE:KerwinMedinaWCCC2010.jpg|border|right|thumb| Kerwin Medina, [[WCCC 2010]] <ref>[https://www.csvn.nl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=472%3Afoto-impressie-wcccwcsc-kanazawa-japan&catid=51%3Atoernooien&Itemid=28&lang=en Foto-impressie WCCC/WCSC Kanazawa, Japan] by [[Jan Krabbenbos]] from the [[CSVN|CSVN site]]</ref> ]]
'''Kerwin F. Medina''',<br/>
an American computer scientist, computer chess programmer, and principal software engineer at [[Microsoft]]
<ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerwin-medina-8920711b6/ Kerwin Medina | LinkedIn]</ref>.
In 1996, he contributed the LZHLIB <ref>[http://www.codeforge.com/read/355783/LZH.H__html LZH.H ... Kerwin F. Medina (1996)]</ref>
a small [[C]] library to compress and uncompress using the LZH algorithm, which is a direct derivative of the source code of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haruhiko_Okumura Haruhiko Okumura's] ar-archiver
<ref>[https://oku.edu.mie-u.ac.jp/~okumura/compression/history.html History of Data Compression in Japan]</ref>.
In 2009, Kerwin Medina assumed the development of [[Thinker]] by [[Lance Perkins]]
<ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?t=27113&start=13 Re: Thinker output] by [[Lance Perkins]], [[CCC]], March 23, 2009</ref>
<ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=27585&start=10 Re: Best tactical engine?] by [[Lance Perkins]], [[CCC]], April 25, 2009</ref> ,
and is mentioned as lonesome author of Thinker on the [[ICGA]] tournament site <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=612 Thinker's ICGA Tournaments]</ref>
<ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=52325&p=570704 Complaints against the Chess programs LOOP and THINKER] by [[Harvey Williamson]], [[CCC]], May 14, 2014</ref>.
=External Links=
* [https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerwin-medina-8920711b6/ Kerwin Medina | LinkedIn]
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/person.php?id=655 Kerwin Medina's ICGA Tournaments]
=References=
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'''[[People|Up one level]]'''
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[[FILE:KerwinMedinaWCCC2010.jpg|border|right|thumb| Kerwin Medina, [[WCCC 2010]] <ref>[https://www.csvn.nl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=472%3Afoto-impressie-wcccwcsc-kanazawa-japan&catid=51%3Atoernooien&Itemid=28&lang=en Foto-impressie WCCC/WCSC Kanazawa, Japan] by [[Jan Krabbenbos]] from the [[CSVN|CSVN site]]</ref> ]]
'''Kerwin F. Medina''',<br/>
an American computer scientist, computer chess programmer, and principal software engineer at [[Microsoft]]
<ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerwin-medina-8920711b6/ Kerwin Medina | LinkedIn]</ref>.
In 1996, he contributed the LZHLIB <ref>[http://www.codeforge.com/read/355783/LZH.H__html LZH.H ... Kerwin F. Medina (1996)]</ref>
a small [[C]] library to compress and uncompress using the LZH algorithm, which is a direct derivative of the source code of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haruhiko_Okumura Haruhiko Okumura's] ar-archiver
<ref>[https://oku.edu.mie-u.ac.jp/~okumura/compression/history.html History of Data Compression in Japan]</ref>.
In 2009, Kerwin Medina assumed the development of [[Thinker]] by [[Lance Perkins]]
<ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?t=27113&start=13 Re: Thinker output] by [[Lance Perkins]], [[CCC]], March 23, 2009</ref>
<ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=27585&start=10 Re: Best tactical engine?] by [[Lance Perkins]], [[CCC]], April 25, 2009</ref> ,
and is mentioned as lonesome author of Thinker on the [[ICGA]] tournament site <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=612 Thinker's ICGA Tournaments]</ref>
<ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=52325&p=570704 Complaints against the Chess programs LOOP and THINKER] by [[Harvey Williamson]], [[CCC]], May 14, 2014</ref>.
=External Links=
* [https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerwin-medina-8920711b6/ Kerwin Medina | LinkedIn]
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/person.php?id=655 Kerwin Medina's ICGA Tournaments]
=References=
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