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Lars Rasmussen

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a Danish chess player and programmer, endgame and early [[Endgame Tablebases|endgame tablebase]] researcher
with interests in maximals and [[Zugzwang#MutualZugzwang|mutual zugzwang]] <ref>[http://chess.jaet.org/cgi-bin/mzugs List of All Known Mutual Zugzwangs]</ref> <ref>[[Lars Rasmussen]] ('''1991 - 2000'''). ''Mutual Zugzwang Results''. (various) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EG_%28magazine%29 EG]</ref>.
Along with [[David Forthoffer]] and primary author [[Sito Dekker]], he contributed to the automated database generation program [[Retro]], considering both [[En passant|en passant]] and [[Castling|castling]] <ref>[[Eugene Nalimov]], [[Guy Haworth]], [[Ernst A. Heinz]] ('''2000'''). ''[http://centaur.reading.ac.uk/4562/ Space-Efficient Indexing of Chess Endgame Tables]''. [[ICGA Journal#23_3|ICGA Journal, Vol. 23, No. 3]]</ref>,
which revealed five discrepancies in KRKB <ref>[[David Forthoffer]], [[Lars Rasmussen]], [[Sito Dekker]] ('''1989'''). ''A Correction to some KRKB-Database Results''. [[ICGA Journal#12_1|ICCA Journal, Vol. 12, No. 1]]</ref>
from the numbers published by [[Jaap van den Herik]] and [[Bob Herschberg]], et al. <ref>[[Jaap van den Herik]], [[Bob Herschberg]], et al. ('''1988'''). ''Computer Checks on Human Analyses of the KRKB Endgame''. [[ICGA Journal#11_1|ICCA Journal, Vol. 11, No. 1]]</ref>.
Lars Rasmussen wrote an [[MS-DOS ]] routine for [[John Roycroft]] to search text for the extended [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GBR_code GBR code], which, when located, was thoroughly tested for self-consistency <ref>[http://theproblemist.org/composers.pl?type=c_ajr&page=1 John Roycroft and chess by himself]</ref>.
He further developed the [[ChessBase (Database)|ChessBase]] interface program to access the [[Thompson's Databases]] <ref>[[John Nunn]] ('''1992'''). ''Perfect Prose''. [[ICGA Journal#15_2|ICCA Journal, Vol. 15, No. 2]]</ref> <ref>[http://www.chessmaster.xyz/pawnless-endings/secrets-of-pawn-less-endings-1.html Secrets of Pawnless Endings - Chess Master] by [http://www.chessmaster.xyz/about/ Carey Steveson]</ref>, and is author of an engine solving [[Pawn Endgame|pawn endgames]] <ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/chess-5380306.html Chess | Culture] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Speelman Jon Speelman], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Independent The Independent], July 30, 1999</ref> <ref>[http://www.chessending.com/psitn038.htm Practical Chess Engame + Computer Analysis], May 17, 1998</ref> <ref>[[Karsten Müller]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Lamprecht Frank Lamprecht] ('''2000'''). ''Secrets of Pawn Endings''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everyman_Chess Everyman Chess], ('''2007'''). [http://dev.jeremysilman.com/shop/pc/Secrets-of-Pawn-Endings-p3748.htm re-issue] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambit_Publications Gambit Publications]</ref>.
=Selected Publications=
<ref>[http://ilk.uvt.nl/icga/journal/docs/References.pdf [ICGA Journal#RefDB|ICGA Reference Database] (pdf)]</ref>
* [[Lars Rasmussen]] ('''1987'''). ''Correcting grandmasters' Analyses in Elementary Endgames''. [[ICGA Journal#10_4|ICCA Journal, Vol. 10, No. 4]]
* [[Lars Rasmussen]] ('''1988'''). ''Ultimates in KQKR and KRKN''. [[ICGA Journal#11_1|ICCA Journal, Vol. 11, No. 1]]

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