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'''Nicholas John (Nick) Pelling''', (alias Orlando M Pilchard)<br/>
a British software engineer and former computer games programmer <ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-pelling-2b8384 Nick Pelling | LinkedIn]</ref>.
He holds a B.Sc. in mathematics and philosophy from [[University of Manchester]] in 1986, and a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Business_Administration MBA] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_management strategic management],
with a thesis on [[Knowledge|knowledge]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideology ideology] in 2004 <ref>[[Nick Pelling]] ('''2004'''). ''[http://www.nickpelling.com/dissertation/ The Network Is The Knowledge: Ideology & Strategy in Mintzberg's Ten Schools]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Business_Administration MBA] dissertation, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston_University Kingston University] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston_Business_School Business School], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrey Surrey], UK</ref>.
<ref>[http://www.surbitonchessclub.co.uk/news_chess_superminiatures.htm Surbiton Chess Club - Chess Superminiatures]</ref>
<ref>[[Nick Pelling]] ('''2013'''). ''[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chess-Superminiatures-Nick-Pelling-ebook/dp/B00HEOZ8B6 Chess Superminiatures]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-book eBook], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Kindle Kindle edition], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon.com Amazon]</ref>.
Somewhat longer ago, along with [[Arthur Norman]], Nick Pelling authored [[Acornsoft Chess]] - as the name suggests published by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acornsoft Acornsoft] in 1982 and 1983 for the [[BBC Micro]] and [[BBC Micro#Electron|Acorn Electron]] as well. More recently, Nick Pelling contributes to the [[Stockfish]] project <ref>[https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/blob/master/AUTHORS Stockfish/AUTHORS]</ref>.
=Selected Publications=
* [[Nick Pelling]] ('''2006'''). ''[http://www.compellingpress.com/voynich/index.html The Curse of the Voynich: The Secret History of the World's Most Mysterious Manuscript]''. [http://www.compellingpress.com/main/index.html Compelling Press]
* [[Nick Pelling]] ('''2013'''). ''[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chess-Superminiatures-Nick-Pelling-ebook/dp/B00HEOZ8B6 Chess Superminiatures]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-book eBook], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Kindle Kindle edition], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon.com Amazon]
=Forum Posts=
==2016 ...==
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/fishcooking/6tJrb4P0ofU/1dX_2p8NAwAJ What part of SF's code does it spend most time executing?] by [[Nick Pelling]], [[Computer Chess Forums|FishCooking]], June 17, 2016 » [[Stockfish]]
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/fishcooking/6grLq5OEr9g/ERbVn0uDBQAJ Four-way evaluation trick?] by [[Nick Pelling]], [[Computer Chess Forums|FishCooking]], September 07, 2018 » [[Tapered Eval]]
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/fishcooking/svTzAYXesCs/_1smL5wSBwAJ Porting Stockfish to GCN on APUs...?] by [[Nick Pelling]], [[Computer Chess Forums|FishCooking]], November 18, 2018 <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_Core_Next Graphics Core Next from Wikipedia]</ref> <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD_Accelerated_Processing_Unit AMD Accelerated Processing Unit from Wikipedia]</ref> » [[AMD]]
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/fishcooking/ERsAux5TU6Q/RU2xnF3bDQAJ SPSA and search.cpp?] by [[Nick Pelling]], [[Computer Chess Forums|FishCooking]], January 06, 2019 » [[SPSA]]
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/fishcooking/EtLk7EyB9Vs/hcE7c9ttBgAJ What emergent metric is Leela using to win games with?] by [[Nick Pelling]], [[Computer Chess Forums|FishCooking]], February 24, 2019
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/fishcooking/pY1ZxSReS8Y/GtV_uyTqBgAJ Has *constriction* been tried as a static analysis feature?] by [[Nick Pelling]], [[Computer Chess Forums|FishCooking]], May 26, 2019
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/fishcooking/JVmwdRzkrvw/xC8XLAKcAwAJ Statistically testing new metrics?] by [[Nick Pelling]], [[Computer Chess Forums|FishCooking]], June 01, 2019
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/fishcooking/xGM9K7wd5rM/pmx2MVX-BwAJ Help needed testing vectorized Stockfish pawns.cpp...] by [[Nick Pelling]], [[Computer Chess Forums|FishCooking]], September 23, 2019
==2020 ...==
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/fishcooking/kGGPQPsIKhU/H2vRdD9HBAAJ Coordinated bishop and pawn static eval idea...] by [[Nick Pelling]], [[Computer Chess Forums|FishCooking]], March 20, 2020
* [https://groups.google.com/g/fishcooking/c/cad1MGSdpU4/m/Ury4iBqSBgAJ Shouldn't positional attributes drive SF's NNUE input features (rather than king position)?] by [[Nick Pelling]], [[Computer Chess Forums|FishCooking]], January 10, 2021 » [[Stockfish NNUE]]
=External Links=
[[Category:Chess Programmer|Pelling]]
[[Category:Chess Player|Pelling]]
[[Category:Stockfish Contributor|Pelling]]
