25,161
edits
Changes
no edit summary
'''Peter Kappler''',<br/>
an American aerospace engineer, software developer, master-ranked [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Chess_Federation USCF] chess player <ref>[http://www.uschess.org/content/view/12283/719/ The United States Chess Federation - The Making of Computer Chess] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexey_Root Dr. Alexey Root], July 17, 2013</ref> <ref>[http://www.austinchess.org/FAQ.html Austin Chess Club - FAQ]</ref>, and computer chess programmer and consultant.
Peter received a B.Sc. in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerospace_engineering aerospace engineering] from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Texas_at_Austin University of Texas at Austin] in 1992.
He is co-founder and director of the ''Austin Chess Club'' <ref>[http://www.austinchess.org/FAQ.html Austin Chess Club - FAQ]</ref>, serves as webmaster of the ''Texas Chess Association'' <ref>[https://texaschess.org/welcome-to-the-new-tca-website/ Welcome to the new TCA website! - Texas Chess Association]</ref> <ref>[https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnx0ZXhhc2NoZXNzfGd4OjYyMTVmZDU0N2M5ODE5MDk Texas Knights - The official publication of the Texas Chess Association, Volume 52, Number 4, March-April 2011]</ref>,
and is author of the private chess engine [[Grok]] <ref>[http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:private_engine_list#inactive_private_engine_list inactive Private Engine List] from [http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=home Computer-Chess Wiki] by [[Ron Murawski]]</ref>.
Peter Kappler was computer chess consultant for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Bujalski Andrew Bujalski's] 2013 feature film [[History#ComputerChess|Computer Chess]] <ref>[http://www.uschess.org/content/view/12283/719/ The United States Chess Federation - The Making of Computer Chess] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexey_Root Dr. Alexey Root], July 17, 2013</ref>.
=Forum Posts=
==19991995 ...==* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/5byhl_6Jmc8/D1QAR146VLIJ MVV/LVA and SEE - what do they mean?] by [[Peter Kappler]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], August 28, 1995 » [[MVV-LVA|MVV/LVA]], [[Static Exchange Evaluation|SEE]]* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/DgEqpuPShO0/YShAHYuCWIEJ nodes per second - how to count?] by [[Peter Kappler]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], January 20, 1997 » [[Nodes per Second]]* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/o3AMPvhmY3o/p1E8VkEIajYJ Re: Java chess program?] by [[Peter Kappler]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], May 31, 1997
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=49915 u2600 - rook sac from Lambchop-Grok] by [[Peter Kappler]], [[CCC]], April 27, 1999
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=55884 Most entertaining game in round 1? My vote is Centaur-Fritz] by [[Peter Kappler]], [[CCC]], June 15, 1999 » [[WCCC 1999]]
