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'''Steffen Adam Jakob''',<br/>
an German chess player and computer scientist residing in Austria. Steffen holds a Master's degree from [[Darmstadt University of Technology]] in 1995, and was research assistant at [[Vienna University of Technology]] before he started his professional career as software developer in 1996 <ref>[http://www.jakob.at/steffen/lebenslauf/lebenslauf-steffen-jakob.pdf Steffen Jakob]</ref>. As computer chess programmer he is author of the [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol]] compatible chess engine [[Hossa]], which competed at the [[WCCC 2003]] in Graz <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=122 Hossa's ICGA Tournaments]</ref>. Steffen already started chess programming in the 80s and made Hossa [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol|xboard]] compatible in 1998 <ref>[http://www.jakob.at/steffen/hossa/index.html Hossa - A Chess Program By Steffen A. Jakob]</ref>. Before he restarted the development of his own chess program, his [[Crafty#CraftyClones|Crafty clone]] dubbed [[Brause]] ran on several [[Chess Server|Internet Chess Server]] <ref>[http://www.jakob.at/steffen/chess/brause.html Brause]</ref> especially to examine the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Knights_Game,_Halloween_Gambit Halloween Gambit] in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Knights_Game Four Knights Game] <ref>[http://www.jakob.at/steffen/halloween/ The Halloween-Attack in the Four Knight Game] © 1996-1997 by [[Steffen A. Jakob]]</ref>.
More recently, Steffen worked with [[Chrilly Donninger]] on maintaining the Sibyl Godot Finance Server <ref>[http://www.godotfinance.com/ Sibyl Godot Finance Server] by [[Chrilly Donninger]] and [[Steffen A. Jakob|Steffen Jakob]]</ref>.
=Forum Posts=
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=113510 ASCII chess boards] by [[Steffen A. Jakob|Steffen Jakob]], [[CCC]], June 05, 2000
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=205460 WAC #287 - 1.Qg4] by [[Steffen A. Jakob|Steffen Jakob]], [[CCC]], January 04, 2002 » [[Win at Chess]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=330695 WCCC: interesting position from Hossa - Ruy Lopez] by [[Steffen A. Jakob]], [[CCC]], November 26, 2003 » [[WCCC 2003]]
=External Links=
* [http://www.jakob.at/ Steffen A. Jakob]
* [http://www.jakob.at/steffen/chess/ Steffen's Chess Page]
* [http://www.godotfinance.com/ Sibyl Godot Finance Server] by [[Chrilly Donninger]] and [[Steffen A. Jakob]]
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/person.php?id=133 Steffen A. Jakob's ICGA Tournaments]
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/steffenj/ Flickr: Fotostream von Steffen Jakob]
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[[FILE:SteffenAJakob.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=http://www.jakob.at/steffen/gallery.html| Steffen A. Jakob <ref>[http://www.jakob.at/steffen/gallery.html Steffen's Gallery]</ref> ]]
'''Steffen Adam Jakob''',<br/>
an German chess player and computer scientist residing in Austria. Steffen holds a Master's degree from [[Darmstadt University of Technology]] in 1995, and was research assistant at [[Vienna University of Technology]] before he started his professional career as software developer in 1996 <ref>[http://www.jakob.at/steffen/lebenslauf/lebenslauf-steffen-jakob.pdf Steffen Jakob]</ref>. As computer chess programmer he is author of the [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol]] compatible chess engine [[Hossa]], which competed at the [[WCCC 2003]] in Graz <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=122 Hossa's ICGA Tournaments]</ref>. Steffen already started chess programming in the 80s and made Hossa [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol|xboard]] compatible in 1998 <ref>[http://www.jakob.at/steffen/hossa/index.html Hossa - A Chess Program By Steffen A. Jakob]</ref>. Before he restarted the development of his own chess program, his [[Crafty#CraftyClones|Crafty clone]] dubbed [[Brause]] ran on several [[Chess Server|Internet Chess Server]] <ref>[http://www.jakob.at/steffen/chess/brause.html Brause]</ref> especially to examine the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Knights_Game,_Halloween_Gambit Halloween Gambit] in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Knights_Game Four Knights Game] <ref>[http://www.jakob.at/steffen/halloween/ The Halloween-Attack in the Four Knight Game] © 1996-1997 by [[Steffen A. Jakob]]</ref>.
More recently, Steffen worked with [[Chrilly Donninger]] on maintaining the Sibyl Godot Finance Server <ref>[http://www.godotfinance.com/ Sibyl Godot Finance Server] by [[Chrilly Donninger]] and [[Steffen A. Jakob|Steffen Jakob]]</ref>.
=Forum Posts=
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=113510 ASCII chess boards] by [[Steffen A. Jakob|Steffen Jakob]], [[CCC]], June 05, 2000
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=205460 WAC #287 - 1.Qg4] by [[Steffen A. Jakob|Steffen Jakob]], [[CCC]], January 04, 2002 » [[Win at Chess]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=330695 WCCC: interesting position from Hossa - Ruy Lopez] by [[Steffen A. Jakob]], [[CCC]], November 26, 2003 » [[WCCC 2003]]
=External Links=
* [http://www.jakob.at/ Steffen A. Jakob]
* [http://www.jakob.at/steffen/chess/ Steffen's Chess Page]
* [http://www.godotfinance.com/ Sibyl Godot Finance Server] by [[Chrilly Donninger]] and [[Steffen A. Jakob]]
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/person.php?id=133 Steffen A. Jakob's ICGA Tournaments]
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/steffenj/ Flickr: Fotostream von Steffen Jakob]
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