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'''Thomas Jahn''',<br/>
a German computer scientist, game developer and technical director at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Art_Games King Art Games] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bremen Bremen].
He holds a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplom diplom degree] in media [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informatics informatics] from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_University_of_Applied_Sciences_(Bremen) City University of Applied Sciences (Bremen)] in 2008 <ref name="LinkedIn" />.In early 2021, he started computer chess programming <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=76398 My Beginner’s Guide to Chess Programming] by [[Thomas Jahn]], [[CCC]], January 23, 2021</ref> and soon came up with an his own [[:Category:Open Source|open source chess program]] dubbed [[MinimalChess]] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=76560 MinimalChess 0.2 released] by [[Thomas Jahn]], [[CCC]], February 12, 2021</ref> <ref>[https://github.com/lithander/MinimalChessEngine GitHub - lithander/MinimalChessEngine]</ref>. In early 2022, he started with a DevLog describing his new project [[Leorik]] <ref>[https://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=79049 Devlog of Leorik] by [[Thomas Jahn]], [[CCC]], January 04, 2022</ref>.
=Selected Publications=
=Forum Posts=
==2021==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=76225 Testing strategies for my engines playing strength] by [[Thomas Jahn]], [[CCC]], January 04, 2021
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=76398 My Beginner’s Guide to Chess Programming] by [[Thomas Jahn]], [[CCC]], January 23, 2021
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=77089 PST-only Evaluation for MinimalChess 0.4] by [[Thomas Jahn]], [[CCC]], April 15, 2021 » [[Piece-Square Tables]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=77152 Move ordering heuristics for captures] by [[Thomas Jahn]], [[CCC]], April 23, 2021
==2022==
* [https://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=79049 Devlog of Leorik] by [[Thomas Jahn]], [[CCC]], January 04, 2022
: [https://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=79049&start=127 Re: Devlog of Leorik - A.k.a. how to tune high-quality PSTs from scratch (material values) in 20 seconds] by [[Thomas Jahn]], [[CCC]], March 28, 2022 » [[Automated Tuning]], [[Piece-Square Tables]], [[Leorik]]
=External Links=
* [http://blog.pixelpracht.net/ Pixelpracht Blog]
* [https://twitter.com/pixelpracht lithander (@pixelpracht) / Twitter]
* [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6vJSkTaZuBtTokp8-gnTsP39GCaRS3du Making of MinimalChessEngine], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Videos
=References=
