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'''Tord Kallqvist Romstad''',<br/>
 
'''Tord Kallqvist Romstad''',<br/>
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a Norwegian algebraic geometer by education, and as chess and games programmer author of the [[:Category:Open Source|open source chess programs]] [[Glaurung]], also available as [[iPhone]] chess program and since February 2014 as chess AI of [[Play Magnus]] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=51408&start=5 Re: Play Magnus: official App with Chess Engine] by [[Tord Romstad]], [[CCC]], February 26, 2014</ref>, the didactic [[Parallel Search|parallel search]] engine [[Viper]], the former [[Gothmog]], and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexagonal_chess hexagonal chess] program ''Scatha''. Tord has also some interests in [[Shogi]] programming <ref>[http://www.shogi.net/shogi-l/Archive/2007/Njan15-10.txt Some thoughts on computer Shogi] by [[Tord Romstad]], January 15, 2007</ref> <ref>[http://www.glaurungchess.com/shogi/usi.html The Universal Shogi Interface, draft 1 (2007-01-24)]</ref>. In 2009 Tord joint forces with [[Marco Costalba]] and [[Joona Kiiski]] on Marco's initial branch of Glaurung's evolutionary tree called [[Stockfish]] <ref>[http://wbec-ridderkerk.forumotion.com/wbec-ridderkerk-news-info-f1/stockfish-glaurung-t402.htm Re: Stockfish - Glaurung] by [[Tord Romstad]], [http://wbec-ridderkerk.forumotion.com/forum.htm WBEC-Ridderkerk forum], September 05, 2009</ref>.  
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a Norwegian algebraic geometer by education, and as chess and games programmer author of the [[:Category:Open Source|open source chess programs]] [[Glaurung]], also available as [[iPhone]] chess program and since February 2014 as chess AI of [[Play Magnus]] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=51408&start=5 Re: Play Magnus: official App with Chess Engine] by [[Tord Romstad]], [[CCC]], February 26, 2014</ref>, the didactic [[Parallel Search|parallel search]] engine [[Viper]], the former [[Gothmog]], and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexagonal_chess hexagonal chess] program ''Scatha''. Tord has also some interests in [[Shogi]] programming <ref>[http://www.shogi.net/shogi-l/Archive/2007/Njan15-10.txt Some thoughts on computer Shogi] by [[Tord Romstad]], January 15, 2007</ref> <ref>[http://www.glaurungchess.com/shogi/usi.html The Universal Shogi Interface, draft 1 (2007-01-24)]</ref>. In 2009 Tord joint forces with [[Marco Costalba]] and [[Joona Kiiski]] on Marco's initial branch of Glaurung's evolutionary tree called [[Stockfish]] <ref>[http://wbec-ridderkerk.forumotion.com/wbec-ridderkerk-news-info-f1/stockfish-glaurung-t402.htm Re: Stockfish - Glaurung] by [[Tord Romstad]], [http://wbec-ridderkerk.forumotion.com/forum.htm WBEC-Ridderkerk forum], September 05, 2009</ref>. Tord Romstad further developed various [[Utilities|chess programming libraries]], most recently the [[Julia]] library [[Chess.jl]] <ref>[https://romstad.github.io/Chess.jl/dev/ Home · Chess.jl]</ref>.
  
 
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[[FILE:Winners960WC2005.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|640px|link=http://de.chessbase.com/home/TabId/176/PostId/304623]]  
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[[FILE:Winners960WC2005.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|640px|link=https://de.chessbase.com/post/aronian-gewinnt-finet-che960-turnier]]  
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Winners [[Chess960CWC 2005]]: Tord Romstad, [[Johannes Zwanzger]], [[Volker Böhm]] and [[Ralf Schäfer]] <ref>[http://de.chessbase.com/home/TabId/176/PostId/304623 Aronian gewinnt FINet-Chess960-Turnier], [[ChessBase|ChessBase Nachrichten]], August 13, 2005 (German)</ref>  
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Winners [[Chess960CWC 2005]]: Tord Romstad, [[Johannes Zwanzger]], [[Volker Böhm]] and [[Ralf Schäfer]] <ref>[https://de.chessbase.com/post/aronian-gewinnt-finet-che960-turnier Aronian gewinnt FINet-Chess960-Turnier], [[ChessBase|ChessBase Nachrichten]], August 13, 2005 (German)</ref>  
  
 
=Forum Posts=
 
=Forum Posts=
 
==2000 ...==
 
==2000 ...==
 
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=343084 Mixing alpha-beta with PN search] by [[Tord Romstad]], [[CCC]], January 18, 2004 » [[Alpha-Beta]], [[Proof-Number Search]]
 
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=343084 Mixing alpha-beta with PN search] by [[Tord Romstad]], [[CCC]], January 18, 2004 » [[Alpha-Beta]], [[Proof-Number Search]]
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* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=361766 When to do a null move search - an experiment] by [[Tord Romstad]], [[CCC]], April 26, 2004 » [[Null Move Pruning]]
 
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=516 Two questions for bitboard experts] by [[Tord Romstad]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], November 06, 2004 » [[Bitboards]], [[Square Attacked By#InBetween|In Between]], [[Piece-Lists]]
 
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=516 Two questions for bitboard experts] by [[Tord Romstad]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], November 06, 2004 » [[Bitboards]], [[Square Attacked By#InBetween|In Between]], [[Piece-Lists]]
 
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* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=51408&start=5 Re: Play Magnus: official App with Chess Engine] by [[Tord Romstad]], [[CCC]], February 26, 2014 » [[Play Magnus]]
 
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=51408&start=5 Re: Play Magnus: official App with Chess Engine] by [[Tord Romstad]], [[CCC]], February 26, 2014 » [[Play Magnus]]
 
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=65934 Reactions about AlphaZero from top GMs...] by [[Norman Schmidt]], [[CCC]], December 08, 2017 » [[AlphaZero#Reactions|Reactions From Top GMs, Stockfish Author]]
 
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=65934 Reactions about AlphaZero from top GMs...] by [[Norman Schmidt]], [[CCC]], December 08, 2017 » [[AlphaZero#Reactions|Reactions From Top GMs, Stockfish Author]]
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* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=66630&start=114 Re: World Computer Chess Championship] by [[Tord Romstad]], [[CCC]], February 28, 2018 » [[World Computer Chess Championship]]
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* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=75304&start=5 Re: Bit Board Orientation] by [[Tord Romstad]], [[CCC]], October 06, 2020 » [[Square Mapping Considerations]]
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* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=75287&start=48 Re: Which of the many chess engines in this forum use b strategy ?] by [[Tord Romstad]], [[CCC]], October 08, 2020 » [[Type B Strategy]]
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* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=77210 Chess.jl – new version] by [[Tord Romstad]], [[CCC]], April 30, 2021
  
 
=External Links=
 
=External Links=
 
* [http://www.stockfishchess.com/ Stockfish Chess Engine Home]
 
* [http://www.stockfishchess.com/ Stockfish Chess Engine Home]
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* [https://www.playmagnus.com/team Team - Play Magnus]
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* [https://github.com/romstad/ romstad (Tord Romstad) · GitHub]
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* [https://romstad.github.io/Chess.jl/dev/ Home · Chess.jl]
 
* [http://www.schach-welt.de/schach/computerschach/interviews/romstad-kiiski-costalba-eng Computerschach, Interview with Tord Romstad (Norway), Joona Kiiski (Finland) and Marco Costalba (Italy)] by [[Frank Quisinsky]], March 29, 2010
 
* [http://www.schach-welt.de/schach/computerschach/interviews/romstad-kiiski-costalba-eng Computerschach, Interview with Tord Romstad (Norway), Joona Kiiski (Finland) and Marco Costalba (Italy)] by [[Frank Quisinsky]], March 29, 2010
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* [http://www.dbtv.no/3905907375001#Sjakk-VM_23._november Sjakk-VM 23. november],  [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagbladet dbtv.no],  Tord Romstad from 45:35 (Norwegian) <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_2014#Game_11.2C_Carlsen.E2.80.93Anand.2C_1.E2.80.930 World Chess Championship 2014 after Game 11, November 23, 2014] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_Carlsen Carlsen] retained the title, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagbladet Dagbladet TV], moderated by [https://no.linkedin.com/pub/simon-nitsche/5b/911/613 Simon Nitsche] with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einar_Gausel Einar Gausel] and [http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=1500953 Sheila Barth Sahl]</ref>
 
 
* <span id="Video"></span>[http://www.tngtech.com/tng-ueber-uns/bigtechday/big-techday-8/abstracts.html#c12643 Parallelism and Selectivity in Game Tree Search] by [[Tord Romstad]], [http://www.tngtech.com/tng-ueber-uns/bigtechday/big-techday-8.html TNG | Big Techday 8], June 12, 2015, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=59836&start=3 Re: Video : How do modern chess engines work ?] by Hermann Krause, [[CCC]], April 12, 2016</ref>
 
* <span id="Video"></span>[http://www.tngtech.com/tng-ueber-uns/bigtechday/big-techday-8/abstracts.html#c12643 Parallelism and Selectivity in Game Tree Search] by [[Tord Romstad]], [http://www.tngtech.com/tng-ueber-uns/bigtechday/big-techday-8.html TNG | Big Techday 8], June 12, 2015, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=59836&start=3 Re: Video : How do modern chess engines work ?] by Hermann Krause, [[CCC]], April 12, 2016</ref>
 
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* [http://2017.flatmap.no/talks/romstad/ flatMap(Oslo) - 2017 Tord Romstad - How Modern Chess Programs Work], May 02, 2017
 
* [http://2017.flatmap.no/talks/romstad/ flatMap(Oslo) - 2017 Tord Romstad - How Modern Chess Programs Work], May 02, 2017
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: [https://vimeo.com/216463393 Tord Romstad - How Modern Chess Programs Work] by [[Tord Romstad]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vimeo Vimeo] Video
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: [https://vimeo.com/216463393 How Modern Chess Programs Work] by [[Tord Romstad]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vimeo Vimeo] Video
  
 
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Latest revision as of 15:52, 29 June 2021

Home * People * Tord Romstad

Tord Romstad [1]

Tord Kallqvist Romstad,
a Norwegian algebraic geometer by education, and as chess and games programmer author of the open source chess programs Glaurung, also available as iPhone chess program and since February 2014 as chess AI of Play Magnus [2], the didactic parallel search engine Viper, the former Gothmog, and the hexagonal chess program Scatha. Tord has also some interests in Shogi programming [3] [4]. In 2009 Tord joint forces with Marco Costalba and Joona Kiiski on Marco's initial branch of Glaurung's evolutionary tree called Stockfish [5]. Tord Romstad further developed various chess programming libraries, most recently the Julia library Chess.jl [6].

Photos

Winners960WC2005.jpg

Winners Chess960CWC 2005: Tord Romstad, Johannes Zwanzger, Volker Böhm and Ralf Schäfer [7]

Forum Posts

2000 ...

2005 ...

2010 ...

2020 ...

External Links

How Modern Chess Programs Work by Tord Romstad, Vimeo Video

References

  1. ↑ Tord Romstad during World Chess Championship 2014 in Norwegian TV, Capture from German ZDF Sportreportage, November 23, 2014, with excerpts from the broadcast
  2. ↑ Re: Play Magnus: official App with Chess Engine by Tord Romstad, CCC, February 26, 2014
  3. ↑ Some thoughts on computer Shogi by Tord Romstad, January 15, 2007
  4. ↑ The Universal Shogi Interface, draft 1 (2007-01-24)
  5. ↑ Re: Stockfish - Glaurung by Tord Romstad, WBEC-Ridderkerk forum, September 05, 2009
  6. ↑ Home · Chess.jl
  7. ↑ Aronian gewinnt FINet-Chess960-Turnier, ChessBase Nachrichten, August 13, 2005 (German)
  8. ↑ Re: Video : How do modern chess engines work ? by Hermann Krause, CCC, April 12, 2016

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