Stefan Meyer-Kahlen (born 1968, in
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in the state after Cologne and the List of cities in Germany with more than 100,000 inhabitants, seventh-largest city ...
) is a German programmer of the
computer chess
Computer chess includes both hardware (dedicated computers) and software capable of playing chess. Computer chess provides opportunities for players to practice even in the absence of human opponents, and also provides opportunities for analysi ...
programs ''
Shredder'' and the entire Zappa series. , his program has won 18 titles as
World Computer Chess Champion; four of these titles were
blitz championships, and one was a
Chess960
Chess960, also known as Fischer Random Chess, is a chess variant that randomizes the starting position of the pieces on the back rank. It was introduced by former world chess champion Bobby Fischer in 1996 to reduce the emphasis on opening prepa ...
championship. He also invented the
Universal Chess Interface
The Universal Chess Interface (UCI) is an open communication protocol that enables chess engines to communicate with user interfaces.
History
In November 2000, the UCI protocol was released. Designed by Rudolf Huber and Stefan Meyer-Kahlen, the ...
, a chess engine protocol.
External links
Shredder Computer Chess
Computer chess people
1968 births
Living people
Date of birth missing (living people)
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