Martin+Fierz

a Swiss physicist, chess player, chess and checkers programmer. Martin is research scientist at the [|University of Applied Sciences] in [|Windisch], [|Switzerland], and CEO of //naneos particle solutions//, developing and building [|nanoparticle] [|sensors]. He holds a Ph.D. in physics from ETH Zurich, and was [|postdoc] at the [|Cluster Research Group - Department of Physics and Astronomy], [|University of Hawaii at Manoa].
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Martin Fierz is author of the Chess Engine Communication Protocol and UCI compatible chess engine Muse, the Checkers engine //Cake// and the Checkers GUI //CheckerBoard//. || toc =Photos= =Selected Publications=
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 * Murray Cash and Martin Fierz, [|Las Vegas], 2002 ||
 * Martin Fierz, Murray Cash, Ed Gilbert (**2002**). //The 2002 World Computer-Checkers Championship//. ICGA Journal, Vol. 25, No. 3

=Forum Posts=

2000 ...

 * [|singular extensions?] by Martin Fierz, CCC, September 29, 2000 » Singular Extensions
 * [|muliti probcut] by Martin Fierz, CCC, July 04, 2001 » Multi–ProbCut
 * [|MTD: an observation and a question] by Martin Fierz, CCC, September 11, 2002 » MTD(f)
 * [|EGTB generation with 1 bit per position?] by Martin Fierz, CCC, March 25, 2003 » Endgame Tablebases, Endgame Bitbases
 * [|table-based SEE or "evaluation in rebel (hanging pieces)"] by Martin Fierz, CCC, November 27, 2003 » Hanging Piece, Rebel, Static Exchange Evaluation
 * [|move ordering and node count] by Martin Fierz, CCC, March 29, 2004 »Move Ordering
 * [|Muse!] by Martin Fierz, CCC, August 08, 2004
 * [|multithreading questions] by Martin Fierz, CCC, August 08, 2007 » Parallel Search, Thread

2010 ...

 * [|Computer chess progress over say the last 20 years?] by Martin Fierz, March 10, 2016
 * [|Computer chess progress over the last 20 years!] by Martin Fierz, CCC, March 13, 2016
 * [|Checks in qsearch - must-have or optional?] by Martin Fierz, CCC, March 15, 2016 » Check, Checks in Quiescence Search
 * [|Computer Chess Progress: Stockfish 7 vs Ruffian 1.0.5] by Martin Fierz, CCC, March 17, 2016 » Stockfish, Ruffian
 * [|Extensions in the days of LMR?] by Martin Fierz, CCC, March 22, 2016 » Extensions, LMR
 * [|Futile attempts at futility pruning] by Martin Fierz, CCC, March 27, 2016 » Futility Pruning, Reverse Futility Pruning
 * [|Hashing in Qsearch?] by Martin Fierz, CCC, April 03, 2016 » Transposition Table, Quiescence Search
 * [|Muse 0.95] by Martin Fierz, CCC, April 10, 2016
 * [|Shifting alpha/beta on hash hit] by Martin Fierz, CCC, April 14, 2016 » Search Instability, Transposition Table
 * [|Hashtable aging] by Martin Fierz, CCC, April 25, 2016
 * [|MCTS beginner questions] by Martin Fierz, CCC, April 25, 2018 » Monte-Carlo Tree Search

=External Links= > [|Strategy Game Programming] by Martin Fierz > [|A brief history of computer checkers] by Martin Fierz
 * [|The Homepage of Martin Fierz]
 * [|Martin Fierz | LinkedIn]
 * [|Martin Fierz - naneos particle solutions GmbH]
 * [|FHNW - Dr. Martin Fierz - Tätigkeiten und Funktion in Forschung, Dienstleitung und Lehre - Institut für Aerosol- und Sensortechnik - Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz] (German)
 * [|SG Zürich - Teamcup] » Jonathan Rosenthal

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