Thomas+Mally

was an Austrian [|polymath], journalist, writer, translator, guide and local historian of [|Vienna], computer chess expert, tester of dedicated chess computers and programs, as well as computer chess programmer. He allegedly mastered 12 or even more languages, and worked at [|University of Vienna] on [|German studies] under advisor [|Otto Höfler], which turned out to be a difficult relationship, and later on [|Hispanic studies], also without taking a degree. As member of the First Vienna Computer Chess Club, Thomas Mally was editor of Modul and PC Schach, and further wrote for Computerschach und Spiele and the ICCA Journal. As chess programmer he was author of the PC program Wappler, which was sparring partner of Chrilly Donninger's Nimzo in the early 90s.
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 * [[image:ThomasMally.jpg link="http://www.wienerzeitung.at/themen_channel/wz_reflexionen/zeitgenossen/557450_Erinnerung-an-Thomas-Mally.html"]] ||~  || **Thomas Mally**, (July 03, 1943 - January 2013 )

On January 07, 2013, at the beginning of a long and snowy midwinter period, Mally embarked on his probably last walk. He remained missing for over a year, and was ultimately found on March 27, 2014, in the [|Purkersdorfer] Glasgraben close to the [|West Autobahn]. Thomas Mally could be identified by ID and carried his orthopedic shoes. || toc =Selected Publications= >
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 * Thomas Mally (**1989**). //Dinosaurus Hi-Tech - Chess Master “Diamond” nicht ganz Lupenrein//. Modul 1/1989
 * Thomas Mally (**1989**). //Mikro-WM in Portorose (Portorož)//. Modul 3/89, [|pdf] » WMCCC 1989
 * Thomas Mally (**1990**). //Interview mit dem Interviewer. Göran Grottling über die Schwedische Rating-Liste//. Modul February 1990, [|pdf] » Göran Grottling
 * Thomas Mally (**1990**). //Liebesgrüße nach Warschau - Ein Interview mit Jeroen Noomen//. Modul, December 1990, [|pdf] » Jeroen Noomen
 * Thomas Mally (**1990**). //The 10th World Microcomputer Chess Championship//. ICCA Journal, Vol. 13, No. 4
 * Thomas Mally, Helmut Weigel (**1991**). //Spielend Schach lernen - Mein erster Mephisto//. Hegener & Glaser, (German) [|pdf] hosted by Alain Zanchetta
 * Thomas Mally (**1992**). //Wappler Lebt - Der Nimzo Schock und die Folgen//. Modul 1/1992
 * Thomas Mally (**1993**). //PC Power in Braille - Nimzo Guernica: Ein PC-Schachprogramm für Blinde//. PC Schach 3/93 » Nimzo-Guernica
 * Thomas Mally (**1993**). //Mäeutik oder Schmäh-Eutik?// PC Schach 3/93 » Socrates 3.0 (German)
 * Thomas Mally (**1993**). //Matt in Wieviel?// PC Schach 3/93
 * Thomas Mally, [|Robert Schediwy] (**2007, 2008**). //[|Wiener Spurensuche : verschwundene Orte erzählen]//. [|LIT Verlag Berlin-Münster-Wien-Zürich-London]

=External Links=
 * [|Die Akte Sphinx], Articles by Thomas Mally, Modul 1988-1991, hosted by [|Schachcomputer.info Wiki] (German) » CXG Sphinx
 * [|Thomas Mally – Regiowiki] (German)

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