Eiko Bleicher, a German computer scientist and programmer, author of the analysis tool for chess endgames, Freezer [1] . Eiko Bleicher was student of Ingo Althöfer at Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena, and published a paper about Freezer's ideas, called Building Chess Endgame Databases for Positions with many Pieces using A-priori Information. [2] . Eiko cooperates with Stefan Meyer-Kahlen, and is involved in co-developing Endgame Bitbases for Shredder, called shredderbases. Freezer is commercial, available through shredderchess.com [3] [4] .
Eiko Bleicher [5]

Photos

Eiko Bleicher, Frank Schneider, Chrilly Donninger, Karsten Müller [6]

Selected Publications

• Eiko Bleicher (2004). Building Chess Endgame Databases for Positions with many Pieces using A-priori Information. Lehrstuhl Mathematische Optimierung, Fakultät für Mathematik und Informatik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena, Germany, pdf
• Eiko Bleicher and Guy Haworth (2010). 6-Man Chess and Zugzwangs. Advances in Computer Games 12
• Harold van der Heijden, Eiko Bleicher, Guy McCrossan Haworth (2010) Endgame table testing of studies, I. EG Vol. 16, No. 180, pp. 114-119.
• Harold van der Heijden, Eiko Bleicher, Guy McCrossan Haworth (2010) Endgame table testing of studies, II. EG Vol. 16, No. 181, pp. 163-169.
• Eiko Bleicher, Guy Haworth, Harold van der Heijden (2010). Data-Mining Chess Databases. ICGA Journal Vol. 33, No. 4
• Guy Haworth, Eiko Bleicher, Harold van der Heijden (2011). Uniqueness in Chess Studies. ICGA Journal Vol. 34, No. 1
• Guy Haworth, Harold van der Heijden, Eiko Bleicher (2011). Zugzwangs in Chess Studies. ICGA Journal, Vol. 34, No. 2

Forum Posts

• Re: Freezer vs. Wilhelm by Eiko Bleicher, CCC, May 18, 2005
• Re: Freezer Endgame Tool by Eiko Bleicher, CCC, October 11, 2005

External Links

• Welcome at Knowledge4IT
• Welcome to the World of Freezer
• Freezerchess.com - Endgame Analysis beyond Databases
• Shredder Computer Chess Download - Freezer

References

1. ^ Welcome to the World of Freezer
2. ^ Eiko Bleicher (2004). Building Chess Endgame Databases for Positions with many Pieces using A-priori Information. Lehrstuhl Mathematische Optimierung, Fakultät für Mathematik und Informatik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena, Germany, pdf
3. ^ Shredder Computer Chess Download - Freezer
4. ^ Freezer - Buy Now
5. ^ Eiko Bleicher, clip from Ingo Althöfer's Workshop 2008 Photo
6. ^ Photo by Ingo Althöfer, Workshop Jena 2008: Analysis, Design, and Programming of Games

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