Frank Schneider, a German computer scientist and chess programmer. Along with co-author Kai Skibbe, Frank is primary author of the chess engines GromitChess, Anaconda [1] and PocketGrandmaster for Windows Pocket PCs and mobiles [2]. He is further author of Ginkgo, debutant at the WCCC 2015 in Leiden.
Frank Schneider [3]

Photos

Workshop Jena 2008

Eiko Bleicher, Frank Schneider, Chrilly Donninger, Karsten Müller [4]

WCCC 2015

WCCC 2015, Jonny vs. Ginkgo, Johannes Zwanzger and Frank Schneider with Ginkgo shirt. Komodo vs. Fridolin in the background with Christian Sommerfeld, Erdogan Günes and Mark Lefler [5]

Selected Publications

• Frank Schneider (2001). Deep Junior wins the 18th World Microcomputer Chess Championship. ICGA Journal, Vol. 24, No. 3 » WMCCC 2001, Deep Junior

Forum Posts

• IDL interfaces for chess by Frank Schneider, CCC, February 20, 1998 ^[6]
• A new selective heuristic? by Frank Schneider, CCC, June 21, 1998 » Reductions
• Singular Extensions, Nullmove deepsearch by Frank Schneider, CCC, February 16, 1999 » Null Move Pruning, Singular Extensions
• PocketGrandmaster 1.1 released by Frank Schneider, CCC, December 19, 2001 » PocketGrandmaster

External Links

• Frank Schneider's ICGA Tournaments
• Meet the Authors by Ed Schröder
• ...weil Chess960 Leben ins Schach bringt Die Computer Schach Experten Frank Schneider und Kai Skibbe im Interview (German)
• Workshop Jena 2008: Analysis, Design, and Programming of Games pictorial report by Ingo Althöfer

References

1. ^ Anaconda Chess Home Page
2. ^ Welcome to PocketGrandmaster
3. ^ Photo from Tom Kerrigan's Home Page, during IPCCC 1997
4. ^ Photo by Ingo Althöfer, Workshop Jena 2008: Analysis, Design, and Programming of Games
5. ^ Photo by Gerd Isenberg, July 03, 2015
6. ^ Interface description language - Wikipedia

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