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**[[Home]] * [[Engines]] * Hermann** || [[image:300px-Hermann_statue_closeup.jpg width="210" height="420" link="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arminius"]] ||~ || **Hermann**, a [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol]] compliant chess engine by [[Volker Annuss]], able to play [[Chess960]]. Hermann is [[Arena]] partner engine, participating the [[Chess960CWC 2005]], [[Chess960CWC 2006]], [[CPT 2009]], [[CPT 2010]] and various [[Dutch Open Computer Chess Championship|Dutch Open Computer Chess Championships]] and [[International CSVN Tournament|International CSVN Tournaments]], third place at [[ICT 2009]]. Hermann uses [[Bitboards|bitboards]] as basic data structure, determines [[Sliding Piece Attacks|sliding piece attacks]] with [[Magic Bitboards#FixedShiftFancy|fixed shift magic bitboards]] <ref>[[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=51162|Fixed shift magics with 800KB lookup table]] by [[Volker Annuss]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], September 05, 2010</ref>, and applies [[Neural Networks|neural networks]] for [[Material|material evaluation]] and [[Time Management|timing]] <ref>[[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=316926&t=31545|Re: Chess program with Artificial Neural Networks (ANN)?]] by [[Volker Annuss]], [[CCC]], January 08, 2010</ref> <ref>[[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=436342&t=41300|Re: Is there place for neural networks in chess engines?]] by [[Volker Annuss]], [[CCC]], December 04, 2011</ref> <ref>Timing with a [[Neural Networks|neural network]] by Volker Annuss, March 23, 2005, from [[http://www.playwitharena.com/|Free chess graphical user interface (GUI) Arena for chess engines]], [[http://www.playwitharena.com/?Newsticker:Archive_6|News-Ticker, Page 6]], 86, FQ</ref>. In 2011, Volker Annuss confirmed his soft spot for his engine names associated with the legacy of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romantic_nationalism|romantic]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_nationalism|German nationalism]] by calling Hermann's completely restructured successor with its [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latinization|Latinised]] name [[Arminius]] <ref>[[http://www.csvn.nl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=517%3Apandix-wint-open-nk&catid=51%3Atoernooien&Itemid=28&lang=en|Pandix wins Dutch Open]], [[CSVN]] site, October 22, 2011</ref>. In Germany, Arminius was rechristened //Hermann// (Heer Mann - army man) by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther|Martin Luther]], and he became an emblem of the revival of German nationalism fueled by the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars|wars]] of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon|Napoleon]] in the 19th century <ref>[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arminius#Martin_Luther|Arminius from Wikipedia - Martin Luther]]</ref>. || || [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Heights_Monument|Hermann Heights Monument]] <ref>[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Heights_Monument|Hermann Heights Monument from Wikipedia]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Ulm,_Minnesota|New Ulm, Minnesota]]</ref> <ref>[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arminius|Arminius from Wikipedia]]</ref> ||~ ||^ || [[toc]] =Photos & Games= || [[image:AnnussDoerr5.jpg width="560" link="http://old.csvn.nl/gallery24.html"]] || || [[Volker Annuss]] and [[Ralf Dörr]] in [[Hermann]] vs. [[Argonaut]], [[ICT 2006]] <ref>[[http://old.csvn.nl/gallery24.html|6th International CSVN Tournament 2006 - Photo Gallery]]</ref> <ref>[[http://www.csvn.nl/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=39&Itemid=26&lang=en&limitstart=5|Downloads | CSVN International Computerchess Tournament | Games | ICT Leiden 2006]], [[CSVN]] site</ref> || [[code]] [Event "ICT 2006"] [Site "Leiden NED"] [Date "2006.05.07"] [Round "08"] [White "Hermann"] [Black "Argonaut"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Bc4 cxb2 5.Bxb2 Qe7 6.Nd2 Nc6 7.Ngf3 Nf6 8.O-O Na5 9.e5 Nh5 10.Bd3 Nf4 11.Be4 Nc6 12.Nb3 Qb4 13.Re1 Ne6 14.Qc2 Qb6 15.h3 Nb4 16.Qc4 a5 17.a3 Nc6 18.Qc2 a4 19.Nc1 Be7 20.Ne2 Qb3 21.Qd2 Nc5 22.Bf5 O-O 23.Nf4 g6 24.Nh5 1-0 [[code]] =See also= * [[Arminius]] * [[Neural Networks#engines|Chess Engines with Neural Networks]] * [[Various Classifications#GivenName|Given Name]] * [[Various Classifications#Legend|Legend]] =Forum Posts= * [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21628|Hermann 2.3 : 2432]] by [[Patrick Buchmann]], [[CCC]], June 05, 2008 * [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=25020|Hermann 2.4 : 2416]] by [[Patrick Buchmann]], [[CCC]], November 23, 2008 * [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=30112|Hermann 2.5 : 2471]] by [[Patrick Buchmann]], [[CCC]], October 12, 2009 * [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=316926&t=31545|Re: Chess program with Artificial Neural Networks (ANN)?]] by [[Volker Annuss]], [[CCC]], January 08, 2010 * [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=39407&start=32|Re: Programmers: what's the story behind the name of your engine]] by [[Volker Annuss]], [[CCC]], June 21, 2011 * [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=436342&t=41300|Re: Is there place for neural networks in chess engines?]] by [[Volker Annuss]], [[CCC]], December 04, 2011 * [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=54973|Hermann 1.6.28]] by [[Wolfgang Battig]], January 14, 2015 =External Links= ==Chess Engine== * [[http://www.nnuss.de/Hermann/|Hermann webpage]] * [[http://kirr.homeunix.org/chess/engines/Norbert%27s%20collection/Hermann%20%28Compilation%29/|Index of /chess/engines/Norbert's collection/Hermann (Compilation)]] by [[Norbert Raimund Leisner]], hosted by [[Kirill Kryukov]] * [[http://www.computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/404/cgi/engine_details.cgi?print=Details&eng=Hermann%202.8%2064-bit%202CPU#Hermann_2_8_64-bit_2CPU|Hermann 2.8 64-bit 2CPU]] in [[CCRL|CCRL 40/4]] ==Misc== * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann|Hermann (disambiguation page) from Wikipedia]] > [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman|Herman (disambiguation page) from Wikipedia]] * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_the_German|Hermann the German from Wikipedia]] > [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermannus_Alemannus|Hermannus Alemannus from Wikipedia]] * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arminius|Arminius (Hermann der Cherusker) from Wikipedia]] * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherusci|Cherusci from Wikipedia]] * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Teutoburg_Forest|Battle of the Teutoburg Forest from Wikipedia]] > [[http://www.voluspa.org/teutoburgmain.htm|Völuspá - Norse and Germanic Lore site with Old Norse / English translations of the Poetic Edda and Prose Edda | Battle of Teutoburg Forest]] > [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_von_Kleist|Heinrich von Kleist]] (1777–1811), [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Hermannsschlacht_%28Kleist%29|Die Hermannsschlacht]] (1808) * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Gottlieb_Klopstock|Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock]] (1724-1803), [[http://www.literaturwelt.com/werke/klopstock/hermann.html|Hermann und Thusnelda]] from [[http://www.literaturwelt.com/|literaturwelt.com - Deutsche Literaturgeschichte]] (German) <ref>[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thusnelda|Thusnelda from Wikipedia]]</ref> > [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Schubert|Franz Schubert]] (1797–1828), [[http://www.klassika.info/Komponisten/Schubert/Lied/D_322/index.html|Opus D 322 Hermann und Thusnelda, 1815]] from [[http://www.klassika.info/index.html|Klassika]] (German) > [[Ingo Althöfer]], [[http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/20766/hermann-und-thusnelda-verprugeln-die-romer|Hermann und Thusnelda verprügeln die Römer]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract_strategy_game|abstract board game]], [[http://boardgamegeek.com/|BoardGameGeek]] * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romantic_nationalism|Romantic nationalism from Wikipedia]] * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_nationalism|German nationalism from Wikipedia]] * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermannsdenkmal|Hermannsdenkmal from Wikipedia]] * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Heights_Monument|Hermann Heights Monument from Wikipedia]] * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sons_of_Hermann|Sons of Hermann from Wikipedia]] * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_AVA|Hermann AVA from Wikipedia]] * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann,_Missouri|Hermann, Missouri from Wikipedia]] * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Bodenplatte|Operation Bodenplatte (Operation Hermann) from Wikipedia]] * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SC1000_bomb|SC1000 bomb from Wikipedia]] =References= <references /> =What links here?= [[include page="Hermann" component="backlinks" limit="40" ]] **[[Engines|Up one Level]]**