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		Martin Fierz , a Swiss physicist, chess player [1] , chess and checkers programmer. Martin is research scientist at the University of Applied Sciences in Windisch [2] , Switzerland , and CEO of naneos particle solutions , developing and building nanoparticle sensors [3] . 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 . Martin Fierz is author of the Chess Engine Communication Protocol and UCI compatible chess engine Muse [4] , the Checkers engine Cake [5] and the Checkers GUI CheckerBoard [6] .
Martin Fierz [7]

Photos

Murray Cash [8] and Martin Fierz, Las Vegas , 2002 [9]

Selected Publications

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• 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

• The Homepage of Martin Fierz
  Strategy Game Programming by Martin Fierz
  A brief history of computer checkers by 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

References

1. ^ Chess games of Martin Fierz from chessgames.com
2. ^ FHNW - Dr. Martin Fierz - Tätigkeiten und Funktion in Forschung, Dienstleitung und Lehre - Institut für Aerosol- und Sensortechnik - Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz (German)
3. ^ Martin Fierz - naneos particle solutions GmbH
4. ^ Martin's World, Programming - Muse
5. ^ Cake
6. ^ CheckerBoard
7. ^ Martin Fierz | LinkedIn
8. ^ Nemesis wins World Computer Checkers Championship by Murray Cash
9. ^ Nemesis wins World Computer Checkers Championship by Martin Fierz
10. ^ Martin's World, Physics - Publication

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