About Stefan Meyer-Kahlen
Born 1968. Stefan Meyer-Kahlen is a German programmer and computer scientist.
Stefan Meyer-Kahlen (born 1968, in Düsseldorf) is a German programmer of the computer chess programs Shredder and the entire Zappa series. , his program has won 18 titles as World Computer Chess Champion; four of these titles were blitz championships, and one was a Chess960 championship. He also invented the Universal Chess Interface, a chess engine protocol.
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Who is Stefan Meyer-Kahlen?
German computer chess programmer
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Stefan Meyer-Kahlen was born in 1968 in Düsseldorf.
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Stefan Meyer-Kahlen is a programmer and computer scientist.
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Stefan Meyer-Kahlen is German.
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