Christian Donninger
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Christian Donninger, also known as "Chrilly", is the main programmer of the chess computer Hydra
, which is one of the strongest chess computer in the world. Donninger, from Austria
, has a Ph.D. in Mathematical Statistics
, and specializes in FPGA programming.
He was the author of earlier chess engines Brutus and Nimzo.
Hydra (chess)
Hydra was a chess machine, designed by a team with Dr. Christian "Chrilly" Donninger, Dr. Ulf Lorenz, GM Christopher Lutz and Muhammad Nasir Ali. Since 2006 the development team consised only of Donninger and Lutz. Hydra was under the patronage of the PAL Group and Sheikh Tahnoon Bin Zayed Al...
, which is one of the strongest chess computer in the world. Donninger, from Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
, has a Ph.D. in Mathematical Statistics
Mathematical statistics
Mathematical statistics is the study of statistics from a mathematical standpoint, using probability theory as well as other branches of mathematics such as linear algebra and analysis...
, and specializes in FPGA programming.
He was the author of earlier chess engines Brutus and Nimzo.