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Alexander (Alex) van Tiggelen, (July 18, 1953 - September 19, 2001^[1][2])
was a Dutch computer scientist, computer chess programmer and self-employed consultant. He was author ofTRS-80 chess programSchaak written inZ80assembly, which played theDOCCC 1985,DOCCC 1986 andDOCCC 1987. In the early 90s, for the purpose of theAutomatically Learning Expert SystemAlexs, he was affiliated as an individual research worker to theUniversity of Limburg in Maastricht, where he worked withJaap van den Herik, and published onLearning andAutomated Tuning in computer chess. Alexs played chess at theDOCCC 1996 andDOCCC 1998 respectively, and a time-served version was commercially available throughGambit-Soft^[3].

Selected Publications

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• Alex van Tiggelen,Jaap van den Herik (1991).ALEXS: An Optimization Approach for the Endgame KNNKP(h).Advances in Computer Chess 6
• Alex van Tiggelen (1991).Neural Networks as a Guide to Optimization - The Chess Middle Game Explored.ICCA Journal, Vol. 14, No. 3

External Links

• Inhoud Computerschaak (August 1998, February 1999, Dutch)

References

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