- June 2000: ChessBase Award 1999 for Ph.D. thesis,
recognizing the work as the biggest contribution to the field of
computer chess worldwide in 1999
- December 1999: Ph.D. thesis nominated for the
1999 Artificial Intelligence Dissertation Award sponsored by the
European Coordinating Committee for AI (ECCAI)
- September 1999: ICCA Journal Award 1999 for the best
contribution to the journal by a Ph.D. student during the period of
time from April 1998 to March 1999
- June 1999: author of chess program DARKTHOUGHT that
finished as Vice-Champion and best amateur overall in the 16th World
Microcomputer-Chess Championship
which took place as part of the 9th World Computer-Chess Championship
- June 1998: international Prof. Salvatore Award 1998
for the best work by a junior researcher in the field of ``Algorithms
for Selective Search''
- since 1994: author of chess program DARKTHOUGHT
that competed in six world championships and two AEGON Man vs. Machine
Tournaments during the years 1995-1999 (DARKTHOUGHT finished among
the 7 best out of an average of 30 participants in all four
World Microcomputer-Chess Championships of this period)
- February 1993: FZI Prize for best Master's degree
and thesis in ``Informatik'' (CS) at the University of Karlsruhe during
the year 1992 (the FZI = ``Forschungszentrum Informatik'' is a
well-known CS research center in Karlsruhe)
- July 1986: AMG Prize for best overall ``Abitur''
(A-Level) of the year 1986 at Albertus-Magnus Gymnasium (AMG)
- July 1986: AMG Prize of Chemical Industry for best
``Abitur'' (A-Level) in Natural Sciences of the year 1986 at Albertus-Magnus Gymnasium
(AMG)
Created by Ernst A. Heinz, Tue Jan 30 14:53:38 EST 2001