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{{short description|German chess player}}
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'''Arno Nickel''' (born February 15, 1952) is a [[Germany|German]] [[correspondence chess]] [[International Grandmaster|Grandmaster]].


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'''Arno Nickel''' (born February 15, 1952) is a German [[correspondence chess]] [[International Grandmaster|Grandmaster]] and a well-known German chess publisher.
Arno Nickel currently (2006) lives in Berlin and writes and publishes chess books through his well-known [[Edition Marco]]. Since 1983 he has been editing the German "[[Schach-Kalender]]", a pocket-calendar with about 500 biographical player entries each year and a lot of information, stories, anecdotes, statistics, pictures and other things each year. From 1991 until 1994 he edited the "Schach-Journal" together with [[Alexander Koblencs]], former trainer of [[Mikhail Tal]]. In 1996 he published [[Robert Hübner]]'s famous book "Twenty-five Annotated Games". Nickel has also advanced his correspondence and freestyle chess knowledge.


==Biography==
In a correspondence match lasting many months, he won two games and [[draw (chess)|drew]] a third against [[Hydra (chess)|Hydra]], the most powerful chess supercomputer in the world at that time (2005). Nickel, who achieved his grandmaster title in the era before GM-level chess computers, was allowed to use weaker personal computer chess engines to help him decide on his moves in this match. Hydra also received limited assistance from human chess experts and programmers, especially in choosing its [[chess opening|opening]] book moves. T


Arno lives in [[Berlin]], which is also where his publishing company Edition Marco is located.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://buchfindr.de/verlage/edition-marco/ |title=Edition Marco: Alle Bücher und Publikation des Verlages}}</ref>
Since 2005 Nickel has been promoting [[Advanced Chess|Freestyle Chess]], a new kind of online chess competition with computer-assisted play, where anything is allowed, also help from other players. He is a co-organizer of the series of [[PAL/CSS Freestyle Tournaments]] in 2006, where teams of classic chess masters and grandmasters compete against correspondence chess and computer chess specialists as well as amateurs armed with computer chess engines. An unassisted human or unassisted computer playing alone has never won one of these events; the top prizes have always gone to human/computer teams (often with multiple humans and multiple computers on each team).


Since 1983 he has edited the German ''Schach-Kalender'', as well as the "Schach-Journal" together with Alexander Koblencs, former trainer of Mikhail Tal, from 1991 to 1994. He has published numerous books on chess, usually in German language with the exception of Robert Hübner's "Twenty-five Annotated Games" (1996).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.buchhandel.de/buch/Twenty-five-Annotated-Games-9783924833220 |title=Buchhandel.de}}</ref>
In March 2007 Arno Nickel beat [[International Correspondence Chess Federation|ICCF]] World Champion [[Joop van Oosterom]] in their correspondence game from 21st WC Final. Nevertheless van Oosterom won the Final and became World Correspondence Champion for a second time. Nickel finished fifth out of 15 finalists.


Since 2005 Nickel has been promoting Freestyle Chess ([[Advanced chess]], created by GM [[Garry Kasparov]]), a new kind of online chess competition with computer-assisted play where almost anything is allowed, including help from other players.
On August 28, 2006 Nickel began to play an online [[correspondence chess]] game against the world, i.e. the combined efforts of the users of [[ChessGames.com]]. Nickel [[resign (chess)|resigned]] this game on January 11, 2007 after White's 41st move. A rematch started on August 25, 2008, which ended in a draw on February 25, 2009. About 1500 users participated in each of these rather exciting exhibition matches. [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1426491&view=1].


In a correspondence match lasting many months, he won two games and drew a third against [[Hydra (chess)|Hydra]], the most powerful chess supercomputer in the world at that time (2005).
On February 16, 2009 Arno Nickel won the Simon Webb Memorial, a category 15 correspondence chess event with 13 grandmasters. In the ICCF Champions League top group A, season 2007-2009, he achieved the best result on board 1. With an Elo of 2641 his ranking in the ICCF rating list 4/2010 is No. 28 of the World.

Since 2008 Nickel has promoted the ''Infinity Chess'' project, which is located in [[Abu Dhabi]]. Amongst other projects Infinity Chess has dedicated itself to Freestyle chess, supporting four play modes: human, engine, centaur (human + engine) and correspondence chess.

On February 16, 2009 Nickel won the ''Simon Webb Memorial'', a category 15 correspondence chess event with 13 grandmasters.<ref>[https://www.iccf.com/EventCrossTable.aspx?id=10699 Simon Webb Memorial]</ref>

In the ICCF Champions League top group A, season 2007–2009, he achieved the best result on board 1.

In 2011 Nickel won the gold medal with the German Olympic team in the Final of the ''17th ICCF Correspondence Chess Olympiad''. He scored 8/12 and achieved the best result on board 3.<ref>[http://www.iccf-webchess.com/EventCrossTable.aspx?id=19152 17th ICCF Correspondence Chess Olympiad]</ref> 2016 he achieved his second olympic gold at board 4,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.iccf.com/event?id=32209 |title=Cross Table}}</ref> and 2019 his third gold medal with the best performance at board 2.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.iccf.com/event?id=60556 |title=Cross Table}}</ref>

With an Elo of 2626 his ranking in the January 2020 ICCF rating list is No. 9 in the World.<ref>[https://www.iccf.com/RatingList.aspx ICCF Ratings]</ref>

Nickel has published various articles on computer chess, correspondence chess and chess history.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/correspondence-chess-the-draw-problem |title=Correspondence Chess – the draw problem |date=2015-06-20 |website=Chess News |language=en-US |access-date=2016-04-06}}</ref>
2018 he published in German his detailed research on the beginnings of organised chess in Berlin around 1800-1830s, featuring [[Julius Mendheim]], who is considered the best player in Berlin and probably Germany at his time; "Julius Mendheim. Auf den Spuren eines genialen Schachmeisters des frühen 19. Jahrhunderts".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.buchhandel.de/buch/Julius-Mendheim-9783924833763 |title=Buchhandel.de}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Advanced Chess]]
*[[Advanced Chess]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
* {{FIDE}}
*{{fide|id=4623703|name=Arno Nickel}}
*[http://amici.iccf.com/issues/issue_05/issue_05_nickel_hydra.html Arno Nickel comments and analyses two games played against Hydra]
* [http://amici.iccf.com/issues/issue_05/issue_05_nickel_hydra.html Arno Nickel comments and analyses two games played against Hydra]
*[http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1339073 Hydra vs Arno Nickel]
* [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1339073 Hydra vs Arno Nickel]
*[http://correspondencechess.com/campbell/ham/ham.htm USCF Senior Master Stephen Ham vs. two chess programs]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051229212221/http://www.correspondencechess.com/campbell/ham/ham.htm USCF Senior Master Stephen Ham vs. two chess programs]
* {{Chessgames.com player|93905}}
*[http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=93905 Chess games of Arno Nickel including his games with Hydra]
* {{ICCF}}


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Arno Nickel

Arno Nickel (born February 15, 1952) is a German correspondence chess Grandmaster and a well-known German chess publisher.

Biography[edit]

Arno lives in Berlin, which is also where his publishing company Edition Marco is located.[1]

Since 1983 he has edited the German Schach-Kalender, as well as the "Schach-Journal" together with Alexander Koblencs, former trainer of Mikhail Tal, from 1991 to 1994. He has published numerous books on chess, usually in German language with the exception of Robert Hübner's "Twenty-five Annotated Games" (1996).[2]

Since 2005 Nickel has been promoting Freestyle Chess (Advanced chess, created by GM Garry Kasparov), a new kind of online chess competition with computer-assisted play where almost anything is allowed, including help from other players.

In a correspondence match lasting many months, he won two games and drew a third against Hydra, the most powerful chess supercomputer in the world at that time (2005).

Since 2008 Nickel has promoted the Infinity Chess project, which is located in Abu Dhabi. Amongst other projects Infinity Chess has dedicated itself to Freestyle chess, supporting four play modes: human, engine, centaur (human + engine) and correspondence chess.

On February 16, 2009 Nickel won the Simon Webb Memorial, a category 15 correspondence chess event with 13 grandmasters.[3]

In the ICCF Champions League top group A, season 2007–2009, he achieved the best result on board 1.

In 2011 Nickel won the gold medal with the German Olympic team in the Final of the 17th ICCF Correspondence Chess Olympiad. He scored 8/12 and achieved the best result on board 3.[4] 2016 he achieved his second olympic gold at board 4,[5] and 2019 his third gold medal with the best performance at board 2.[6]

With an Elo of 2626 his ranking in the January 2020 ICCF rating list is No. 9 in the World.[7]

Nickel has published various articles on computer chess, correspondence chess and chess history.[8] 2018 he published in German his detailed research on the beginnings of organised chess in Berlin around 1800-1830s, featuring Julius Mendheim, who is considered the best player in Berlin and probably Germany at his time; "Julius Mendheim. Auf den Spuren eines genialen Schachmeisters des frühen 19. Jahrhunderts".[9]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Edition Marco: Alle Bücher und Publikation des Verlages".
  2. ^ "Buchhandel.de".
  3. ^ Simon Webb Memorial
  4. ^ 17th ICCF Correspondence Chess Olympiad
  5. ^ "Cross Table".
  6. ^ "Cross Table".
  7. ^ ICCF Ratings
  8. ^ "Correspondence Chess – the draw problem". Chess News. 2015-06-20. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
  9. ^ "Buchhandel.de".

External links[edit]

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