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'''Arno Nickel''' (born February 15, 1952) is a [[Germany|German]] [[correspondence chess]] [[International Grandmaster|Grandmaster]] and a well-known German chess publisher. With an Elo of 2632 his ranking in the January 2015 ICCF rating list is No. 13 in the World. He lives in Berlin, which is also where his publishing company [[Edition Marco]] is located. Since 1983 he has edited the German "[[Schach-Kalender]]", a pocket-calendar with about 1200 biographical player entries and other things, 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, such as [[Robert Hübner]]'s "Twenty-five Annotated Games".


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


==Biography==
Since 2005 Nickel has been promoting [[Advanced Chess|Freestyle Chess]], a new kind of online chess competition with computer-assisted play where almost anything is allowed, including help from other players. He was a co-organizer of the series of [[PAL/CSS Freestyle Tournaments]] in 2006–2008, where teams of grandmasters competed against correspondence chess and computer chess specialists as well as amateurs armed with computer chess engines. An unassisted human or 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).


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>
In 2006 Nickel started his first 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 exhibition matches.<ref>[http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1426491&view=1]</ref>


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 in the 21<sup>st</sup> World Championship Final. However, van Oosterom won the Final and became the Correspondence Chess World Champion for the 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.
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. In 2014 Infinity Chess organized a "Freestyle Battle", donating USD 20,000 to the prize fund. This was the most contested Freestyle Chess tournament in history,{{whom?|date=April 2015}} and was a round robin tournament with 30 of the strongest players in this kind of chess.<ref>[http://www.infinitychess.com/Web/Page/Public/Article/DefaultArticle.aspx?id=144 Infinity Chess Freestyle Battle 2014]</ref>. In 2015 Infinity Chess held a "Team Cup" in computer chess with a prize fund of EUR 24,000.


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).
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On February 16, 2009 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.


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.
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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</ref>


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>
Nickel has published various articles on computer chess, correspondence chess and chess history. His latest series in the German magazine [[Schach (magazine)|Schach]] in 2014 discussed the problem of increasing draw rates in correspondence chess due to assistance from powerful computer hardware and software (so-called 'chess engines'). He highly recommends the adoption of the old idea from [[Emanuel Lasker]], as also promoted by [[Richard Réti]], to change the [[draw (chess)]] rules by counting [[stalemate]] as 3/4 point for the player who stalemates the opponent, i.e. a 'stalemate win'. Accordingly a loss by stalemate would be a 1/4 point. Nickel argues that this rule refers to ancient traditions in chess and would bring back creativity and complexity to the game in the era of computers. He proposes to call it [[Lasker Chess]] in contrast to [[Fischer Chess]] and [[Capablanca Chess]].{{citation needed|date=April 2015}}

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

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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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Latest revision as of 23:21, 15 November 2023

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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