Frederic Friedel

Frederic Alois Friedel, born in 1945, studied Philosophy and Linguistics at the University of Hamburg and in Oxford, graduating with a thesis on speech act theory and moral language. He started a university career but switched to science journalism, producing documentaries for German TV. He also joined the American sceptical society CSICOP (now the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry).[1] In 1985 he met Garry Kasparov and soon after that co-founded the chess database company ChessBase.[2]

Frederic Friedel, 2008

From 1983 to 2004 he edited the biggest computer chess magazine in the world, Computer-schach & Spiele, which recently became an online publication. Friedel served as an advisor to Kasparov during his matches with Deep Blue in 1996 and 1997.

References
  1. Chronicles, The Friedel (2020-12-13). "The art of skepticism". Medium. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  2. "Frederic Friedel: Meet the founder of the chess software company 'ChessBase'". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2021-11-24.


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