What is Hans Berliner?
'''Hans Jack Berliner''' (January 27, 1929 &ndash; January 13, 2017) was a German-born American computer scientist and chess player. He was born in [[Berlin]] and of [[Jewish]] descent.<ref>[https://www.cs.cmu.edu/link/iconoclast www.cs.cmu]</ref> He was Professor of Computer Science at [[Carnegie Mellon University]], was a former World [[Correspondence Chess]] Champion, from 1965–68. He was a [[International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster|Grandmaster of Correspondence Chess]] and an [[International Master]] for [[List of chess terms#Over-the-board (OTB)|over-the-board]] chess. He directed the construction of the chess computer [[HiTech]], and was also a published chess writer. Berliner died on January 13, 2017 in [[Riviera Beach, Florida|Riviera Beach]], [[Florida]] at the age of 87.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/16/business/hans-berliner-master-chess-player-and-programmer-dies-at-87.html?partner=IFTTT&_r=0|title=Hans Berliner, Master Chess Player and Computer Programmer, Dies At 87|publisher=[[New York Times]]|access-date=January 17, 2017}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/oral-history/hans_berliner.oral_history.2005.102630824/berliner.oral_history_transcript.2005.103630824.pdf Oral History of Hans Berliner] {{DEFAULTSORT:Berliner, Hans}} [[Category:1929 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:American chess players]] [[Category:American computer scientists]] [[Category:German Jews]] [[Category:Jewish American academics]] [[Category:Jewish American sportspeople]] [[Category:Naturalized citizens of the United States]] [[Category:Refugees from Nazism]] [[Category:Scientists from Berlin]] {{US-bio-stub}}