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Marcel van Kervinck

Post by flok » Fri May 29, 2020 4:11 pm

Hi,

May 25, 2020 Marcel van Kervinck passed away.
Marcel was the developer of Rookie, MSCP and Floyd. From December 2012 until November 2014, he was a member of the board of the CSVN (Dutch computer chess association).
There will be a virtual funeral this saturday. Please send me an e-mail if you would like to attend mail@vanheusden.com
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Re: Marcel van Kervinck

Post by tmokonen » Fri May 29, 2020 4:44 pm

RIP Marcel. MSCP was a fun program to study when I first started my journey into chess programming.
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Re: Marcel van Kervinck

Post by Dr.Wael Deeb » Fri May 29, 2020 5:23 pm

May his soul rest in peace ....

Respect ....

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Re: Marcel van Kervinck

Post by Gian-Carlo Pascutto » Fri May 29, 2020 8:56 pm

Too young :(
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Re: Marcel van Kervinck

Post by supersharp77 » Fri May 29, 2020 9:06 pm

flok wrote: ↑
Fri May 29, 2020 4:11 pm
 Hi,

May 25, 2020 Marcel van Kervinck passed away.
Marcel was the developer of Rookie, MSCP and Floyd. From December 2012 until November 2014, he was a member of the board of the CSVN (Dutch computer chess association).
There will be a virtual funeral this saturday. Please send me an e-mail if you would like to attend mail@vanheusden.com
MSCP is a personal favorite of mine and also had a lot of fun testing his Floyd engines....RIP 8-) :cry:
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Re: Marcel van Kervinck

Post by Dann Corbit » Fri May 29, 2020 9:40 pm

Very sad to hear of this.
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Re: Marcel van Kervinck

Post by Graham Banks » Fri May 29, 2020 10:11 pm

Sad to hear this. :cry:

I hope that you'll pass on the condolences of the computer chess community, and let his loved ones know that he provided a lot of people with a lot of enjoyment.
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Re: Marcel van Kervinck

Post by mehmet123 » Fri May 29, 2020 11:40 pm

Very Sad News. Especially very sad news to hear a death news of a 48 years old talented man.
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Re: Marcel van Kervinck

Post by Daniel Shawul » Sat May 30, 2020 12:01 am

Seeing the title, I was expecting to read about new version of his engine not a funeral :(
May he rest in peace!!
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Re: Marcel van Kervinck

Post by Jamal Bubker » Sat May 30, 2020 1:08 am

Very sad to hear this ...
Rest in Peace Marcel
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