Enrique Irazoqui, Dead

[Fernando]

Just yesterday I knew that my spanish friend, Enrique Irazoqui, a very known personaliity of the chess computer community, died in september 2020. I do not know the causes. He was 76 years old.

Many of you, the younger, probably know nothing about him. He was a very culltivated person and an actor, the one that represented Jesus in the famous Passolini movie, Chess lover, he became in time one of the most knowledgeable people about chess computers,being part of many activities in that field. He wrote lot of things in today vanished Computer Chess Reports and in any way he made felt his rich personality in this tiny chess world.

Farewell, Enrique

Fern

[Harvey Williamson]

Just yesterday I knew that my spanish friend, Enrique Irazoqui, a very known personaliity of the chess computer community, died in september 2020. I do not know the causes. He was 76 years old.

Many of you, the younger, probably know nothing about him. He was a very culltivated person and an actor, the one that represented Jesus in the famous Passolini movie, Chess lover, he became in time one of the most knowledgeable people about chess computers,being part of many activities in that field. He wrote lot of things in today vanished Computer Chess Reports and in any way he made felt his rich personality in this tiny chess world.

Farewell, Enrique

Fern

Very sad news, Fern, I used to chat with him a lot.

I found this obituary https://www.archyde.com/death-of-enriqu ... -pasolini/

[mclane]

Its sad when people die, Fernando.
Wasnt enrique the guy who worked with rathsmann and hirsch concerning big book ?!

[Fluppio]

Wasnt enrique the guy who worked with rathsmann and hirsch concerning big book ?!

https://www.chessprogramming.org/Sandro_Necchi


https://www.chessprogramming.org/Enrique_Irazoqui

I knew him mostly for his Cadaques tournaments in the CSS.

[mclane]

Ah yes, mixed this up.

[dedicate computers]

Just yesterday I knew that my spanish friend, Enrique Irazoqui, a very known personaliity of the chess computer community, died in september 2020. I do not know the causes. He was 76 years old.

Many of you, the younger, probably know nothing about him. He was a very culltivated person and an actor, the one that represented Jesus in the famous Passolini movie, Chess lover, he became in time one of the most knowledgeable people about chess computers,being part of many activities in that field. He wrote lot of things in today vanished Computer Chess Reports and in any way he made felt his rich personality in this tiny chess world.

Hi Fernando,
I believe that he was a supervisor for some time in the chessbase engine room, I had contact with him.
Regards
Oswald

[Fernando]

Just yesterday I knew that my spanish friend, Enrique Irazoqui, a very known personaliity of the chess computer community, died in september 2020. I do not know the causes. He was 76 years old.

Many of you, the younger, probably know nothing about him. He was a very culltivated person and an actor, the one that represented Jesus in the famous Passolini movie, Chess lover, he became in time one of the most knowledgeable people about chess computers,being part of many activities in that field. He wrote lot of things in today vanished Computer Chess Reports and in any way he made felt his rich personality in this tiny chess world.

Hi Fernando,
I believe that he was a supervisor for some time in the chessbase engine room, I had contact with him.
Regards
Oswald

Maybe. He was engaged in lot of things, But I do not know thje details.
Probably Steven Blincoe knows morte or even Steve Schwartz, the firs owner of ICD chess and in usual contact with enrique

Searching the filkes regards
Fern

[Steve B]

Maybe. He was engaged in lot of things, But I do not know thje details.
Probably Steven Blincoe knows morte or even Steve Schwartz, the firs owner of ICD chess and in usual contact with enrique

He was a moderator on the CTF for some years around the same time i was a mod on the CCC
We had a good correspondence for a few years and then it faded away
one of his first reviews of a chess computer for the CCR was for a Scisys Mark V ...he knew i was a collector and he asked me if i could get him one which i did

i found him to be a very interesting and intelligent person
Everyone is slowing fading away

Soon the Bell Will Toll For Us My Friend regards
Steve

[Fernando]

Just played a game againts that machine in honor of Enrrique. I gave 40 seconds per move to the thing and I beated it almost without thinking. It is very weak....

Fern