Hans Berliner
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Hans Jack Berliner |
| Born | January 27, 1929 Berlin, Germany |
| Died | January 13, 2017 (aged 87) Riviera Beach, Florida, U.S. |
| Chess career | |
| Country | United States Germany |
| Title | ICCF Grandmaster (1968) |
| ICCF World Champion | 1965–1968 |
| ICCF rating | 2726 (October 2003) |
| ICCF peak rating | 2763 (July 1992) |
Professor Hans Berliner | |
|---|---|
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Carnegie Mellon (1974) |
| Thesis | "Chess as Problem Solving: The Development of a Tactics Analyzer" |
| Doctoral advisor | Allen Newell |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Computer science |
| Institutions | Carnegie Mellon |
| Notable works | HiTech |
Hans Jack Berliner (January 27, 1929 – January 13, 2017) was an American chess player, and was the World Correspondence Chess Champion, from 1965–1968. He was a Grandmaster of Correspondence Chess. Berliner was a Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. He directed the construction of the chess computer HiTech, and was also a published chess writer.