Helping Persons

01. Prof. Dr. Djordje Vidanovic (Serbia and Montenegro)
02. Hans Ericson (Sweden)
03. Michael Jesdinsky (Germany)

Languages (translation), *.lng

01. Bulgarian = Evgenii Manev (Bulgaria)
02. Catalan = by Harold Roig (Catalonia)
03. Czech = by Emil Vlasák (Czech)
04. Dutch = by Johan Havegheer (Belgium), in the past Mijke de Witt (The Netherlands)
05. English = by Martin Blume (Germany)
06. French = by Pascal Golay (Switzerland), in additional by Patrick Buchmann (Elsass)
07. German = by Martin Blume (Germany)
08. Hungarian = by Gábor Szõts (Hungary)
09. Italian = by Ivo Fasiori (Italy)
10. Lithuanian = by Romualdas Birmanas (Lithuania)
11. Norwegian = by Morten Skarstad (Norway)
12. Polish = by Grzegorz Sidorowicz (Poland)
13. Portuguese = by Dilso A. Borges (Brazil), in the past by Florenzio Queiroz (Brazil)
14. Romanian = by Mircea Hrubaru (Romania), in additional by Michael Diosi / Andrei Fortuna.
15. Russian = by Alex Sedykh (Russia)
16. Slovak = by Lubomir HRNCAR (Slovakia)
17. Spanish = by Agustín Gomila (Argentina), in the past by Federico Andrés Corigliano (Argentina)
18. Swedish = by Hans Ericson, in the past helps by Jean Peter Fendrich (Sweden)
19. Turkish = by Sedat Canbaz (Turkey)

Opening classifications (translation), ecocodes.txt

ecocodes.txt is developed by Christopher Conkie (Scotland)
ECO code EXCEL table is developed by Agustín Gomila (Argentina)

01. Catalan = by Harold Roig (Catalonia)
02. Dutch = by Johan Havegheer (The Netherlands)
03. English = Christopher Conkie (Scotland)
04. French = by Arnaud LOHEAC (France)
05. German = Christopher Conkie (Scotland)
06. Italian = Massimo Luise (Italy)
07. Portuguese = by Dilso A. Borges (Brazil)
08. Spanish = by Agustín Gomila (Argentina)
09. Swedish = by Hans Ericson (Sweden)
10. Lithuanian = by Romualdas Birmanas (Lithuania)

Opening books, *.abk

01. Alexander Schmidt (Germany)
02. Andreas Runge (Germany)
03. Carlos Pesce (Argentina)
04. Chris Tatham (England)
05. Dann Corbit (USA)
06. David Dahlem (USA)
07. Denis Grafen, Engine Books -format by engine programmers- (Germany)
08. Prof. Dr. Djordje Vidanovic (Serbia and Montenegro)
09. Frank Quisinsky (Germany)
10. Gabriel LEPERLIER (France)
11. Harry Schnapp, Arena Mainbook (Germany)
12. Harry Schnapp, Arena Little Mainbook (Germany)
13. Michael Jesdinsky (Germany)
14. Michael Scheidl (Austria)
15. Norman Mielke (Germany)
16. Salvatore Spitaleri (Italy)
17. Sedat Canbaz (Turkey)

GM database for random tournaments:
by Olivier DEVILLE (France)
by Frank Quisinsky (Germany)

CC-Calendar, database of older official computer chess tournaments:
by Pierre BOURGET (France)
by Frank Quisinsky (Germany)

Move Announcements / intros:

01. English = by Jörg Borchardt (Germany)
02. German = by Jörg Borchardt (Germany)
03. Russian = by Alex Sedykh (Russia)
04. Spanish = by Federico Andrés Corigliano (Argentina)
05. English female = by Dave Dahlem (USA)
06. French = by David Lièvre (Switzerland)

06. Intros by = by Jörg Borchardt (Germany)
07. Intros by = by Jonas Bylund (Denmark)

Help files

01. Russian = by Alex Sedykh (Russia)
02. Spanish = by Agustín Gomila (Argentina)
03. Swedish = by Hans Ericson (Sweden)

Engine configuration, engines.ini
by Pedro Beltran (Mexiko)

Graphics for Arena GUI and webpage:
by Wilhelm Hudetz (Austria)

Partner engines:

01. UCI SOS for Arena by Rudolf Huber, Main ENGINE (Germany)
02. UCI AnMon by Christian BARRETEAU (France)
03. UCI Dragon by Bruno LUCAS (France)
04. UCI / WB Nejmet by Jean-Christophe GABILLARD (France)
05. UCI / WB Ruffian by Per-Ola Valfridsson (Sweden)
06. UCI / WB Hermann by Volker Annuss (Germany)
07. UCI / WB Spike by Volker Böhm & Ralf Schäfer (Germany)

01. Chess960 Chispa by Federico Andrés Corigliano (Argentina)
02. Chess960 Betsy by Landan W. Rabern (USA)
03. Chess960 Hermann by Volker Annuss (Germany)
04. Chess960 Frenzee by Sune Fischer (Denmark)
05. Chess960 Aice by Anastasios Milikas (Greece)

01. UCI / WB Patzer by Roland Pfister (Germany, gave the permission to use Patzer).
02. WB Patriot Light by Vladimir Yelin (Belarus, game the permission to use Patriot).
03. UCI / WB Pharaon by Franck ZIBI (France, gave the permission to use Pharaon).
04. WB Delfi by Dr. Fabio Cavicchio (Italy, gave the permission to use Delfi).

Thanks to:
01. Tim Mann (USA, WinBoard protocol)
02. Stefan Meyer-Kahlen and Rudolf Huber (Germany, UCI protocol)

Interviews:

01. Martin Blume (Gemrany, Arena)
02. Prof. Dr. Robert Hyatt (USA, Crafty)
03. Tim Mann (USA, WinBoard)
04. Perola Valfridsson (Sweden, Ruffian)
05. Hans-Walter Schmitt (Germany)
06. Stefan Meyer-Kahlen (Germany, Shredder)
07. Steen Suurballe (Denmark, Gandalf)
08. Jon Dart (USA, Arasan)
09. Jonathan Kreuzer (USA, SlowChess)
10. Maciej Pestka (Poland, Matazc)
11. Aleksandar Naumov (Canada, Naum)
12. Rahman Paidar (Iran, Ktulu)
13. Volker Böhm & Ralf Schäfer (Germany, Spike)

Additional files, plugins, programs:

Axon Bench
by Vladan Vuckovic (Serbia and Montenegro)
by Prof. Dr. Djordje Vidanovic (Serbia and Montenegro)

ELOstat
by Dr. Frank Schubert (Germany)

Telnet Suite
by Francois Piette (Belgium)

Nalimov endgame databases (tablebases)
by Eugene Nalimov (USA)
by Andrew Kadatsch (USA)

DGT *.dll file / dirver (for DGT clock XP)
by Hermen Reitsma (The Netherlands, DGT projects)

Swiss tourney manager / UCI filter
by Volker Annuss (Germany)

Setup program:
We used Inno Setup 5.08 by Jordan Russell for Arena setup files.
Inno Setup

Partner websites:

01. Schach Niggemann (dealer for books, chess computers, programs and much more)
02. DGT projects (electronic chess board and clock)
03. UCI engines by Alexander Schmidt (information about UCI enginees)
04. Smirf by Reinhard Scharnagl (information about Fischer Random Chess)
05. Chesstigers (information about Fischer Random Chess, Chess960 WM Mainz)
06. ChessAcademy by Witali Braslawski (learn chess with Chess Academy, database and playing program).
07. EXACTACHESS by Christopher Conkie & Michael Diosi