Mathias Feist is one of the ChessBase and Fritz programmers. He was hired by the company at the end of the 80s to port the ChessBase program from Atari ST to DOS. He soon became an expert in the area of chess engines and connecting them with the ChessBase and Fritz interfaces. Mathias is single, lives in the north German town of Tostedt and loves music, DVD movies, good food and excellent brandy.