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Walter Shawn Browne, born in Sydney, Australia on Jan 10, 1949, is a six-time U.S. chess champion (1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1981, and 1983). He became a Grandmaster in 1970 while representing Australia (he was born in Australia and raise...
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Chess computer program written at Northwestern University by David Slate and Larry Atkin. In February 1977, it won the Minnesota Open Championship. In August 1977, it won the second World Championship. In September 1977, it achie...
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Frank Ross Anderson (1928-1980) was a three-time Canadian Champion (1953, 1955, 1958) from Toronto and International Master (1954). In 1948 he won the U.S. Junior Championship. In 1954 and 1958 he won the gold medal on 2nd ...
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Chantal Chaude de Silans (1919-2004) was a French chess player and countess. In 1934, at the age of 15, she won the ladies championship of France. In 1949-50, she was a Women’s World Championship Challenger. In 1950, she wa...
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In 1980, BELLE won the World Computer Chess Championship in Linz, running on a PDP 11/23. In 1981, BELLE won the 12th annual North American Computer Championship. Ken Thompson and Joe Condon, both of Bell Labs, created BELLE. In ...
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Sergey Kudrin, born September 7, 1959, is a Grandmaster (1984) who has won the National Open 7 times, the New York Open twice, and the North American Open twice. He has a B.A. in computer science and an M.B.A. in finance. Kudrin grew u...
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Joel Lawrence Benjamin, born March 11, 1964, was the winner of the National Elementary (1976), Junior High School (1978), and High School Championships (1980-81), U.S. Junior Championship (1980, 1982), U.S. Open Championship (1985), and U.S....
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Ratmir Dmitrievich Kholmov (1925-2006), was a Soviet Grandmaster (1960) and Lithuanian champion 10 times. He was once suspended for a year from tournament play because of conduct unbecoming a chess master (excessive drinking). His nick...
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A chess engine is a computer program which is capable of playing a game of chess. Chess engines do not usually have a GUI (Graphical User Interface) and are designed to be used with a separate GUI. Commercial chess programs normally ha...
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Play which responds to an opponents threats, rather than furthering one's own plans. Compare to active play.
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