After FRIAM, I remembered the name of the USC Chess Player: Albert Zobrist. He invented Zobrist hashing (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zobrist_hashing <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zobrist_hashing>) which is fundamental to all chess playing programs. He created the first go program too (https://chessprogramming.wikispaces.com/Albert+Zobrist <https://chessprogramming.wikispaces.com/Albert+Zobrist>).
I remember now that it was during one of the fast chess sessions outside our offices that I first learned about hashing. I couldn’t find anything on his early days, probably late 50’s, as a chess prodigy. Ed _______________________ Ed Angel Founding Director, Art, Research, Technology and Science Laboratory (ARTS Lab) Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of New Mexico 1017 Sierra Pinon Santa Fe, NM 87501 505-984-0136 (home) an...@cs.unm.edu <mailto:an...@cs.unm.edu> 505-453-4944 (cell) http://www.cs.unm.edu/~angel <http://www.cs.unm.edu/~angel> > On Jun 1, 2018, at 3:50 PM, Frank Wimberly <wimber...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Nothing has appeared here for awhile as far as I know. > > This morning at "physical" Friam I mentioned that in 1967 a research > organization that I worked for hired a young guy as a "runner". He carried > boxes of cards and printer output between our offices and the University of > Pittsburgh computer center. In the meantime, he was a chess master and could > beat everyone in the office simultaneously while blindfolded. His father was > Cantor, apropos of nothing. Here is a link I found: > > https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1979/02/01/chess-player-wins-horse-on-first-trygame-player-lowers-odds/e8a02f9b-bf2f-4194-913e-b8e582908aff/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.4e7c416473b8 > > <https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1979/02/01/chess-player-wins-horse-on-first-trygame-player-lowers-odds/e8a02f9b-bf2f-4194-913e-b8e582908aff/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.4e7c416473b8> > > Frank > > ---- > Frank Wimberly > > www.amazon.com/author/frankwimberly > <http://www.amazon.com/author/frankwimberly> > > https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Frank_Wimberly2 > <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Frank_Wimberly2> > > Phone (505) 670-9918 > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove
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