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an Israeli mathematician, chess and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correspondence_chess correspondence chess] player, and computer chess programmer.
Uri Blass received his Ph.D. in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discrete_mathematics discrete mathematics] at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tel_Aviv_University Tel Aviv University] in 2002 on the topic of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamming_bound Hamming bounds] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coding_theory coding theory] under advisor [[Mathematician#SLitsyn|Simon Litsyn]] <ref>[https://www.eng.tau.ac.il/~litsyn/taucv08.pdf Simon Litsyn, Ph.D CV] (pdf)</ref>.
Along with [[Aviezri Fraenkel]], he worked on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combinatorial_game_theory combinatorial game theory], publishing on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wythoff%27s_game Wythoff's game] and the game of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nim Nim]. In 2011, Uri Blass was awarded with the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Correspondence_Chess_Grandmaster International Correspondence Chess Grand Master] title by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Correspondence_Chess_Federation ICCF] <ref>[https://www.iccf.com/PlayerDetails.aspx?id=270233 ICCF Player Details - Uri Blass]</ref>.
As active poster in [[Computer Chess Forums]], Uri asked first questions on how to develop a chess program in the late 90s <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=16921 how to develop a chess program?] by [[Uri Blass]], [[CCC]], April 14, 1998</ref>, and became an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autodidacticism autodidact] chess programmer, to release his chess engine [[Movei]] in 2002 <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=229271 my program movei is released] by [[Uri Blass]], [[CCC]], May 12, 2002</ref>.
More recently, Uri Blass contributed to the [[Stockfish]] development <ref>[https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/issues/1380 Stockfish: call for contributor's full name :-) · Issue #1380 · official-stockfish/Stockfish · GitHub]</ref>.
