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a British computer scientist and computer games researcher, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emeritus Emeritus] staff from the [[Queen Mary, University of London|Queen Mary and Westfield College]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London London], Department of Computer Science <ref>[http://www.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/staff/people2.php?t=emeritus School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science - Honorary, Retired and Visiting Staff]</ref>. Don Beal researched and published on various computer chess related topics, for instance [[Search Pathology|search pathology]], [[Null Move Pruning#NMQS|null move quiescence search]], [[Integrated Bounds and Values|integrated bounds and values]], [[Temporal Difference Learning|temporal difference learning]] and [[Retrograde Analysis|retrograde analysis]]. Selected publications were summarized in his Ph.D. thesis ''The Nature of MINIMAX Search'' <ref>[[Don Beal]] ('''1999'''). ''The Nature of MINIMAX Search''. Ph.D. thesis</ref> , he was author and co-author of several chess programs competing at various [[Tournamentsand Matches|CC Tournaments]], and was long time board member of the [[ICCA]] as Secretary-Treasurer <ref>[[Jaap van den Herik]] ('''2000'''). ''[http://ilk.uvt.nl/icga/journal/contents/content23-4.htm#FROM%20COGNITION From Cognition to Perception]''. [[ICGA Journal#23_4|ICGA Journal, Vol. 23, No. 4]]</ref>, contributor of multiple [[Conferences|Advances in Computer Chess Conferences]], as well as editor of the [[Advances in Computer Chess 4|ACC 4]], [[Advances in Computer Chess 5|ACC 5]] and [[Advances in Computer Chess 6|ACC 6]] conference proceedings. Don Beal advocated and organized [[Uniform-Platform Computer Chess Championship]] <ref>[http://old.csvn.nl/uni_hist.html QMW "Uniform Platform" Computer-Chess Tournament] from the old [[CSVN]] site</ref>, an approach to compare programs without hardware dependence.