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[[FILE:chrisw.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=http://www.rebel.nl/authors.htm| Chris Whittington <ref>[http://www.rebel.nl/authors.htm Meet the Authors] by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]]</ref> ]]
'''Chris Whittington''',<br/>
a British computer chess and games programmer, publisher and entrepreneur, author of several commercial computer chess programs including [[Chess System Tal]] published through his own company [[Oxford Softworks]]. He is famous for his computer chess paradigms as an appeal for knowledge based programs <ref>[http://www.thorstenczub.de/complcss2.html Complete Chess System 2 - TAL] from [[Thorsten Czub|Thorsten Czub's]] [http://www.thorstenczub.de/scw.html Schachcomputerwelt]</ref> <ref>[http://www.thorstenczub.de/ihatematerialists.html I hate materialists] by Chris Whittington, from [[Thorsten Czub|Thorsten Czub's]] [http://www.thorstenczub.de/scw.html Schachcomputerwelt]</ref>. In May 2000, when Oxford Softworks was sold to a venture capitalist consortium, Chris retired from games programming.
=Rybka Controversy=
Chris Whittington was and is critic of the arguments that [[Rybka]] is a derivate of [[Fruit]] since [[Zach Wegner]] published his first conclusion on the Rybka/Fruit: evaluation in June 2010 <ref>[https://webspace.utexas.edu/zzw57/rtc/eval/eval.html Rybka/Fruit: evaluation] by [[Zach Wegner]]</ref> <ref>[http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=301#p2658 Re: What do you folks make of this ?] by [[Chris Whittington]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], June 27, 2010</ref>, and consequently critic of the [[ICGA]] [[Rybka Controversy#RybkaDecision|decision]] in 2011. During the [[ICGA Investigations|Investigation process]], he was rejected to become member of the [[ICGA Investigations#Panel|panel]] <ref>[http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforum/topic_show.pl?tid=23046;pg=4 Re: Minority Report 5, Not plagiarism unless feature is unique] page 4, [[Computer Chess Forums|Rybka Forum]], September 24, 2011</ref>.
=Photos=
[[FILE:chrisandberthold2.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|497px|link=http://www.thorstenczub.de/hiarcs.html]]
Chris Whittington and [[Berthold Seifriz]], [[WMCCC 1993]] <ref>[http://www.thorstenczub.de/hiarcs.html Hiarcs Fan Page] by [[Thorsten Czub]]</ref>
=Chess Engines=
* [[SuperChess]] (1982)
* [[Chess Player 2150|Chess Player 2150/2175]] (1989)
* [[Chess Simulator]] (1990)
* [[Complete Chess System]] (1993)
* [[Chess System Tal]] (Complete Chess System 2) (1995)
* [[Chess System Tal|Chess System Tal II]] (1999)
=See also=
* [[4th Computer Olympiad#PromotionBug|Computer Olympiad 1992 - Promotion Bug]]
* [[WMCCC 1995#TalXXXX|WMCCC 1995 - System Tal vs XXXX]]
=Forum Posts=
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/b08d2a90de4f0ca6 CW and the ICCA] by [[Tony Marsland]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], February 26, 1997 » [[ICCA]]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/79a90bb9548486fe Formal Appeal to CCC Moderators] by [[Chris Whittington]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], August 16, 1998
* [http://www.foro.meca-web.es/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=72&start=50#p9325 Re: La Máquina Preservadora. Programas de Ajedrez] by duct, [[Computer Chess Forums|Meca Foro]], May 20, 2016 (Spanish)
* [http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforum/topic_show.pl?tid=32398 AlphaZero reinvents mobility and romanticism] by [[Chris Whittington]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Rybka Forum]], December 08, 2017 » [[AlphaZero#ImmortalZugzwang|Alpha Zero's "Immortal Zugzwang Game"]]
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/lczero/S-rhiPLnbHg/XY9-Z1LWCAAJ Who entered Leela into WCCC? Bad idea!!] by [[Chris Whittington]], [[Computer Chess Forums|LCZero Forum]], June 23, 2018 » [[Leela Chess Zero]], [[WCCC 2018]]
==Rybka Controversy==
* [http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=301#p2658 Re: What do you folks make of this ?] by [[Chris Whittington]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], June 27, 2010
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=23292 setjmp() - another one] by [[Chris Whittington]], [[CCC]], August 27, 2008
* [http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1032 Without the Clean Room] by [[Chris Whittington]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Open Chess Forum]], January 26, 2011
==Minority Reports==
* [http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforum/topic_show.pl?tid=22370 Minority Report Plagiarism - Quantifying Evaluation Features] by [[Chris Whittington|Trotsky]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Rybka Forum]], July 09, 2011
* [http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforum/topic_show.pl?tid=22486 Minority Report 2 - Unravelling the technical report] by [[Chris Whittington|Trotsky]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Rybka Forum]], July 22, 2011
* [http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforum/topic_show.pl?tid=22502 Minority Report 3, PST + other lookup tables are they legal?] by [[Chris Whittington|Trotsky]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Rybka Forum]], July 25, 2011
* [http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforum/topic_show.pl?tid=22587 Minority Report 4, How can something so trivial be copyright] by [[Chris Whittington|Trotsky]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Rybka Forum]], August 06, 2011
* [http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforum/topic_show.pl?tid=23046 Minority Report 5, Not plagiarism unless feature is unique] by [[Chris Whittington|Trotsky]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Rybka Forum]], September 21, 2011
=External Links=
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/person.php?id=48 Chris Whittington's ICGA Tournaments]
* [http://www.rebel.nl/authors.htm Meet the Authors] by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]]
* [http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,96374/ Chris Whittington - Developer BIO] from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MobyGames MobyGames]
* [http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekpub.cgi?regexp=%5EChris+Whittington$&loadpics=1 Chris Whittington - World of Spectrum]
: [http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0000116 Airbase Invader - World of Spectrum]
=References=
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[[FILE:chrisw.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=http://www.rebel.nl/authors.htm| Chris Whittington <ref>[http://www.rebel.nl/authors.htm Meet the Authors] by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]]</ref> ]]
'''Chris Whittington''',<br/>
a British computer chess and games programmer, publisher and entrepreneur, author of several commercial computer chess programs including [[Chess System Tal]] published through his own company [[Oxford Softworks]]. He is famous for his computer chess paradigms as an appeal for knowledge based programs <ref>[http://www.thorstenczub.de/complcss2.html Complete Chess System 2 - TAL] from [[Thorsten Czub|Thorsten Czub's]] [http://www.thorstenczub.de/scw.html Schachcomputerwelt]</ref> <ref>[http://www.thorstenczub.de/ihatematerialists.html I hate materialists] by Chris Whittington, from [[Thorsten Czub|Thorsten Czub's]] [http://www.thorstenczub.de/scw.html Schachcomputerwelt]</ref>. In May 2000, when Oxford Softworks was sold to a venture capitalist consortium, Chris retired from games programming.
=Rybka Controversy=
Chris Whittington was and is critic of the arguments that [[Rybka]] is a derivate of [[Fruit]] since [[Zach Wegner]] published his first conclusion on the Rybka/Fruit: evaluation in June 2010 <ref>[https://webspace.utexas.edu/zzw57/rtc/eval/eval.html Rybka/Fruit: evaluation] by [[Zach Wegner]]</ref> <ref>[http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=301#p2658 Re: What do you folks make of this ?] by [[Chris Whittington]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], June 27, 2010</ref>, and consequently critic of the [[ICGA]] [[Rybka Controversy#RybkaDecision|decision]] in 2011. During the [[ICGA Investigations|Investigation process]], he was rejected to become member of the [[ICGA Investigations#Panel|panel]] <ref>[http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforum/topic_show.pl?tid=23046;pg=4 Re: Minority Report 5, Not plagiarism unless feature is unique] page 4, [[Computer Chess Forums|Rybka Forum]], September 24, 2011</ref>.
=Photos=
[[FILE:chrisandberthold2.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|497px|link=http://www.thorstenczub.de/hiarcs.html]]
Chris Whittington and [[Berthold Seifriz]], [[WMCCC 1993]] <ref>[http://www.thorstenczub.de/hiarcs.html Hiarcs Fan Page] by [[Thorsten Czub]]</ref>
=Chess Engines=
* [[SuperChess]] (1982)
* [[Chess Player 2150|Chess Player 2150/2175]] (1989)
* [[Chess Simulator]] (1990)
* [[Complete Chess System]] (1993)
* [[Chess System Tal]] (Complete Chess System 2) (1995)
* [[Chess System Tal|Chess System Tal II]] (1999)
=See also=
* [[4th Computer Olympiad#PromotionBug|Computer Olympiad 1992 - Promotion Bug]]
* [[WMCCC 1995#TalXXXX|WMCCC 1995 - System Tal vs XXXX]]
=Forum Posts=
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/b08d2a90de4f0ca6 CW and the ICCA] by [[Tony Marsland]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], February 26, 1997 » [[ICCA]]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/79a90bb9548486fe Formal Appeal to CCC Moderators] by [[Chris Whittington]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], August 16, 1998
* [http://www.foro.meca-web.es/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=72&start=50#p9325 Re: La Máquina Preservadora. Programas de Ajedrez] by duct, [[Computer Chess Forums|Meca Foro]], May 20, 2016 (Spanish)
* [http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforum/topic_show.pl?tid=32398 AlphaZero reinvents mobility and romanticism] by [[Chris Whittington]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Rybka Forum]], December 08, 2017 » [[AlphaZero#ImmortalZugzwang|Alpha Zero's "Immortal Zugzwang Game"]]
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/lczero/S-rhiPLnbHg/XY9-Z1LWCAAJ Who entered Leela into WCCC? Bad idea!!] by [[Chris Whittington]], [[Computer Chess Forums|LCZero Forum]], June 23, 2018 » [[Leela Chess Zero]], [[WCCC 2018]]
==Rybka Controversy==
* [http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=301#p2658 Re: What do you folks make of this ?] by [[Chris Whittington]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], June 27, 2010
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=23292 setjmp() - another one] by [[Chris Whittington]], [[CCC]], August 27, 2008
* [http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1032 Without the Clean Room] by [[Chris Whittington]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Open Chess Forum]], January 26, 2011
==Minority Reports==
* [http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforum/topic_show.pl?tid=22370 Minority Report Plagiarism - Quantifying Evaluation Features] by [[Chris Whittington|Trotsky]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Rybka Forum]], July 09, 2011
* [http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforum/topic_show.pl?tid=22486 Minority Report 2 - Unravelling the technical report] by [[Chris Whittington|Trotsky]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Rybka Forum]], July 22, 2011
* [http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforum/topic_show.pl?tid=22502 Minority Report 3, PST + other lookup tables are they legal?] by [[Chris Whittington|Trotsky]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Rybka Forum]], July 25, 2011
* [http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforum/topic_show.pl?tid=22587 Minority Report 4, How can something so trivial be copyright] by [[Chris Whittington|Trotsky]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Rybka Forum]], August 06, 2011
* [http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforum/topic_show.pl?tid=23046 Minority Report 5, Not plagiarism unless feature is unique] by [[Chris Whittington|Trotsky]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Rybka Forum]], September 21, 2011
=External Links=
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/person.php?id=48 Chris Whittington's ICGA Tournaments]
* [http://www.rebel.nl/authors.htm Meet the Authors] by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]]
* [http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,96374/ Chris Whittington - Developer BIO] from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MobyGames MobyGames]
* [http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekpub.cgi?regexp=%5EChris+Whittington$&loadpics=1 Chris Whittington - World of Spectrum]
: [http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0000116 Airbase Invader - World of Spectrum]
=References=
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