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'''John A. Tamplin''',<br/>
an American software engineer at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_%28company%29 Square], and before at [[Google|Google, Inc]]. He holds an M.Sc. in Computer Science from [[Georgia Institute of Technology]] in 1988, was freelance programmer, owner and co-owner of various startups, and worked as Unix Systems Administrator at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emory_University Emory University] . John Tamplin and his wife own ''Deep Thought Games, LLC'' <ref>[http://www.deepthoughtgames.com/ Welcome to Deep Thought Games]</ref>, a small company in selling hand-made board games, with emphasis of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18XX 18XX] genre.


=Endgame Tablebases=
John Tamplin collaborated with [[Guy Haworth]], [[Christoph Wirth]], and [[Peter Karrer]] on [[Endgame Tablebases]] with Depth to Mate (DTM) and Depth to Conversion (DTC) metrics. Data on percentage results, maximals and [[Zugzwang|mutual zugzwangs]], has been filed and made available on the web, as have the DTM EGTs <ref>[http://chess.jaet.org/endings/ Chess Archives - Endgames (DTC, DTM, DTZ, DTZ-50)] hosted by John Tamplin</ref>.

=Selected Publications=
<ref>[http://ilk.uvt.nl/icga/journal/docs/References.pdf ICGA Reference Database] (pdf)</ref> <ref>[http://www.reading.ac.uk/sse/about/staff/publications/g-haworth-publications.asp Publications for Mr Guy Haworth]</ref>
* [[John Tamplin]], [[Guy Haworth]] ('''2001'''). ''[http://centaur.reading.ac.uk/4561/ Ken Thompson's 6-man Tables]''. [[ICGA Journal#24_2|ICGA Journal, Vol. 24, No. 2]]
* [[Guy Haworth]], [[Peter Karrer]], [[John Tamplin]], [[Christoph Wirth]] ('''2001'''). ''[http://centaur.reading.ac.uk/4581/ 3-5-man chess: Maximals and mzugs]''. [[ICGA Journal#24_4|ICGA Journal, Vol. 24, No. 4]]
* [[John Tamplin]], [[Guy Haworth]] ('''2003'''). ''[http://centaur.reading.ac.uk/4547/ Chess Endgames: Data and Strategy]''. [[Advances in Computer Games 10]]
* [[Marc Bourzutschky]], [[John Tamplin]], [[Guy Haworth]] ('''2005'''). ''[http://centaur.reading.ac.uk/4524/ Chess endgames: 6-man data and strategy]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theoretical_Computer_Science_(journal) Theoretical Computer Science], Vol. 349, No. 2

=External Links=
* [http://www.linkedin.com/in/johntamplin John Tamplin | LinkedIn]
* [https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=GrmjiVYAAAAJ&hl=en John A. Tamplin - Google Scholar Citation]
* [https://plus.google.com/+JohnATamplin John A. Tamplin - Google+]
* [http://chess.jaet.org/endings/ Chess Archives - Endgames (DTC, DTM, DTZ, DTZ-50)] hosted by [[John Tamplin]]

=References=
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