Cock de Gorter

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Cock de Gorter, a Dutch computer chess expert, tournament organizer, opening book author, and former chairman of the Dutch Computer Chess Federation (CSVN). He was primary initiator and organizer of the famous Aegon Man-Machine Tournaments and book author of the chess programs The King, Fritz, famous for WCCC 1995 games versus Deep Blue Prototype and the playoff versus Star Socrates and Tao, as well as various dedicated chess computers.

=Photos= Tom Fürstenberg between Anatoly Karpov and Cock de Gorter, 1985

=Selected Publications=
 * Cock de Gorter (1991). The 1991 Aegon Man-Computer Tournament. ICCA Journal, Vol. 14, No. 2 » Aegon 1991
 * Bart Verbaan, Cock de Gorter (1993). The 8th AEGON Man-Machine Tournament. ICCA Journal, Vol. 16, No. 2 » Aegon 1993
 * Cock de Gorter (1995). The 10th AEGON Computer-Chess Tournament. ICCA Journal, Vol. 18, No. 1 » Aegon 1995
 * Cock de Gorter (1996). The 11th AEGON Computer-Chess Tournament. ICCA Journal, Vol. 19, No. 1 » Aegon 1996
 * Cock de Gorter (1997). The 12th AEGON Man-Machine Tournament. ICCA Journal, Vol. 20, No. 1 » Aegon 1997

=Forum Posts=
 * An Open Letter to Cock de Gorter and the CSVN Board by Harvey Williamson, Hiarcs Forum, December 28, 2010
 * "An Open Letter to Cock de Gorter and the CSVN Board" by Jeremy Bernstein, OpenChess Forum, December 28, 2010
 * With permission of Cock de Gorter by Rebel, Rybka Forum, September 23, 2011

=External Links=
 * Cock de Gorter | Facebook
 * Beeldbank Haags Gemeentearchief - Compas Computershop en schaker Cock de Gorter organiseren een ..., Haagsche Courant, November 09, 1983

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