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Peter McKenzie, a New Zealand computer scientist, and software engineer at Google. As computer games programmer, Peter is author of the chess engines LambChop and Warp, and the Go playing engine Gonzo. His Arimaa bot Jumbo competed in the 2015 World Championship.

=Photos & Games= WCCC 1999: Heiner Matthias and Peter McKenzie, LambChop - Zugzwang [Event "WCCC 1999"] [Site "Paderborn, Germany"] [Date "1999.06.19"] [Round "7"] [White "LambChop"] [Black "Zugzwang"] [Result "1/2-1/2"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.O-O a6 7.dxc5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 Bxc5 9.a3 b5 10.b4 Be7 11.Bd3 O-O 12.Bb2 Bb7 13.Nbd2 Nbd7 14.e4 Rac8 15.Rac1 Nb6 16.Bd4 Nfd7 17.Re1 Rfd8 18.Nb3 f6 19.Na5 Ba8 20.Be3 e5 21.Rc2 Kf7 22.Rec1 Rxc2 23.Rxc2 Rc8 24.Nd2 Bd8 25.Kf1 Ke7 26.Rxc8 Nxc8 27.Nab3 Bb6 28.Nc5 Bxc5 29.bxc5 Na7 30.Ke2 Nc6 31.Nb3 Nf8 32.Kd2 h6 33.Kc3 Ne6 34.g3 Nc7 35.f4 a5 36.f5 Kd7 37.Nd2 Nd8 38.a4 bxa4 39.Nc4 Nb5+ 40.Kc2 Kc7 41.Nxa5 Nc6 42.Bxb5 Nxa5 43.Bd3 Bc6 44.Bc1 Nb3 45.Be3 Nd4+ 46.Kc3 Nf3 47.h4 Ne1 48.Bb1 Nf3 49.Kb4 Kc8 50.Kc4 Kd8 51.Kd3 Nh2 52.Ba2 Ng4 53.Bg1 a3 54.Be6 h5 55.Ba2 Ke8 56.Bb3 Kd7 57.Bf7 Kc7 58.Bg8 Kd8 59.Be6 Bb7 60.Bf7 Kc7 61.Bb3 Ba8 62.Bc4 Bc6 63.Be6 Kd8 64.Bg8 Ke7 65.Bb3 Kd7 66.Bc4 Ke7 67.Ba2 Kd8 68.Bf7 Ke7 69.Bg8 Ba8 70.Bc4 Bb7 71.Bb3 Bc6 72.Bg8 Ba8 73.Ba2 Kd8 74.Bf7 Kc7 75.Be6 Bc6 76.Ba2 Kd8 77.Be6 Kc7 78.Bf7 Ba8 79.Be6 Kd8 80.Bc4 Ke7 1/2-1/2

=Forum Posts=
 * Bratko-Kopec Test - Node Counts by Peter McKenzie, CCC, June 17, 1998 » Bratko-Kopec Test, Node
 * Pawn endgame test suite by Peter McKenzie, CCC, October 07, 2000 » Pawn Endgame, Test-Positions
 * kiwipete perft position by Russell Reagan, CCC, January 04, 2003 » Perft Results - kiwipete
 * Programmers: ETC by Peter McKenzie, CCC, February 13, 2003 » Enhanced Transposition Cutoff

=External Links=
 * Peter McKenzie - Google+
 * Peter McKenzie | LinkedIn
 * Peter McKenzie's ICGA Tournaments
 * McKenzie, Peter from computer-go.info

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