David E. Welsh

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David E. Welsh, an American master-level chess player in the 80s who was involved in the USCF computer-rating activities testing dedicated chess computers and giving them a "sanctioned USCF rating" that could be used on packaging and advertising. He was pretty knowledgeable about the subject of computer chess, attended many ACM chess events to discuss computer chess ideas with many participants , and wrote several books and reports on that topic.

=Selected Publications=
 * David E. Welsh (1980). Rating Boris 2.5. Personal Computing, Vol. 4, No. 10, pp. 78 » Boris 2.5
 * David E. Welsh (1980). Rating Boris 2.5 - Part II. Personal Computing, Vol. 4, No. 11, pp. 87
 * David E. Welsh (1984). Computer Chess. William C Brown Publications, amazon
 * David E. Welsh (1984). Super Constellation: It's Time for Skeptics to Take a Second Look at Chess Computers. Chess Life, November 1984, pdf » Super Constellation
 * David E. Welsh, Boris Baczynskyj (1985). Computer Chess II. William C Brown Publications, amazon
 * David E. Welsh (1986). ACM's Sixteenth North American Computer Chess Championship. ICCA Journal, Vol. 8, No. 4 » ACM 1985

=External Links=
 * Welsh, David E. - LC Linked Data Service (Library of Congress)
 * From Computer Chess. Welsh, David E. Dubuque, IA

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