Gary Boos

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Gary J. Boos, an American senior transmission engineer, chess class A and Go player, and computer chess and Go programmer. He received a BSCE degree in 1966 and a MSCE degree in structural engineering in 1968 from the University of Minnesota. Along with James Mundstock, Gary Boos co-authored the chess programs Mr. Turk and Iron Fish. Mr. Turk did not use alpha-beta, but a search based on a Multipurpose, Theorem-Proving Heuristic Program as described by James R. Slagle and Philip Bursky in 1968, and competed at ACM 1971 . Iron Fish played the ACM 1975. Gary Boos' Go-programm Teamgo paticipiated five times at North American Computer Go Championships from 1995 to 1999.

=Publications=
 * Gary J. Boos (1971). Mr. Turk in Ben Mittman, Computer Chess Programs (Panel). hosted by The Computer History Museum

=External Links=
 * Gary Boos | LinkedIn
 * Boos, Gary from computer-go.info
 * The chess games of Gary J Boos from chessgames.com

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