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[[FILE:traceandross.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=http://web.archive.org/web/20090221115308/http://members.optusnet.com.au/~john.boyd/| Tracey & Ross <ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20090221115308/http://members.optusnet.com.au/~john.boyd/ TRACE Chess Eingine] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine Wayback Machine], February 2009)</ref> ]]
'''Ross Boyd''',<br/>
an Australian IT professional and computer chess programmer. He is author of [[TRACE]], an acronym for '''T'''racey & '''R'''oss' '''A'''ustralian '''C'''hess '''E'''ngine,
which began in November 2002 as a [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol]] compatible chess engine based on [[Tom Kerrigan|Tom Kerrigan's]] [[TSCP|TSCP 1.73]] code.
Ross Boyd has been hooked on computer chess since 1983. The desire to write a chess program drove him to learn the art of computer programming and led to a 25+ year IT career.
His first engine written in [[Basic#GFA BASIC|GFA Basic]] on an [[Atari ST]] chose [[Moves|moves]] randomly from a [[Move List|list]] of [[Legal Move|legal moves]] <ref>[http://members.optusnet.com.au/%7Ejohn.boyd/ TRACE Chess Engine]</ref>.
=Forum Posts=
==2000 ...==
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=309279 Bounds... when is an exact score an EXACT score?] by [[Ross Boyd]], [[CCC]], August 01, 2003 » [[Exact Score]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=417129 Amazing, Fruit 2 needs several mins to solve Fine 70] by [[Ross Boyd]], [[CCC]], March 17, 2005 » [[Fruit]], [[Lasker-Reichhelm Position]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=467043 Rybka v TRACE 1.35..... 19.5 - 0.5 @ 1+1 bullet] by [[Ross Boyd]], [[CCC]], December 05, 2005 » [[Rybka]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=476168 TRACE v Gerbil in Larsson EG suite 30-10 @ 40/1'] by [[Ross Boyd]], [[CCC]], January 02, 2006 » [[Gerbil]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19374 Good Example of Horizon effect in Eval] by [[Ross Boyd]], [[CCC]], February 02, 2008 » [[Horizon Effect]]
==2010 ...==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=66804 Problem position using Scorpio Egbbs] by [[Ross Boyd]], [[CCC]], March 11, 2018 » [[Scorpio Bitbases]]
=External Links=
* [http://members.optusnet.com.au/%7Ejohn.boyd/ TRACE Chess Engine]
=References=
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[[FILE:traceandross.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=http://web.archive.org/web/20090221115308/http://members.optusnet.com.au/~john.boyd/| Tracey & Ross <ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20090221115308/http://members.optusnet.com.au/~john.boyd/ TRACE Chess Eingine] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine Wayback Machine], February 2009)</ref> ]]
'''Ross Boyd''',<br/>
an Australian IT professional and computer chess programmer. He is author of [[TRACE]], an acronym for '''T'''racey & '''R'''oss' '''A'''ustralian '''C'''hess '''E'''ngine,
which began in November 2002 as a [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol]] compatible chess engine based on [[Tom Kerrigan|Tom Kerrigan's]] [[TSCP|TSCP 1.73]] code.
Ross Boyd has been hooked on computer chess since 1983. The desire to write a chess program drove him to learn the art of computer programming and led to a 25+ year IT career.
His first engine written in [[Basic#GFA BASIC|GFA Basic]] on an [[Atari ST]] chose [[Moves|moves]] randomly from a [[Move List|list]] of [[Legal Move|legal moves]] <ref>[http://members.optusnet.com.au/%7Ejohn.boyd/ TRACE Chess Engine]</ref>.
=Forum Posts=
==2000 ...==
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=309279 Bounds... when is an exact score an EXACT score?] by [[Ross Boyd]], [[CCC]], August 01, 2003 » [[Exact Score]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=417129 Amazing, Fruit 2 needs several mins to solve Fine 70] by [[Ross Boyd]], [[CCC]], March 17, 2005 » [[Fruit]], [[Lasker-Reichhelm Position]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=467043 Rybka v TRACE 1.35..... 19.5 - 0.5 @ 1+1 bullet] by [[Ross Boyd]], [[CCC]], December 05, 2005 » [[Rybka]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=476168 TRACE v Gerbil in Larsson EG suite 30-10 @ 40/1'] by [[Ross Boyd]], [[CCC]], January 02, 2006 » [[Gerbil]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19374 Good Example of Horizon effect in Eval] by [[Ross Boyd]], [[CCC]], February 02, 2008 » [[Horizon Effect]]
==2010 ...==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=66804 Problem position using Scorpio Egbbs] by [[Ross Boyd]], [[CCC]], March 11, 2018 » [[Scorpio Bitbases]]
=External Links=
* [http://members.optusnet.com.au/%7Ejohn.boyd/ TRACE Chess Engine]
=References=
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