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'''Tony Guilfoyle''',
a British computer scientist and computer games programmer.
Along with [[Richard Hooker]], Tony Guilfoyle is co-author of the chess program [[Vaxchess]] and the [[Scrabble]] program ''Quetzal'' based on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Carlo_method Monte-Carlo sampling], which won the Gold medal at the [[4th Computer Olympiad#Scrabble|4th Computer Olympiad, Scrabble]], London, 1992 <ref>[http://www.gtoal.com/scrabble/scrabble.html Scrabble - source code]</ref>.
=Bridge=
Tony Guilfoyle was involved in the development of multiple [[Bridge]] programs, his lonesome effort ''Vtech'' (aka ''Gemini Bridge'') won Silver at the [[1st Computer Olympiad#Bridge|1st Computer Olympiad 1989]],
''Bridge Baron'' in collaboration with [[Thomas A. Throop]] won the Gold medals at the [[2nd Computer Olympiad#Bridg|2nd]] and [[3rd Computer Olympiad#Bridge|3rd Computer Olympiad]], the Silver medal at the [[4th Computer Olympiad#Bridge|4th Computer Olympiad, 1992]], and was winner of the first [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_bridge#World_Computer-Bridge_Championship World Computer Bridge Championship] in 1997. The version of Bridge Baron by Throop and Guilfoyle was commercialized as ''Micro Bridge Companion'' <ref>[https://www.amazon.com/BRIDGE-COMPANION-DISKETTE-PROGRAMS-GUILFOYLE/dp/B000KX4VPC Micro Bridge Companion - Programs by Tom Throop and Tony Guilfoyle] from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon.com Amazon.com]</ref>.
=External Links=
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/person.php?id=265 Tony Guilfoyle's ICGA Tournaments]
* [https://www.amazon.com/BRIDGE-COMPANION-DISKETTE-PROGRAMS-GUILFOYLE/dp/B000KX4VPC Micro Bridge Companion - Programs by Tom Throop and Tony Guilfoyle] from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon.com Amazon.com]
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'''Tony Guilfoyle''',
a British computer scientist and computer games programmer.
Along with [[Richard Hooker]], Tony Guilfoyle is co-author of the chess program [[Vaxchess]] and the [[Scrabble]] program ''Quetzal'' based on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Carlo_method Monte-Carlo sampling], which won the Gold medal at the [[4th Computer Olympiad#Scrabble|4th Computer Olympiad, Scrabble]], London, 1992 <ref>[http://www.gtoal.com/scrabble/scrabble.html Scrabble - source code]</ref>.
=Bridge=
Tony Guilfoyle was involved in the development of multiple [[Bridge]] programs, his lonesome effort ''Vtech'' (aka ''Gemini Bridge'') won Silver at the [[1st Computer Olympiad#Bridge|1st Computer Olympiad 1989]],
''Bridge Baron'' in collaboration with [[Thomas A. Throop]] won the Gold medals at the [[2nd Computer Olympiad#Bridg|2nd]] and [[3rd Computer Olympiad#Bridge|3rd Computer Olympiad]], the Silver medal at the [[4th Computer Olympiad#Bridge|4th Computer Olympiad, 1992]], and was winner of the first [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_bridge#World_Computer-Bridge_Championship World Computer Bridge Championship] in 1997. The version of Bridge Baron by Throop and Guilfoyle was commercialized as ''Micro Bridge Companion'' <ref>[https://www.amazon.com/BRIDGE-COMPANION-DISKETTE-PROGRAMS-GUILFOYLE/dp/B000KX4VPC Micro Bridge Companion - Programs by Tom Throop and Tony Guilfoyle] from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon.com Amazon.com]</ref>.
=External Links=
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/person.php?id=265 Tony Guilfoyle's ICGA Tournaments]
* [https://www.amazon.com/BRIDGE-COMPANION-DISKETTE-PROGRAMS-GUILFOYLE/dp/B000KX4VPC Micro Bridge Companion - Programs by Tom Throop and Tony Guilfoyle] from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon.com Amazon.com]
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