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[[FILE:bruceaegon.gif|border|right|thumb|link=http://www.thorstenczub.de/aegon.html| Bruce Moreland <ref>[http://www.thorstenczub.de/aegon.html Aegon 1996-97] by [[Thorsten Czub]]</ref> ]]
'''Bruce Moreland''',<br/>
an American computer scientist, former [[Microsoft]] employee and computer chess programmer, author of [[Ferret]], one of the strongest chess engines at its time <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=35 Ferret's ICGA Tournaments]</ref> . Bruce published the [[Open Source Engines|open source chess program]] [[Gerbil]] for educational purpose,
and maintained a great computer chess programming site. The Gerbil site <ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070607151211/www.brucemo.com/compchess/gerbil/index.htm Gerbil]</ref> and [[#Topics|programming topics]] are archived by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine Wayback Machine] <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071026090003/http://www.brucemo.com/compchess/programming/index.htm Bruce Moreland's Programming Topics]</ref>.
=Photos & Games=
[[FILE:MorschCongratsMoreland.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|640px]]
[[WCCC 1999]]: [[Bruce Moreland]], [[Frans Morsch]], [[Matthias Wüllenweber]], [[Ferret]] - [[Fritz]] <ref>Photo from the no longer available [[ChessBase]] site</ref> <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/round.php?tournament=8&round=7&id=10 Paderborn 1999 - Chess - Round 7 - Game 10 (ICGA Tournaments)]</ref>
<pre>
[Event "WCCC 1999"]
[Site "Paderborn, Germany"]
[Date "1999.06.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ferret"]
[Black "Fritz"]
[Result "1-0"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6
8.f3 Be7 9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.g4 h6 11.h4 b5 12.O-O-O Nb6 13.Be2 b4 14.Nb1
Nfd7 15.Qxb4 d5 16.Qa5 d4 17.Bf2 Qc7 18.f4 Bxb3 19.axb3 Rc8 20.c3 Nc5
21.Kc2 Nxe4 22.Bg1 f6 23.Bd3 Nc5 24.Bg6+ Kf8 25.fxe5 fxe5 26.b4 Ncd7
27.Qa2 Qc4 28.Qxc4 Nxc4 29.Kb3 a5 30.Bf5 Ke8 31.bxa5 Nxa5+ 32.Ka2 Nc6
33.cxd4 Nb4+ 34.Kb3 Rb8 35.Nc3 Nd3+ 36.Kc2 Nxb2 37.Ra1 Nc4 38.Ra7 Rd8
39.Nb5 Nf8 40.Kc3 Nd6 41.Nc7+ Kf7 42.dxe5 Nxf5 43.gxf5 Kg8 44.Bd4 Rh7
45.e6 h5 46.Kc4 Rc8 47.Kd3 Rd8 48.Ke4 g6 49.fxg6 Rxd4+ 50.Kxd4 Rg7
51.Nd5 Nxe6+ 52.Ke5 Bd6+ 53.Kxd6 1-0
</pre>
=Publications=
* Bruce Moreland ('''1995'''). various articles in [[Computer Chess Reports|Computer Chess Reports Vol. 5 No. 3+4]]
: ''Still more Chess Computer Memories''. pp. 34
: ''Chess Life as Consumer Reports''. pp. 34
: ''The Computer Strength and Weakness''. pp. 69
: ''The Art of Tweaking''. pp. 69
: ''The Value of Computers vs Computer Results''. pp. 71
: ''Computer Problem Solving''. pp. 86
=Forum Post=
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess/browse_frm/thread/8cc6428ab611f70e Repetition detection w/hash tables] by [[Bruce Moreland]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rec.games.chess]], August 14, 1993 » [[Repetitions]], [[Transposition Table]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=40708 Chess program similarity experiment] by [[Bruce Moreland]], [[CCC]], January 24, 1999
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=189800 Re: Ferret/Gerbil question] by [[Bruce Moreland]], [[CCC]], September 21, 2001
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=275167 Strength question] by [[Bruce Moreland]], [[CCC]], January 05, 2003
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=291320 Why I am not going to the Graz WCCC] by [[Bruce Moreland]], [[CCC]], April 01, 2003 » [[WCCC 2003]], [[Chrilly Donninger]]
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3405#p17151 Re: Mate scores in the hash table] by [[Bruce Moreland]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], September 04, 2005 » [[Score#MateScores|Mate Scores]], [[Transposition Table]]
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=External Links=
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071026090003/http://www.brucemo.com/compchess/programming/index.htm Bruce Moreland's Programming Topics] archived by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine Wayback Machine]
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/person.php?id=12 Bruce Moreland's ICGA Tournaments]
=References=
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[[FILE:bruceaegon.gif|border|right|thumb|link=http://www.thorstenczub.de/aegon.html| Bruce Moreland <ref>[http://www.thorstenczub.de/aegon.html Aegon 1996-97] by [[Thorsten Czub]]</ref> ]]
'''Bruce Moreland''',<br/>
an American computer scientist, former [[Microsoft]] employee and computer chess programmer, author of [[Ferret]], one of the strongest chess engines at its time <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=35 Ferret's ICGA Tournaments]</ref> . Bruce published the [[Open Source Engines|open source chess program]] [[Gerbil]] for educational purpose,
and maintained a great computer chess programming site. The Gerbil site <ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070607151211/www.brucemo.com/compchess/gerbil/index.htm Gerbil]</ref> and [[#Topics|programming topics]] are archived by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine Wayback Machine] <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071026090003/http://www.brucemo.com/compchess/programming/index.htm Bruce Moreland's Programming Topics]</ref>.
=Photos & Games=
[[FILE:MorschCongratsMoreland.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|640px]]
[[WCCC 1999]]: [[Bruce Moreland]], [[Frans Morsch]], [[Matthias Wüllenweber]], [[Ferret]] - [[Fritz]] <ref>Photo from the no longer available [[ChessBase]] site</ref> <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/round.php?tournament=8&round=7&id=10 Paderborn 1999 - Chess - Round 7 - Game 10 (ICGA Tournaments)]</ref>
<pre>
[Event "WCCC 1999"]
[Site "Paderborn, Germany"]
[Date "1999.06.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ferret"]
[Black "Fritz"]
[Result "1-0"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6
8.f3 Be7 9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.g4 h6 11.h4 b5 12.O-O-O Nb6 13.Be2 b4 14.Nb1
Nfd7 15.Qxb4 d5 16.Qa5 d4 17.Bf2 Qc7 18.f4 Bxb3 19.axb3 Rc8 20.c3 Nc5
21.Kc2 Nxe4 22.Bg1 f6 23.Bd3 Nc5 24.Bg6+ Kf8 25.fxe5 fxe5 26.b4 Ncd7
27.Qa2 Qc4 28.Qxc4 Nxc4 29.Kb3 a5 30.Bf5 Ke8 31.bxa5 Nxa5+ 32.Ka2 Nc6
33.cxd4 Nb4+ 34.Kb3 Rb8 35.Nc3 Nd3+ 36.Kc2 Nxb2 37.Ra1 Nc4 38.Ra7 Rd8
39.Nb5 Nf8 40.Kc3 Nd6 41.Nc7+ Kf7 42.dxe5 Nxf5 43.gxf5 Kg8 44.Bd4 Rh7
45.e6 h5 46.Kc4 Rc8 47.Kd3 Rd8 48.Ke4 g6 49.fxg6 Rxd4+ 50.Kxd4 Rg7
51.Nd5 Nxe6+ 52.Ke5 Bd6+ 53.Kxd6 1-0
</pre>
=Publications=
* Bruce Moreland ('''1995'''). various articles in [[Computer Chess Reports|Computer Chess Reports Vol. 5 No. 3+4]]
: ''Still more Chess Computer Memories''. pp. 34
: ''Chess Life as Consumer Reports''. pp. 34
: ''The Computer Strength and Weakness''. pp. 69
: ''The Art of Tweaking''. pp. 69
: ''The Value of Computers vs Computer Results''. pp. 71
: ''Computer Problem Solving''. pp. 86
=Forum Post=
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess/browse_frm/thread/8cc6428ab611f70e Repetition detection w/hash tables] by [[Bruce Moreland]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rec.games.chess]], August 14, 1993 » [[Repetitions]], [[Transposition Table]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=40708 Chess program similarity experiment] by [[Bruce Moreland]], [[CCC]], January 24, 1999
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=189800 Re: Ferret/Gerbil question] by [[Bruce Moreland]], [[CCC]], September 21, 2001
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=275167 Strength question] by [[Bruce Moreland]], [[CCC]], January 05, 2003
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=291320 Why I am not going to the Graz WCCC] by [[Bruce Moreland]], [[CCC]], April 01, 2003 » [[WCCC 2003]], [[Chrilly Donninger]]
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3405#p17151 Re: Mate scores in the hash table] by [[Bruce Moreland]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], September 04, 2005 » [[Score#MateScores|Mate Scores]], [[Transposition Table]]
<span id="Topics"></span>
=External Links=
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071026090003/http://www.brucemo.com/compchess/programming/index.htm Bruce Moreland's Programming Topics] archived by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine Wayback Machine]
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/person.php?id=12 Bruce Moreland's ICGA Tournaments]
=References=
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