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'''John Stanback''',<br/>
an American electrical engineer and computer chess programmer. He started chess programming in about 1978 with [[Basic]] and [[Fortran]], until he switched to [[Pascal]] and in 1986 to [[C]]. His early program [[SCP]] (Stanback Chess Program), was already published in 1987 as [[Open Source Engines|open source]] in [[Computer Chess Forums|comp.sources.games]] <ref>[https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.sources.games/zs_1mrpdseE/YL2yGrzoXrEJ v01i023: chess - C source for chess] by [[John Stanback]], [[Computer Chess Forums|comp.sources.games]], May 21, 1987</ref>, and later evolved to [[GNU Chess]]. In 1989 John Stanback did a complete rewrite and called the new program [[Zarkov]] <ref>[http://john.stanback.net/zarkov/zarkov_methods.html How Zarkov Plays Chess] by [[John Stanback]]</ref>, which was subject of experiments with various ideas until recently. In June 2016, the successor of Zarkov dubbed [[Wasp]] was released, announced and hosted by [[Frank Quisinsky]] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=60550 Wasp 1.01 x64 by John Stanback released ...] by [[Frank Quisinsky]], [[CCC]], June 22, 2016</ref> <ref>[http://www.amateurschach.de/main/_wasp.htm Frank's Chess Page, Wasp by John Stanback], June 22, 2016</ref>.
=Publications=
* [[John Stanback]] ('''1990'''). ''Supercomputing '90: Computer-Chess Testing and Programming Session''. [[ICGA Journal#13_4|ICCA Journal, Vol. 13, No. 4]] » [[ACM 1990]]
=Forum Posts=
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.sources.games/zs_1mrpdseE/YL2yGrzoXrEJ v01i023: chess - C source for chess] by [[John Stanback]], [[Computer Chess Forums|comp.sources.games]], May 21, 1987
* [https://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess/browse_frm/thread/a9d5fb3e489196ed/68f9f93c938f3349 Hash table question] by [[John Stanback]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rec.games.chess]], March 23, 1994 » [[Transposition Table]]
* [https://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/7edf36b54a47267d Draw by Repetition Code, post 4] by [[John Stanback]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], December 31, 1996 » [[Repetitions]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=120287 Re: Zarkov news?] by [[John Stanback]], [[CCC]], July 18, 2000
* [http://www.foro.meca-web.es/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=72&start=30#p4486 La Máquina Preservadora 5. John Stanback, Mr. Zarkov] by Luis a, [[Computer Chess Forums|Meca Foro]], March 21, 2014 (Spanish)
=External Links=
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/person.php?id=317 John Stanback's ICGA Tournaments]
* [http://john.stanback.net/ John Stanback's Home Page]
* [http://www.rebel.nl/authors.htm Meet the Authors] by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]]
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[[FILE:John Stanback.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=http://john.stanback.net/|John Stanback <ref>[http://john.stanback.net/ John Stanback's Home Page]</ref> ]]
'''John Stanback''',<br/>
an American electrical engineer and computer chess programmer. He started chess programming in about 1978 with [[Basic]] and [[Fortran]], until he switched to [[Pascal]] and in 1986 to [[C]]. His early program [[SCP]] (Stanback Chess Program), was already published in 1987 as [[Open Source Engines|open source]] in [[Computer Chess Forums|comp.sources.games]] <ref>[https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.sources.games/zs_1mrpdseE/YL2yGrzoXrEJ v01i023: chess - C source for chess] by [[John Stanback]], [[Computer Chess Forums|comp.sources.games]], May 21, 1987</ref>, and later evolved to [[GNU Chess]]. In 1989 John Stanback did a complete rewrite and called the new program [[Zarkov]] <ref>[http://john.stanback.net/zarkov/zarkov_methods.html How Zarkov Plays Chess] by [[John Stanback]]</ref>, which was subject of experiments with various ideas until recently. In June 2016, the successor of Zarkov dubbed [[Wasp]] was released, announced and hosted by [[Frank Quisinsky]] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=60550 Wasp 1.01 x64 by John Stanback released ...] by [[Frank Quisinsky]], [[CCC]], June 22, 2016</ref> <ref>[http://www.amateurschach.de/main/_wasp.htm Frank's Chess Page, Wasp by John Stanback], June 22, 2016</ref>.
=Publications=
* [[John Stanback]] ('''1990'''). ''Supercomputing '90: Computer-Chess Testing and Programming Session''. [[ICGA Journal#13_4|ICCA Journal, Vol. 13, No. 4]] » [[ACM 1990]]
=Forum Posts=
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.sources.games/zs_1mrpdseE/YL2yGrzoXrEJ v01i023: chess - C source for chess] by [[John Stanback]], [[Computer Chess Forums|comp.sources.games]], May 21, 1987
* [https://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess/browse_frm/thread/a9d5fb3e489196ed/68f9f93c938f3349 Hash table question] by [[John Stanback]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rec.games.chess]], March 23, 1994 » [[Transposition Table]]
* [https://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/7edf36b54a47267d Draw by Repetition Code, post 4] by [[John Stanback]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], December 31, 1996 » [[Repetitions]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=120287 Re: Zarkov news?] by [[John Stanback]], [[CCC]], July 18, 2000
* [http://www.foro.meca-web.es/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=72&start=30#p4486 La Máquina Preservadora 5. John Stanback, Mr. Zarkov] by Luis a, [[Computer Chess Forums|Meca Foro]], March 21, 2014 (Spanish)
=External Links=
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/person.php?id=317 John Stanback's ICGA Tournaments]
* [http://john.stanback.net/ John Stanback's Home Page]
* [http://www.rebel.nl/authors.htm Meet the Authors] by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]]
=References=
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