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'''Albert (Al) Gower''',<br/> | '''Albert (Al) Gower''',<br/> | ||
| − | an American musicologist and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professor_Emeritus professor emeritus] at the [[University of Southern Mississippi]]. He received a Ph.D. in composition from North Texas State University in 1968 <ref>[http://www.tritone-tenuto.com/gower.htm Albert Gower - Tritone Press & Tenuto Publications]</ref>. | + | an American [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musicology musicologist] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professor_Emeritus professor emeritus] at the [[University of Southern Mississippi]]. He received a Ph.D. in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_composition musical composition] from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_North_Texas North Texas State University] in 1968 <ref>[http://www.tritone-tenuto.com/gower.htm Albert Gower - Tritone Press & Tenuto Publications]</ref>. |
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As a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correspondence_Chess correspondence chess] player, Al Gower served as a chess consultant working with [[Robert Hyatt]] on the chess program [[Blitz]]. Further supported by [[Harry Nelson]], he co-authored its successor [[Cray Blitz]], the two-time winner of the [[World Computer Chess Championship]]. | As a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correspondence_Chess correspondence chess] player, Al Gower served as a chess consultant working with [[Robert Hyatt]] on the chess program [[Blitz]]. Further supported by [[Harry Nelson]], he co-authored its successor [[Cray Blitz]], the two-time winner of the [[World Computer Chess Championship]]. | ||
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* [[Robert Hyatt]], [[Harry Nelson]], [[Albert Gower]] ('''1986'''). ''Cray Blitz - 1984 Chess Champion''. Telematics and Informatics Vol. 2, No. 4 | * [[Robert Hyatt]], [[Harry Nelson]], [[Albert Gower]] ('''1986'''). ''Cray Blitz - 1984 Chess Champion''. Telematics and Informatics Vol. 2, No. 4 | ||
* [[Robert Hyatt]], [[Albert Gower]], [[Harry Nelson]] ('''1990'''). ''Cray Blitz''. [[Computers, Chess, and Cognition]] | * [[Robert Hyatt]], [[Albert Gower]], [[Harry Nelson]] ('''1990'''). ''Cray Blitz''. [[Computers, Chess, and Cognition]] | ||
| + | * [[Albert Gower|Bert Gower]], [[Robert Hyatt|Bob Hyatt]] ('''1993'''). ''Computer Chess: What Remains?'' [[ICGA Journal#16_1|ICCA Journal, Vol. 16, No. 1]] » [[ACM 1993]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:50, 22 March 2020
Albert Gower [1]
Albert (Al) Gower,
an American musicologist and professor emeritus at the University of Southern Mississippi. He received a Ph.D. in musical composition from North Texas State University in 1968 [2].
Chess
As a correspondence chess player, Al Gower served as a chess consultant working with Robert Hyatt on the chess program Blitz. Further supported by Harry Nelson, he co-authored its successor Cray Blitz, the two-time winner of the World Computer Chess Championship.
Selected Publications
- Robert Hyatt, Albert Gower, Harry Nelson (1985). Cray Blitz. Advances in Computer Chess 4
- Robert Hyatt, Albert Gower, Harry Nelson (1985). Using Time Wisely, revisited (extended abstract). Proceedings of the 1985 ACM annual conference on The range of computing: mid-80's perspective
- Robert Hyatt, Harry Nelson, Albert Gower (1986). Cray Blitz - 1984 Chess Champion. Telematics and Informatics Vol. 2, No. 4
- Robert Hyatt, Albert Gower, Harry Nelson (1990). Cray Blitz. Computers, Chess, and Cognition
- Bert Gower, Bob Hyatt (1993). Computer Chess: What Remains? ICCA Journal, Vol. 16, No. 1 » ACM 1993
External Links
- Albert Gower's ICGA Tournaments
- Albert Gower | LinkedIn
- Albert Gower - Tritone Press & Tenuto Publications
References
- ↑ Image cropped from the Cover Photo of Harold Bogner (1984). The New Champion. Chess Life February 1984, pdf from The Computer History Museum, Cover Photo: Ken Thompson, Joe Condon, Robert Hyatt, and Albert Gower
- ↑ Albert Gower - Tritone Press & Tenuto Publications
