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'''Albert (Al) Gower''',<br/>
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>.
=Chess=
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]].
* [[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]]
* [[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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