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[[FILE:AlbertGower.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-431614f6cf749|Albert Gower <ref>Image cropped from the Cover Photo of [[Harold Bogner]] ('''1984'''). ''[http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-431614f6cf749 The New Champion]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_Life Chess Life] February 1984, [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/3-1%20and%203-2%20and%203-3.Chess_Life.The_New_Champion.Bogner.Feb-1984/Chess_Life.The_New_Champion.Bogner.Feb-1984.062303068.sm.pdf pdf] from [[The Computer History Museum]], Cover Photo: [[Ken Thompson]], [[Joe Condon]], [[Robert Hyatt]], and [[Albert Gower]]</ref> ]]
'''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>.
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]].
=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]]
=External Links=
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/person.php?id=395 Albert Gower's ICGA Tournaments]
* [https://www.linkedin.com/in/albert-gower-683b8ba0/ Albert Gower | LinkedIn]
* [http://www.tritone-tenuto.com/gower.htm Albert Gower - Tritone Press & Tenuto Publications]
=References=
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[[FILE:AlbertGower.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-431614f6cf749|Albert Gower <ref>Image cropped from the Cover Photo of [[Harold Bogner]] ('''1984'''). ''[http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-431614f6cf749 The New Champion]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_Life Chess Life] February 1984, [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/3-1%20and%203-2%20and%203-3.Chess_Life.The_New_Champion.Bogner.Feb-1984/Chess_Life.The_New_Champion.Bogner.Feb-1984.062303068.sm.pdf pdf] from [[The Computer History Museum]], Cover Photo: [[Ken Thompson]], [[Joe Condon]], [[Robert Hyatt]], and [[Albert Gower]]</ref> ]]
'''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>.
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]].
=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]]
=External Links=
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/person.php?id=395 Albert Gower's ICGA Tournaments]
* [https://www.linkedin.com/in/albert-gower-683b8ba0/ Albert Gower | LinkedIn]
* [http://www.tritone-tenuto.com/gower.htm Albert Gower - Tritone Press & Tenuto Publications]
=References=
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