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'''Alexander Rafailovich Bitman''', (Александр Рафаилович Битман, 1939 - September 9, 2013)<br/>
 
'''Alexander Rafailovich Bitman''', (Александр Рафаилович Битман, 1939 - September 9, 2013)<br/>
was a Russian programmer, chess master <ref>[http://www.365chess.com/players/Alexander_R_Bitman Alexander R. Bitman's Chess Games from 365chess.com]</ref>, and [[Go]] player <ref>[http://senseis.xmp.net/?AlexanderBitman Sensei's Library: Alexander Bitman]</ref>. Alexander Bitman was co-developer and Chess adviser of the [[ITEP Chess Program]] at [[Alexander Kronrod|Alexander Kronrod’s]] laboratory at the Moscow [[Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics]] ('''ITEP'''). At the end of 1966 the [[Stanford-ITEP Match|four game match]] began between the [[Kotok-McCarthy-Program]], running on a [[IBM 7090]] computer, and the [[ITEP Chess Program]] on a Soviet [[M-2]] computer <ref>[http://www.computer-museum.ru/english/m2.htm The Fast Universal Digital Computer M-2] by the [[Russian Virtual Computer Museum]]</ref>. The match played over nine months was won 3-1 by the '''ITEP''' program. Alexander Bitman became member of the [[Kaissa]] team <ref>[[Kaissa#HistoryofKaissa|History of Kaissa]]</ref>, which won the [[WCCC 1974|First World Computer Chess Championship]] 1974 in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm Stockholm]. In 1988, after Kaissa's retirement, Bitman was tournament director of the  [[First Soviet Computer-Chess Championship 1988|First Soviet Computer-Chess Championship]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulan-Ude Ulan-Ude] <ref>[[Mikhail Donskoy]], [[Jonathan Schaeffer]] ('''1988'''). ''Report on the 1st Soviet Computer-Chess Championship or re-awakening a sleeping giant''. [[ICGA Journal#11_23|ICCA Journal, Vol. 11, Nos. 2/3]]</ref>.
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was a Russian programmer, chess master <ref>[http://www.365chess.com/players/Alexander_R_Bitman Alexander R. Bitman's Chess Games from 365chess.com]</ref>, and [[Go]] player <ref>[http://senseis.xmp.net/?AlexanderBitman Sensei's Library: Alexander Bitman]</ref>. Alexander Bitman was co-developer and Chess adviser of the [[ITEP Chess Program]] at [[Alexander Kronrod|Alexander Kronrod’s]] laboratory at the Moscow [[Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics]] ('''ITEP'''). At the end of 1966 the [[Stanford-ITEP Match|four game match]] began between the [[Kotok-McCarthy-Program]], running on a [[IBM 7090]] computer, and the [[ITEP Chess Program]] on a Soviet [[M-20]] computer. The match played over nine months was won 3-1 by the '''ITEP''' program. Alexander Bitman became member of the [[Kaissa]] team <ref>[[Kaissa#HistoryofKaissa|History of Kaissa]]</ref>, which won the [[WCCC 1974|First World Computer Chess Championship]] 1974 in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm Stockholm]. In 1988, after Kaissa's retirement, Bitman was tournament director of the  [[First Soviet Computer-Chess Championship 1988|First Soviet Computer-Chess Championship]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulan-Ude Ulan-Ude] <ref>[[Mikhail Donskoy]], [[Jonathan Schaeffer]] ('''1988'''). ''Report on the 1st Soviet Computer-Chess Championship or re-awakening a sleeping giant''. [[ICGA Journal#11_23|ICCA Journal, Vol. 11, Nos. 2/3]]</ref>.
  
 
On September 9, 2013, Alexander Rafailovich Bitman was killed by a hit-and-run car accident at the Institute of Systems Analysis, [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Bersenevskaya_Embankment Bersenevskaya waterfront] in Moscow <ref>[http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6245 Alexander Bitman] by [[Harvey Williamson]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], September 22, 2013</ref>.
 
On September 9, 2013, Alexander Rafailovich Bitman was killed by a hit-and-run car accident at the Institute of Systems Analysis, [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Bersenevskaya_Embankment Bersenevskaya waterfront] in Moscow <ref>[http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6245 Alexander Bitman] by [[Harvey Williamson]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], September 22, 2013</ref>.
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[[FILE:ArlazarovBitmanZhivotovsky.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|640px|link=ITEP Chess Program#Video]]
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[[Vladimir Arlazarov]], [[Alexander Bitman]] and [[Alexander Zhivotovsky]], [[Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics|ITEP]], November 24, 1967 <ref>Image captured from the [[ITEP Chess Program#Video|Video В шахматы "играет" ЭВМ. Телевизионные новости. Эфир 24.11.1967]], ca. 0:58</ref>
  
 
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* [[ITEP Chess Program#Video|ITEP Chess Program Video, 1967]]
 
* [[First Soviet Computer-Chess Championship 1988]]
 
* [[First Soviet Computer-Chess Championship 1988]]
 
* [[Kaissa#HistoryofKaissa|History of Kaissa]]
 
* [[Kaissa#HistoryofKaissa|History of Kaissa]]
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Alexander Bitman [1]

Alexander Rafailovich Bitman, (Александр Рафаилович Битман, 1939 - September 9, 2013)
was a Russian programmer, chess master [2], and Go player [3]. Alexander Bitman was co-developer and Chess adviser of the ITEP Chess Program at Alexander Kronrod’s laboratory at the Moscow Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (ITEP). At the end of 1966 the four game match began between the Kotok-McCarthy-Program, running on a IBM 7090 computer, and the ITEP Chess Program on a Soviet M-20 computer. The match played over nine months was won 3-1 by the ITEP program. Alexander Bitman became member of the Kaissa team [4], which won the First World Computer Chess Championship 1974 in Stockholm. In 1988, after Kaissa's retirement, Bitman was tournament director of the First Soviet Computer-Chess Championship in Ulan-Ude [5].

On September 9, 2013, Alexander Rafailovich Bitman was killed by a hit-and-run car accident at the Institute of Systems Analysis, Bersenevskaya waterfront in Moscow [6].

Photos

ArlazarovBitmanZhivotovsky.jpg

Vladimir Arlazarov, Alexander Bitman and Alexander Zhivotovsky, ITEP, November 24, 1967 [7]

Quotes

Tony Marsland and Monty Newborn in their report of their USSR visit, December 1980 [8]:

We arrived in Moscow on December 7th and spent several days in technical talks at the Institute for System Studies with the Kaissa group - Mikhail Donskoy, Vladimir Arlazarov,  Georgy Adelson-Velsky, Alexander Bitman, and Anatoly Uskov. Bitman, a master level player, easily outplayed the Chess Sensory Challenger which we brought along with us for demonstration purposes ... 

See also

Selected Publications

Forum Posts

External Links

References

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