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[[FILE:Kalme.JPG|border|right|thumb|link=http://soloscacchi.altervista.org/?p=7288|Charles Kalme 1960 <ref>Charles Kalme vs. Suren Momo, [http://www.olimpbase.org/1960y/1960in.html 7th World Student Team Chess Championship: Leningrad 1960], from [http://soloscacchi.altervista.org/?p=7288 Una Riga di scacchi | SoloScacchi] by Martin Eden, March 24, 2010 (Italian)</ref> ]]
'''Charles Ivars Kalme''', (Kārlis Ivars Kalme, November 15, 1939 – March 20, 2002)<br/>
was a Latvian American electrical engineer, mathematician, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Master#International_Master_.28IM.29 International Master] of chess, Master of [[Bridge|Contract Bridge]], and early computer chess programmer. Born 1939 in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riga Riga], he and what was left of his family fled [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latvia Latvia] after [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II World War II], lived for years in a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Displaced_persons_camp Displaced Persons Camp] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied-occupied_Germany Allied-occupied Germany] until he arrived in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia Philadelphia] in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States United States] in 1951 <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Kalme Charles Kalme from Wikipedia]</ref>. He earned his master title in chess at age 15, was US Junior champion in 1955, US Intercollegiate champ in 1957 <ref>[http://www.chessmentor.com/buy.html Eric Tangborn], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_John_Donaldson John Donaldson] ('''1999'''). ''[http://archive.org/stream/The_Unknown_Bobby_Fischer/The_Unknown_Bobby_Fischer_djvu.txt The Unknown Bobby Fischer]''. International Chess Enterprises</ref>, and drew in his game against [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Fischer Bobby Fischer] in the 1960 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Chess_Championship US championship] <ref>[http://wdjoyner.wordpress.com/2012/11/12/mathematicians-and-chess/ Mathematicians and Chess | Charles Kalme] by [https://plus.google.com/115358366054719749968/posts David Joyner]</ref>.
In 1961, Kalme graduated with honors in electrical engineering from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania], and received his Ph.D. degree in mathematics in 1967 at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_University New York University] under thesis advisor [[Mathematician#LipmanBers|Lipman Bers]] <ref>[[Charles Kalme]] ('''1967'''). ''Contributions to the Theory of Discontinuous Groups of Mobius Transformations''. Ph.D. thesis, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_University New York University], advisor [[Mathematician#LipmanBers|Lipman Bers]]</ref>. He became a professor of mathematics at the [[University of California, Berkeley]] for two years, and at [[University of Southern California]] for four years. When [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latvia Latvia] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latvia#Restoration_of_independence_in_1991 restored its independence] in 1991 from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union Soviet Union], Kalme returned to Latvia, where he worked on a National Strategy for Bringing Computer Literacy to Latvian Schools <ref>[http://wdjoyner.wordpress.com/2012/11/12/mathematicians-and-chess/ Mathematicians and Chess | Charles Kalme] by [https://plus.google.com/115358366054719749968/posts David Joyner]</ref>.
=Computer Chess=
In the early 70s at [[University of Southern California]], Charles Kalme became team member and chess advisor of the [[USC CP]] team around [[Albert Zobrist]] and [[Frederic Roy Carlson]] <ref>[[Albert Zobrist]], [[Frederic Roy Carlson]] ('''1973'''). ''An Advice-Taking Chess Computer''. [[Scientific American]], Vol. 228</ref> <ref>[[Monroe Newborn]] ('''1975'''). ''Computer Chess''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_Press Academic Press], New York, N.Y., Chapter VII. The Third United States Computer Chess Championship</ref>.
=Selected Publications=
* [[Charles Kalme]] ('''1967'''). ''Contributions to the Theory of Discontinuous Groups of Mobius Transformations''. Ph.D. thesis, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_University New York University], advisor [[Mathematician#LipmanBers|Lipman Bers]]
* [[Charles Kalme]] ('''1969'''). ''[http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/1994805?uid=3737864&uid=2&uid=4&sid=21102776041941 A note on the connectivity of components of Kleinian groups]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transactions_of_the_American_Mathematical_Society Transactions of the American Mathematical Society], Vol. 137
* [[Charles Kalme]] ('''1970'''). ''[http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/1970639?uid=3737864&uid=2&uid=4&sid=21102776150051 Remarks on a paper by Lipman Bers]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annals_of_Mathematics Annals of Mathematics], Second Series, Vol. 91, No. 3
=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Kalme Charles Kalme from Wikipedia]
* [http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=33500 The Mathematics Genealogy Project - Charles Kalme]
* [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=24279 The chess games of Charles I. Kalme] from [http://www.chessgames.com/index.html chessgames.com]
* [http://soloscacchi.altervista.org/?p=7288 Una Riga di scacchi | SoloScacchi] by Martin Eden, March 24, 2010 (Italian)
* [http://www.uschess.org/content/view/10765/607 The United States Chess Federation - Victory at Leningrad: The 50th Anniversary] by [[Eliot Hearst]], October 20, 2010
* [http://wdjoyner.wordpress.com/2012/11/12/mathematicians-and-chess/ Mathematicians and Chess | Charles Kalme] by [https://plus.google.com/115358366054719749968/posts David Joyner]
* [http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/osa/mensseniordawards.php Office of Student Affairs at the University of Pennsylvania]
=References=
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[[FILE:Kalme.JPG|border|right|thumb|link=http://soloscacchi.altervista.org/?p=7288|Charles Kalme 1960 <ref>Charles Kalme vs. Suren Momo, [http://www.olimpbase.org/1960y/1960in.html 7th World Student Team Chess Championship: Leningrad 1960], from [http://soloscacchi.altervista.org/?p=7288 Una Riga di scacchi | SoloScacchi] by Martin Eden, March 24, 2010 (Italian)</ref> ]]
'''Charles Ivars Kalme''', (Kārlis Ivars Kalme, November 15, 1939 – March 20, 2002)<br/>
was a Latvian American electrical engineer, mathematician, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Master#International_Master_.28IM.29 International Master] of chess, Master of [[Bridge|Contract Bridge]], and early computer chess programmer. Born 1939 in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riga Riga], he and what was left of his family fled [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latvia Latvia] after [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II World War II], lived for years in a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Displaced_persons_camp Displaced Persons Camp] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied-occupied_Germany Allied-occupied Germany] until he arrived in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia Philadelphia] in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States United States] in 1951 <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Kalme Charles Kalme from Wikipedia]</ref>. He earned his master title in chess at age 15, was US Junior champion in 1955, US Intercollegiate champ in 1957 <ref>[http://www.chessmentor.com/buy.html Eric Tangborn], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_John_Donaldson John Donaldson] ('''1999'''). ''[http://archive.org/stream/The_Unknown_Bobby_Fischer/The_Unknown_Bobby_Fischer_djvu.txt The Unknown Bobby Fischer]''. International Chess Enterprises</ref>, and drew in his game against [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Fischer Bobby Fischer] in the 1960 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Chess_Championship US championship] <ref>[http://wdjoyner.wordpress.com/2012/11/12/mathematicians-and-chess/ Mathematicians and Chess | Charles Kalme] by [https://plus.google.com/115358366054719749968/posts David Joyner]</ref>.
In 1961, Kalme graduated with honors in electrical engineering from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania], and received his Ph.D. degree in mathematics in 1967 at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_University New York University] under thesis advisor [[Mathematician#LipmanBers|Lipman Bers]] <ref>[[Charles Kalme]] ('''1967'''). ''Contributions to the Theory of Discontinuous Groups of Mobius Transformations''. Ph.D. thesis, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_University New York University], advisor [[Mathematician#LipmanBers|Lipman Bers]]</ref>. He became a professor of mathematics at the [[University of California, Berkeley]] for two years, and at [[University of Southern California]] for four years. When [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latvia Latvia] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latvia#Restoration_of_independence_in_1991 restored its independence] in 1991 from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union Soviet Union], Kalme returned to Latvia, where he worked on a National Strategy for Bringing Computer Literacy to Latvian Schools <ref>[http://wdjoyner.wordpress.com/2012/11/12/mathematicians-and-chess/ Mathematicians and Chess | Charles Kalme] by [https://plus.google.com/115358366054719749968/posts David Joyner]</ref>.
=Computer Chess=
In the early 70s at [[University of Southern California]], Charles Kalme became team member and chess advisor of the [[USC CP]] team around [[Albert Zobrist]] and [[Frederic Roy Carlson]] <ref>[[Albert Zobrist]], [[Frederic Roy Carlson]] ('''1973'''). ''An Advice-Taking Chess Computer''. [[Scientific American]], Vol. 228</ref> <ref>[[Monroe Newborn]] ('''1975'''). ''Computer Chess''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_Press Academic Press], New York, N.Y., Chapter VII. The Third United States Computer Chess Championship</ref>.
=Selected Publications=
* [[Charles Kalme]] ('''1967'''). ''Contributions to the Theory of Discontinuous Groups of Mobius Transformations''. Ph.D. thesis, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_University New York University], advisor [[Mathematician#LipmanBers|Lipman Bers]]
* [[Charles Kalme]] ('''1969'''). ''[http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/1994805?uid=3737864&uid=2&uid=4&sid=21102776041941 A note on the connectivity of components of Kleinian groups]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transactions_of_the_American_Mathematical_Society Transactions of the American Mathematical Society], Vol. 137
* [[Charles Kalme]] ('''1970'''). ''[http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/1970639?uid=3737864&uid=2&uid=4&sid=21102776150051 Remarks on a paper by Lipman Bers]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annals_of_Mathematics Annals of Mathematics], Second Series, Vol. 91, No. 3
=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Kalme Charles Kalme from Wikipedia]
* [http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=33500 The Mathematics Genealogy Project - Charles Kalme]
* [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=24279 The chess games of Charles I. Kalme] from [http://www.chessgames.com/index.html chessgames.com]
* [http://soloscacchi.altervista.org/?p=7288 Una Riga di scacchi | SoloScacchi] by Martin Eden, March 24, 2010 (Italian)
* [http://www.uschess.org/content/view/10765/607 The United States Chess Federation - Victory at Leningrad: The 50th Anniversary] by [[Eliot Hearst]], October 20, 2010
* [http://wdjoyner.wordpress.com/2012/11/12/mathematicians-and-chess/ Mathematicians and Chess | Charles Kalme] by [https://plus.google.com/115358366054719749968/posts David Joyner]
* [http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/osa/mensseniordawards.php Office of Student Affairs at the University of Pennsylvania]
=References=
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