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'''Charlie Wilkes''',<br/><br />
an American chess programmer, along with his father [[Charles F. Wilkes]] author of the chess program [[The Fox]]. <br />
Inspired by the [[:Category:George R. R. Martin|George R. R. Martin]] essay ''[[CCCP (US)#TheComputerWasAFish|The Computer Was A Fish]]'' in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_Science_Fiction_and_Fact Analog Science Fiction and Fact], August 1972 <ref>[[:Category:George R. R. Martin|George R. R. Martin]] ('''1972'''). ''[[CCCP (US)#TheComputerWasAFish|The Computer Was A Fish]]''. [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?57064 Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, August 1972]</ref>, concerning the early [[ACM 1971|ACM Tournaments]], <br />
they soon started to write an own chess program in [[APL]], without knowledge of how others had to that point programmed. <br />
They invented their own equivalent to [[Alpha-Beta|alpha-beta]] pruning. Charlie, at that time just entering [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_College_of_William_%26_Mary The College of William & Mary] was already an experienced [[APL]] programmer by Saturday programming sessions in his father's office at [[IBM]] <ref>[https://www.computerhistory.org/chess/doc-431614f6d6b8e/ Computer Chess Newsletter, Issue 2] 1977 by [[Douglas Penrod]], letter by [[Charles F. Wilkes]] pp. 6-9, Courtesy of [[Peter Jennings]], hosted by the [[The Computer History Museum]]</ref>.<br />
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=External Links=<br />
* [https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,1011129/ Charlie Wilkes Video Game Credits and Biography - MobyGames]<br />
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