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'''Danny Kopec''', (February 28, 1954 – June 12, 2016 <ref>[https://new.uschess.org/news/international-master-danny-kopec-1954-2016/ International Master Danny Kopec, 1954-2016 - US Chess] by [http://www.anusha.com/niro.htm Frank Niro], June 22, 2016</ref>)<br/>
was an American computer scientist, associate professor at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_College Brooklyn College] <ref>[http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/%7Ekopec/ Dr. Danny Kopec Associate Professor Brooklyn College]</ref>, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIDE_titles#International_Master_.28IM.29 international chess master], chess and computer chess writer and assistant tournament director and reporter of various [[ACM North American Computer Chess Championship|ACM North American Computer Chess Championships]] <ref>[http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-431614f6cbb95 The 21st Annual ACM North American Computer Chess Championship 1990], [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/3-1%20and%203-2%20and%203-3%20and%204-3.1990_21st_NACCC/1990%20NACCC.062303065.sm.pdf pdf] from [[The Computer History Museum]]</ref> , chess programmer and [[:Category:Opening Book AuthorsAuthor|Opening Book Authoropening book author]] <ref>[http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/%7Ekopec/kopecresume.htm Danny Kopec - Summary of Qualifications and Education] 1991; Developer of Opening Book for Sargon V chess computer as Consultant for Mediagenic Inc., Menlo Park, California.</ref> . Along with [[Larry Harris]] et al., Danny Kopec was co-author of [[Dartmouth CP]] <ref>[[Danny Kopec]]. ('''1977'''). ''Recent developments in computer chess''. Firbush News 7 Edinburgh: Machine Intelligence Research Unit, [[University of Edinburgh]] (ed. [[Donald Michie|D. Michie]]), [http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/%7Ekopec/Publications/Publications/O_45_AI.pdf pdf]</ref>, competing the [[ACM 1973]] <ref>[http://www.csvn.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=86&Itemid=48 4th North American CC Championship, Aug. 1973, Atlanta USA] from [http://www.csvn.nl/ CSVN Computerschaak] [http://www.csvn.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18&Itemid=38 Computer Chess History Pages]</ref>. In 1975 Kopec graduated from [[Dartmouth College]] and later wrote his Ph.D. in [[Artificial Intelligence|Machine Intelligence]] at the [[University of Edinburgh]], Thesis: ''Human and Machine Representations of Knowledge'', supervisor [[Donald Michie]] <ref>[http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/%7Ekopec/kopecresume.htm Danny Kopec - Summary of Qualifications and Education]</ref> . In 1982 Danny Kopec and [[Ivan Bratko]] designed the [[Bratko-Kopec Test]] <ref>[http://www.kopecchess.com/?page_id=55 The Kopec Chess Services - The Bratko-Kopec Test]</ref> <ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.misc/browse_frm/thread/39e2b493928369fe# Sanny: Some test positions for you] post in [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.misc/topics rec.games.chess.misc] August 18, 2008</ref>.
Danny Kopec died on June 12, 2016 from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancreatic_cancer pancreatic cancer] <ref>[https://new.uschess.org/news/international-master-danny-kopec-1954-2016/ International Master Danny Kopec, 1954-2016 - US Chess] by [http://www.anusha.com/niro.htm Frank Niro], June 22, 2016</ref>.
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