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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 [[Opening Book Authors|Opening 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>.
=Chess Endgames=
Quote by [[Maarten van Emden]] in ''I remember [[Donald Michie]]'' <ref>[http://vanemden.wordpress.com/2009/06/12/i-remember-donald-michie-1923-2007/ I remember Donald Michie (1923 – 2007) « A Programmers Place] by [[Maarten van Emden]], June 12, 2009</ref> :
In 1980 I spent another summer in Edinburgh as a guest of [[Donald Michie]]. Since the low point of 1975, thanks to assiduous and inventive joint pursuit of funding possibilities by Donald and [http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/%7Eley/db/indices/a-tree/m/Michie:Jean_Hayes.html Jean], the Machine Intelligence Research Unit was alive with work focused on [[Endgame|chess endgames]]. There were students, including [[Tim Niblett]] and [[Alen Shapiro]]. [[Danny Kopec]] was there, perhaps formally as a student, but de facto as the resident chess consultant. [[Ivan Bratko]] visited frequently. Alen was the administrator of the dream computing environment of that time: a small [[PDP-11]] running [[Unix]].
=Selected Publications=
<ref>[http://ilk.uvt.nl/icga/journal/docs/References.pdf ICGA Reference Database] (pdf)</ref> <ref>[http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/%7Ekopec/research/page6.htm Publications]</ref> <ref>[http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/%7Ekopec/Publications/P_index.html Publications prior to the year 2000]</ref>
==1977 ...==
* [[Danny Kopec]] ('''1977'''). ''Recent developments in computer chess''. Firbush News 7 Edinburgh: Machine Intelligence Research Unit, [[University of Edinburgh]] (ed. [[Donald Michie]]), [http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~kopec/Publications/Publications/O_45_C.pdf pdf]
* [[Ivan Bratko]], [[Danny Kopec]], [[Donald Michie]] ('''1978'''). ''Pattern-Based Representation of Chess Endgame Knowledge.'' [http://comjnl.oxfordjournals.org/content/21/2.toc The Computer Journal, Vol. 21, No. 2], pp. 149-153. [http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/%7Ekopec/Publications/Publications/O_44_C.pdf pdf]
* [[Danny Kopec]] ('''1979'''). ''Rook v knight by Computer. Research'' Memorandom MIP-R-125, Machine Intelligence Research Unit, [[University of Edinburgh]]. Also published in Chess (1983). Vol. 47, Nos. 895-896, pp. 288-295. Sutton Coldfield, England. [http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/%7Ekopec/Publications/Publications/O_43_C.pdf pdf]
==1980 ...==
* [[Danny Kopec]], [[Tim Niblett]] ('''1980'''). ''How Hard is the Play of the King-Rook-King-Knight Ending?'' [[Advances in Computer Chess 2]], [http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/%7Ekopec/Publications/Publications/O_42_C.pdf pdf]
* [[Ivan Bratko]], [[Danny Kopec]] ('''1982'''). ''A Test for Comparison of Human and Computer Performance in Chess''. [[Advances in Computer Chess 3]], [http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/%7Ekopec/Publications/Publications/O_41_C.pdf pdf]
* [[Danny Kopec]], [[Ivan Bratko]] ('''1982'''). '''''The Bratko-Kopec experiment''': a comparison of human and computer performance in chess''. [[Advances in Computer Chess 3]]
* [[Danny Kopec]], [[Donald Michie]] ('''1983'''). ''Mismatch between machine representations and human concepts: dangers and remedies''. FAST series No. 9 report. European Community, Brussels. [http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/%7Ekopec/Publications/Publications/O_38_AI.pdf pdf]
* [[Danny Kopec]], [[Enrique Irazoqui]], [[Ivan Bratko]] ('''1983'''). ''The Updated Bratko-Kopec Test.'' [[Computer Chess Reports|Computer Chess Digest Annual]] pp. 45-63
* [[Danny Kopec]] ('''1983'''). ''Human and Machine Representations of Knowledge''. Ph.D. thesis, [[University of Edinburgh]], supervisor: [[Donald Michie]]
* [[Danny Kopec]] ('''1984'''). ''Report from New York - The 4th World Computer Chess Championship''. [[Computer Chess Reports|Computer Chess Digest Annual 1984]] » [[WCCC 1983]]
* [[Danny Kopec]] ('''1984'''). ''[[Canadian Computer Chess Invitational Championship 1984|The Canadian Computer Chess Invitational Championship (CCCIC) 1984]]''. [[ICGA Journal#7_1|ICCA Journal, Vol. 7, No. 3]]
* [[Danny Kopec]], [[Monroe Newborn]] ('''1985'''). ''ACM's Fifteenth North American Computer Chess Championship''. [[ACM#Communications|Communications of the ACM]], Vol. 28, No. 7, reprinted in [http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-431614f6cef27 The Sixteenth ACM North American Computer Chess Championship, Denver Colorado, October 13-15, 1985], [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/3-1%20and%203-2%20and%203-3.1985_16th_NACCC/1985%20NACCC.062303067.sm.pdf pdf] from [[The Computer History Museum]]
* [[Danny Kopec]] ('''1985'''). ''Chess Computers - A critical descriptive Analysis of the currently available commercial Chess Computers''. Abacus Vol. 2 No. 4, Editor-shortened version as [http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~kopec/Publications/Publications/O_34_C.pdf pdf], [http://spider.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~kopec/Publications/Publications/O_34_C.pdf pdf] » [[Super Constellation]], [[Elite]]
* [[Danny Kopec]], [[Monroe Newborn]], [[Winston Yu]] ('''1986'''). ''Experiments in Chess Cognition.'' [[Advances in Computer Chess 4]], [http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/%7Ekopec/Publications/Publications/O_32_C.pdf pdf]
* [[Danny Kopec]], [[Monroe Newborn|Monty Newborn]] ('''1986'''). ''Belle and Mephisto Dallas Capture Computer Chess Title at the FJCC''. reprinted in [http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-431614f6cabbd The ACM's Eighteenth North American Computer Chess Championship] from [[The Computer History Museum]], [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/3-1%20and%203-2%20and%203-3%20and%204-3.1987_18th_NACCC/1987%20NACCC.062303063.sm.pdf pdf]
* [[Monroe Newborn|Monty Newborn]], [[Danny Kopec]] ('''1988'''). ''Results of [[ACM 1987|ACM's Eighteenth Computer Chess Championship]]''. [[ACM#Communications|Communications of the ACM]], Vol. 31, No. 8, [http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~kopec/Publications/Publications/O_30_C.pdf pdf]
* [[Danny Kopec]], [[Michael Valvo|Mike Valvo]] ('''1988'''). ''Report on The ACM 19th North American Computer-Chess Championship''. [[ICGA Journal#11_4|ICCA Journal, Vol. 11, No. 4]] » [[ACM 1988]]
* [[Danny Kopec]], [[Ed Northam]], [[David Podber]], [[Yehya Fouda]] ('''1989'''). ''The Role of Connectivity in Chess''. [[WCCC 1989#Workshop|Workshop on New Directions in Game-Tree Search]], [http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/%7Ekopec/Publications/Publications/O_24_C.pdf pdf]
* [[Monroe Newborn|Monty Newborn]], [[Danny Kopec]] ('''1989'''). ''Results of [[ACM 1988|The Nineteenth ACM North American Computer Chess Championship]]''. [[ACM#Communications|Communications of the ACM]], Vol. 32, No. 10, [http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~kopec/Publications/Publications/O_23_C.pdf pdf], reprinted in [http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-431614f6cb3a1 The Twentieth ACM North American Computer Chess Championship] from [[The Computer History Museum]], [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/3-1%20and%203-2%20and%203-3%20and%204-3.1989_20th_NACCC/1989%20NACCC.062303064.sm.pdf pdf]
==1990 ...==
* [[Danny Kopec]] ('''1990'''). ''Advances in Man-Machine Play.'' [[Computers, Chess, and Cognition]], pp. 9-32, [http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/%7Ekopec/Publications/Publications/O_21_C.pdf pdf]
* [[Monroe Newborn]], [[Danny Kopec]] ('''1990'''). ''The Twentieth ACM North American Computer Chess Championship''. in [http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-431614f6cbb95 The 21st Annual ACM North American Computer Chess Championship] from [[The Computer History Museum]], [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] » [[ACM 1989]]
* [[Monroe Newborn|Monty Newborn]], [[Danny Kopec]] ('''1991'''). ''[http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=125497 The 21st ACM North American Computer Chess Championship]''. [[ACM#Communications|Communications of the ACM]], Vol. 34, No. 11, [http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-11640254/21st-acm-north-american.html online] » [[ACM 1990]]
* [[Hans Berliner]], [[Danny Kopec]], [[Ed Northam]] ('''1991'''). ''A taxonomy of concepts for evaluating chess strength: examples from two difficult categories.'' [[Advances in Computer Chess 6]], [http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/%7Ekopec/Publications/Publications/O_20_C.pdf pdf]
* [[Danny Kopec]], [[Monroe Newborn]], [[Michael Valvo]] ('''1992'''). ''The 22d Annual ACM International Chess Championship''. in [http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-431614f6cc6e9 The 23rd ACM International Computer Chess Championship] from [[The Computer History Museum]], [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] » [[ACM 1991]]
* [[Danny Kopec]], [[Michael Valvo]] ('''1993'''). ''The 23rd ACM International Computer-Chess Championship.'' [[ICGA Journal#16_1|ICCA Journal, Vol. 16, No. 1]] » [[ACM 1993]]
* [[Shawn Benn]], [[Danny Kopec]] ('''1993'''). ''The Bratko-Kopec Test Recalibrated.'' [[ICGA Journal#16_3|ICCA Journal, Vol. 16, No. 3]], [http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/%7Ekopec/Publications/Publications/O_11_C.pdf pdf] <ref>Revised version of the paper ''Comparison and Testing of Six Commercial Computer Chess Programs'', presented at the [[WCCC 1992#Workshop|WCCC 1992 - Workshop: The Impact of Computer Chess on AI Research]] by [[Tony Marsland]]</ref>
* [[Christopher Chabris]], [[Danny Kopec]] ('''1993'''). ''The 4th Harvard Cup Human versus Computer Chess Challange''. [[ICGA Journal#16_4|ICCA Journal, Vol. 16, No. 4]] » [[Harvard Cup 1993]]
* [[Danny Kopec]], [[Monroe Newborn]], [[Michael Valvo]] ('''1994'''). ''The 23rd ACM NACCC in Indianapolis''. in [http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-431614f6cceea The 24th ACM International Computer Chess Championship] from [[The Computer History Museum]], [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/3-1%20and%203-2%20and%203-3%20and%204-3.1994_24th_ICCC/1994%20ICCC.062303013.sm.pdf pdf] » [[ACM 1993]]
* [[Danny Kopec]] ('''1994'''). ''The Fifth Harvard Cup Human Versus Computer Intel Chess Challenge''. [http://spider.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~kopec/Publications/Publications/O_6_C.pdf pdf]
* [[Christopher Chabris]], [[Danny Kopec]] ('''1994'''). ''Report on the Fifth Harvard Cup Human versus Computer Intel Chess Challenge''. [[ICGA Journal#17_4|ICCA Journal, Vol. 17, No. 4]] » [[Harvard Cup 1994]]
* [[Danny Kopec]], [[Hal Terrie]] ('''1998'''). ''Test, Evaluate, and Improve your Chess''. 1st Edition
==2000 ...==
* [[Danny Kopec]], [[Hal Terrie]] ('''2003'''). ''Test, Evaluate, and Improve your Chess''. 2nd Edition
* [[Danny Kopec]], [[Daniel Cox]], [[Tony Marsland]] ('''2004'''). ''Chapter 63: Search''. in The Computer Science and Engineering Handbook, 2nd Edition, [http://www.bowdoin.edu/%7Eallen/ Allen B. Tucker] (editor), [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CRC_Press CRC Press], 2004, 63-1 to 63-26. [http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/%7Ekopec/research/new/Best_Draft6.pdf pdf (Draft 2003)]
* [[Jill Cirasella]], [[Danny Kopec]] ('''2006'''). ''The History of Computer Games''. [https://jillcirasella.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2014/05/computer_games_handout.pdf pdf]
==2010 ...==
* [http://www-cs.ccny.cuny.edu/~cssjl/ Stephen Lucci], [[Danny Kopec]] ('''2011'''). ''[https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?id=148704398520615&story_fbid=177479219065436 Artificial Intelligence in the 21st Century]''. Mercury Learning and Information
* [[Danny Kopec]], [[Hal Terrie]] ('''2013'''). ''[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17823740-test-evaluate-and-improve-your-chess Test, Evaluate, and Improve your Chess: A Knowledge-Based Approach]''. 3rd Edition, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, [http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/test-evaluate-and-improve-your-chess-dr-danny-kopec-im/1115688766?ean=9781483991573 Barnes & Noble], [https://www.newinchess.com/Test__Evaluate_and_Improve_Your_Chess__3rd_Edition-p-7410.html NIC], [http://www.schachversand.de/d/detail/buecher/4915.html Schach Niggemann]
* [[Danny Kopec]], Shweta Shetty, [https://www.linkedin.com/in/pileggichristopher Christopher Pileggi] ('''2014'''). ''[http://www.merclearning.com/titles/Artificial-Intelligence-Problems-and-Their-Solutions.html Artificial Intelligence Problems and Their Solutions]''. Mercury Learning and Information
=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Kopec Danny Kopec from Wikipedia]
* [http://www.kopecchess.com/ Kopec Chess Services]
* [http://www.kopecchess.com/Kopec_Chess_Services/About_Dr._Kopec.html About International Master Dr. Danny Kopec]
* [http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/%7Ekopec/kopecresume.htm Danny Kopec's Academic Resume (Brooklyn College)]
* [http://www.kidschess.com/sicilian/kopec_system.html The Kopec System KidsChess]
* [http://www.chessville.com/instruction/DannyKopec/TestEvaluateandImproveYourChess.htm Test, Evaluate and Improve Your Chess, a Knowledge-Based Approach] by IM Danny Kopec and [http://bradenbournival.com/chess_players/hal_terrie/ Hal Terrie]
* <span id="HowTo"></span>Danny Kopec - How to Visualize Chess Combinations Promo, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video » [[Tactics]], [[Combination]], [[Strategy]]
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=References=
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'''[[People|Up one level]]'''
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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 [[Opening Book Authors|Opening 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>.
=Chess Endgames=
Quote by [[Maarten van Emden]] in ''I remember [[Donald Michie]]'' <ref>[http://vanemden.wordpress.com/2009/06/12/i-remember-donald-michie-1923-2007/ I remember Donald Michie (1923 – 2007) « A Programmers Place] by [[Maarten van Emden]], June 12, 2009</ref> :
In 1980 I spent another summer in Edinburgh as a guest of [[Donald Michie]]. Since the low point of 1975, thanks to assiduous and inventive joint pursuit of funding possibilities by Donald and [http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/%7Eley/db/indices/a-tree/m/Michie:Jean_Hayes.html Jean], the Machine Intelligence Research Unit was alive with work focused on [[Endgame|chess endgames]]. There were students, including [[Tim Niblett]] and [[Alen Shapiro]]. [[Danny Kopec]] was there, perhaps formally as a student, but de facto as the resident chess consultant. [[Ivan Bratko]] visited frequently. Alen was the administrator of the dream computing environment of that time: a small [[PDP-11]] running [[Unix]].
=Selected Publications=
<ref>[http://ilk.uvt.nl/icga/journal/docs/References.pdf ICGA Reference Database] (pdf)</ref> <ref>[http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/%7Ekopec/research/page6.htm Publications]</ref> <ref>[http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/%7Ekopec/Publications/P_index.html Publications prior to the year 2000]</ref>
==1977 ...==
* [[Danny Kopec]] ('''1977'''). ''Recent developments in computer chess''. Firbush News 7 Edinburgh: Machine Intelligence Research Unit, [[University of Edinburgh]] (ed. [[Donald Michie]]), [http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~kopec/Publications/Publications/O_45_C.pdf pdf]
* [[Ivan Bratko]], [[Danny Kopec]], [[Donald Michie]] ('''1978'''). ''Pattern-Based Representation of Chess Endgame Knowledge.'' [http://comjnl.oxfordjournals.org/content/21/2.toc The Computer Journal, Vol. 21, No. 2], pp. 149-153. [http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/%7Ekopec/Publications/Publications/O_44_C.pdf pdf]
* [[Danny Kopec]] ('''1979'''). ''Rook v knight by Computer. Research'' Memorandom MIP-R-125, Machine Intelligence Research Unit, [[University of Edinburgh]]. Also published in Chess (1983). Vol. 47, Nos. 895-896, pp. 288-295. Sutton Coldfield, England. [http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/%7Ekopec/Publications/Publications/O_43_C.pdf pdf]
==1980 ...==
* [[Danny Kopec]], [[Tim Niblett]] ('''1980'''). ''How Hard is the Play of the King-Rook-King-Knight Ending?'' [[Advances in Computer Chess 2]], [http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/%7Ekopec/Publications/Publications/O_42_C.pdf pdf]
* [[Ivan Bratko]], [[Danny Kopec]] ('''1982'''). ''A Test for Comparison of Human and Computer Performance in Chess''. [[Advances in Computer Chess 3]], [http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/%7Ekopec/Publications/Publications/O_41_C.pdf pdf]
* [[Danny Kopec]], [[Ivan Bratko]] ('''1982'''). '''''The Bratko-Kopec experiment''': a comparison of human and computer performance in chess''. [[Advances in Computer Chess 3]]
* [[Danny Kopec]], [[Donald Michie]] ('''1983'''). ''Mismatch between machine representations and human concepts: dangers and remedies''. FAST series No. 9 report. European Community, Brussels. [http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/%7Ekopec/Publications/Publications/O_38_AI.pdf pdf]
* [[Danny Kopec]], [[Enrique Irazoqui]], [[Ivan Bratko]] ('''1983'''). ''The Updated Bratko-Kopec Test.'' [[Computer Chess Reports|Computer Chess Digest Annual]] pp. 45-63
* [[Danny Kopec]] ('''1983'''). ''Human and Machine Representations of Knowledge''. Ph.D. thesis, [[University of Edinburgh]], supervisor: [[Donald Michie]]
* [[Danny Kopec]] ('''1984'''). ''Report from New York - The 4th World Computer Chess Championship''. [[Computer Chess Reports|Computer Chess Digest Annual 1984]] » [[WCCC 1983]]
* [[Danny Kopec]] ('''1984'''). ''[[Canadian Computer Chess Invitational Championship 1984|The Canadian Computer Chess Invitational Championship (CCCIC) 1984]]''. [[ICGA Journal#7_1|ICCA Journal, Vol. 7, No. 3]]
* [[Danny Kopec]], [[Monroe Newborn]] ('''1985'''). ''ACM's Fifteenth North American Computer Chess Championship''. [[ACM#Communications|Communications of the ACM]], Vol. 28, No. 7, reprinted in [http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-431614f6cef27 The Sixteenth ACM North American Computer Chess Championship, Denver Colorado, October 13-15, 1985], [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/3-1%20and%203-2%20and%203-3.1985_16th_NACCC/1985%20NACCC.062303067.sm.pdf pdf] from [[The Computer History Museum]]
* [[Danny Kopec]] ('''1985'''). ''Chess Computers - A critical descriptive Analysis of the currently available commercial Chess Computers''. Abacus Vol. 2 No. 4, Editor-shortened version as [http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~kopec/Publications/Publications/O_34_C.pdf pdf], [http://spider.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~kopec/Publications/Publications/O_34_C.pdf pdf] » [[Super Constellation]], [[Elite]]
* [[Danny Kopec]], [[Monroe Newborn]], [[Winston Yu]] ('''1986'''). ''Experiments in Chess Cognition.'' [[Advances in Computer Chess 4]], [http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/%7Ekopec/Publications/Publications/O_32_C.pdf pdf]
* [[Danny Kopec]], [[Monroe Newborn|Monty Newborn]] ('''1986'''). ''Belle and Mephisto Dallas Capture Computer Chess Title at the FJCC''. reprinted in [http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-431614f6cabbd The ACM's Eighteenth North American Computer Chess Championship] from [[The Computer History Museum]], [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/3-1%20and%203-2%20and%203-3%20and%204-3.1987_18th_NACCC/1987%20NACCC.062303063.sm.pdf pdf]
* [[Monroe Newborn|Monty Newborn]], [[Danny Kopec]] ('''1988'''). ''Results of [[ACM 1987|ACM's Eighteenth Computer Chess Championship]]''. [[ACM#Communications|Communications of the ACM]], Vol. 31, No. 8, [http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~kopec/Publications/Publications/O_30_C.pdf pdf]
* [[Danny Kopec]], [[Michael Valvo|Mike Valvo]] ('''1988'''). ''Report on The ACM 19th North American Computer-Chess Championship''. [[ICGA Journal#11_4|ICCA Journal, Vol. 11, No. 4]] » [[ACM 1988]]
* [[Danny Kopec]], [[Ed Northam]], [[David Podber]], [[Yehya Fouda]] ('''1989'''). ''The Role of Connectivity in Chess''. [[WCCC 1989#Workshop|Workshop on New Directions in Game-Tree Search]], [http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/%7Ekopec/Publications/Publications/O_24_C.pdf pdf]
* [[Monroe Newborn|Monty Newborn]], [[Danny Kopec]] ('''1989'''). ''Results of [[ACM 1988|The Nineteenth ACM North American Computer Chess Championship]]''. [[ACM#Communications|Communications of the ACM]], Vol. 32, No. 10, [http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~kopec/Publications/Publications/O_23_C.pdf pdf], reprinted in [http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-431614f6cb3a1 The Twentieth ACM North American Computer Chess Championship] from [[The Computer History Museum]], [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/3-1%20and%203-2%20and%203-3%20and%204-3.1989_20th_NACCC/1989%20NACCC.062303064.sm.pdf pdf]
==1990 ...==
* [[Danny Kopec]] ('''1990'''). ''Advances in Man-Machine Play.'' [[Computers, Chess, and Cognition]], pp. 9-32, [http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/%7Ekopec/Publications/Publications/O_21_C.pdf pdf]
* [[Monroe Newborn]], [[Danny Kopec]] ('''1990'''). ''The Twentieth ACM North American Computer Chess Championship''. in [http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-431614f6cbb95 The 21st Annual ACM North American Computer Chess Championship] from [[The Computer History Museum]], [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] » [[ACM 1989]]
* [[Monroe Newborn|Monty Newborn]], [[Danny Kopec]] ('''1991'''). ''[http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=125497 The 21st ACM North American Computer Chess Championship]''. [[ACM#Communications|Communications of the ACM]], Vol. 34, No. 11, [http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-11640254/21st-acm-north-american.html online] » [[ACM 1990]]
* [[Hans Berliner]], [[Danny Kopec]], [[Ed Northam]] ('''1991'''). ''A taxonomy of concepts for evaluating chess strength: examples from two difficult categories.'' [[Advances in Computer Chess 6]], [http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/%7Ekopec/Publications/Publications/O_20_C.pdf pdf]
* [[Danny Kopec]], [[Monroe Newborn]], [[Michael Valvo]] ('''1992'''). ''The 22d Annual ACM International Chess Championship''. in [http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-431614f6cc6e9 The 23rd ACM International Computer Chess Championship] from [[The Computer History Museum]], [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] » [[ACM 1991]]
* [[Danny Kopec]], [[Michael Valvo]] ('''1993'''). ''The 23rd ACM International Computer-Chess Championship.'' [[ICGA Journal#16_1|ICCA Journal, Vol. 16, No. 1]] » [[ACM 1993]]
* [[Shawn Benn]], [[Danny Kopec]] ('''1993'''). ''The Bratko-Kopec Test Recalibrated.'' [[ICGA Journal#16_3|ICCA Journal, Vol. 16, No. 3]], [http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/%7Ekopec/Publications/Publications/O_11_C.pdf pdf] <ref>Revised version of the paper ''Comparison and Testing of Six Commercial Computer Chess Programs'', presented at the [[WCCC 1992#Workshop|WCCC 1992 - Workshop: The Impact of Computer Chess on AI Research]] by [[Tony Marsland]]</ref>
* [[Christopher Chabris]], [[Danny Kopec]] ('''1993'''). ''The 4th Harvard Cup Human versus Computer Chess Challange''. [[ICGA Journal#16_4|ICCA Journal, Vol. 16, No. 4]] » [[Harvard Cup 1993]]
* [[Danny Kopec]], [[Monroe Newborn]], [[Michael Valvo]] ('''1994'''). ''The 23rd ACM NACCC in Indianapolis''. in [http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-431614f6cceea The 24th ACM International Computer Chess Championship] from [[The Computer History Museum]], [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/3-1%20and%203-2%20and%203-3%20and%204-3.1994_24th_ICCC/1994%20ICCC.062303013.sm.pdf pdf] » [[ACM 1993]]
* [[Danny Kopec]] ('''1994'''). ''The Fifth Harvard Cup Human Versus Computer Intel Chess Challenge''. [http://spider.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~kopec/Publications/Publications/O_6_C.pdf pdf]
* [[Christopher Chabris]], [[Danny Kopec]] ('''1994'''). ''Report on the Fifth Harvard Cup Human versus Computer Intel Chess Challenge''. [[ICGA Journal#17_4|ICCA Journal, Vol. 17, No. 4]] » [[Harvard Cup 1994]]
* [[Danny Kopec]], [[Hal Terrie]] ('''1998'''). ''Test, Evaluate, and Improve your Chess''. 1st Edition
==2000 ...==
* [[Danny Kopec]], [[Hal Terrie]] ('''2003'''). ''Test, Evaluate, and Improve your Chess''. 2nd Edition
* [[Danny Kopec]], [[Daniel Cox]], [[Tony Marsland]] ('''2004'''). ''Chapter 63: Search''. in The Computer Science and Engineering Handbook, 2nd Edition, [http://www.bowdoin.edu/%7Eallen/ Allen B. Tucker] (editor), [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CRC_Press CRC Press], 2004, 63-1 to 63-26. [http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/%7Ekopec/research/new/Best_Draft6.pdf pdf (Draft 2003)]
* [[Jill Cirasella]], [[Danny Kopec]] ('''2006'''). ''The History of Computer Games''. [https://jillcirasella.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2014/05/computer_games_handout.pdf pdf]
==2010 ...==
* [http://www-cs.ccny.cuny.edu/~cssjl/ Stephen Lucci], [[Danny Kopec]] ('''2011'''). ''[https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?id=148704398520615&story_fbid=177479219065436 Artificial Intelligence in the 21st Century]''. Mercury Learning and Information
* [[Danny Kopec]], [[Hal Terrie]] ('''2013'''). ''[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17823740-test-evaluate-and-improve-your-chess Test, Evaluate, and Improve your Chess: A Knowledge-Based Approach]''. 3rd Edition, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, [http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/test-evaluate-and-improve-your-chess-dr-danny-kopec-im/1115688766?ean=9781483991573 Barnes & Noble], [https://www.newinchess.com/Test__Evaluate_and_Improve_Your_Chess__3rd_Edition-p-7410.html NIC], [http://www.schachversand.de/d/detail/buecher/4915.html Schach Niggemann]
* [[Danny Kopec]], Shweta Shetty, [https://www.linkedin.com/in/pileggichristopher Christopher Pileggi] ('''2014'''). ''[http://www.merclearning.com/titles/Artificial-Intelligence-Problems-and-Their-Solutions.html Artificial Intelligence Problems and Their Solutions]''. Mercury Learning and Information
=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Kopec Danny Kopec from Wikipedia]
* [http://www.kopecchess.com/ Kopec Chess Services]
* [http://www.kopecchess.com/Kopec_Chess_Services/About_Dr._Kopec.html About International Master Dr. Danny Kopec]
* [http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/%7Ekopec/kopecresume.htm Danny Kopec's Academic Resume (Brooklyn College)]
* [http://www.kidschess.com/sicilian/kopec_system.html The Kopec System KidsChess]
* [http://www.chessville.com/instruction/DannyKopec/TestEvaluateandImproveYourChess.htm Test, Evaluate and Improve Your Chess, a Knowledge-Based Approach] by IM Danny Kopec and [http://bradenbournival.com/chess_players/hal_terrie/ Hal Terrie]
* <span id="HowTo"></span>Danny Kopec - How to Visualize Chess Combinations Promo, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video » [[Tactics]], [[Combination]], [[Strategy]]
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=References=
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