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'''David Fotland''',<br/>
 
'''David Fotland''',<br/>
an American electrical engineer, computer scientist, [[Go]] player, Go and Chess programmer <ref>[https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/LTANssDhxw4/Ifc1SPOlSLAJ Re: object oriented chess programming] by [[David Fotland|Dave Fotland]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], January 06, 1998</ref>.
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an American electrical engineer, computer scientist, [[Go]] player, Go, Chess and [[Arimaa]] programmer <ref>[https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/LTANssDhxw4/Ifc1SPOlSLAJ Re: object oriented chess programming] by [[David Fotland|Dave Fotland]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], January 06, 1998</ref>.
 
He is author of the Go playing program [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=138 Many Faces of Go], which is under development since 1981.  
 
He is author of the Go playing program [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=138 Many Faces of Go], which is under development since 1981.  
 
The engine combines a traditional knowledge-based algorithm with a modern [[Monte-Carlo Tree Search]] <ref>[http://www.computer-go.info/db/oprog.php?a=Many+Faces+of+Go Details of Program: Many Faces of Go] from [http://www.computer-go.info/ computer-go.info]</ref>.  
 
The engine combines a traditional knowledge-based algorithm with a modern [[Monte-Carlo Tree Search]] <ref>[http://www.computer-go.info/db/oprog.php?a=Many+Faces+of+Go Details of Program: Many Faces of Go] from [http://www.computer-go.info/ computer-go.info]</ref>.  
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=Forum Posts=
 
=Forum Posts=
 
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/QP5I1JLlgr0/bkCS3M-LgJIJ Evaluation function question] by [[David Fotland|Dave Fotland]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], February 07, 1997 » [[Evaluation]]
 
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/QP5I1JLlgr0/bkCS3M-LgJIJ Evaluation function question] by [[David Fotland|Dave Fotland]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], February 07, 1997 » [[Evaluation]]
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/LTANssDhxw4/Ifc1SPOlSLAJ Re: object oriented chess programming] by [[David Fotland|Dave Fotland]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], January 06, 1998
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* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/LTANssDhxw4/Ifc1SPOlSLAJ Re: object oriented chess programming] by [[David Fotland|Dave Fotland]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], January 06, 1998 » [[Cpp|C++]]
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* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=25080 Deep Blue chip talk] by [[David Fotland]], [[CCC]], August 19, 1998 » [[Deep Blue]]
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* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=14777 Underpromoting other than to a knight] by [[David Fotland]], [[CCC]], January 29, 1998 » [[Promotions#MinorPromotion|Minor Promotion]]
  
 
=External Links=  
 
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Latest revision as of 18:02, 7 November 2019

Home * People * David Fotland

David Fotland [1]

David Fotland,
an American electrical engineer, computer scientist, Go player, Go, Chess and Arimaa programmer [2]. He is author of the Go playing program Many Faces of Go, which is under development since 1981. The engine combines a traditional knowledge-based algorithm with a modern Monte-Carlo Tree Search [3]. Many Faces of Go, as well as other strategy game programs, like the Arimaa bot Bomb, puzzle- and Sudoku solver, are market by Fotland's own computer game software development and publishing company Smart Games [4] .

Photos

Beijing 2008

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Go winners (19x19) at the 13th Computer Olympiad: David Fotland (Gold), Guillaume Chaslot
and Arpad Rimmel (MoGo), Gian-Carlo Pascutto (Leela), surrounded by David Levy and Xinhe Xu [5]

Kanazawa 2010

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15th Computer Olympiad: TD Jaap van den Herik congrats David Fotland, Richard Segal between,
and Jean-Baptiste Hoock right [6]

Selected Publications

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Forum Posts

External Links

References

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