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a Scottish [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Master International Master] chess player (IM Title 1969), Bachelor of Science in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pure_mathematics Pure Maths], Physics and Statistics <ref>Bachelor of Science in Pure Maths, Physics & Statistics at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_St_Andrews St Andrew University, Scotland] 1963-67</ref> , renowned computer chess expert and promoter, tournament organizer, businessman, and until August 2019 president of the [[ICGA]], the International Computer Games Association. David Levy authored and co-authored an enormous number of articles and books on Chess, Computer Chess and AI-Topics. Noteworthy is the commercial edition of his Ph.D. thesis ''Love and Sex With Robots: The Evolution of Human-Robot Relationships'' <ref>[[David Levy]] ('''2007'''). ''[http://www.harpercollins.com/books/Love-Sex-With-Robots-David-Levy/?isbn=9780061359804 Love and Sex With Robots: The Evolution of Human-Robot Relationships]''. Harper Collins ISBN: 978-0-06156-212-9, [http://www.amazon.com/Love-Sex-Robots-Human-Robot-Relationships/dp/0061359750 amazon]</ref> , which he defended successfully on October 11, 2007, at [[Maastricht University]], The Netherlands.

David Levy further on a second KRPKR bet in ''[[Computer http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-642-85538-2 Chess Compendium]and Computers], The Endgame'', pp. 293132-294133: Being rather greedyIn December 1974, when my wife and I were visiting Moscow, I made a similar the same bet with [[Vladimir Arlazarov|Dr. Arlazarov]] of [[Kaissa]] fame during the [[WCCC 1977|1977 World Computer Championship]] in Toronto. This time I did not wish to corrupt him with the offer of a cash bet was and so I suggested a case wager of twelve bottles of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotch_whisky ScotchVodka vodka] (if I lostwon) against a case twelve bottles of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vodka VodkaScotch_whisky Scotch]. We agreed that The period of the bet was to expire at the end of 1975, and the arbiter was to be Grandmaster [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Averbakh Yuri Averbakh]<ref>[https://ruchess.ru/news/report/yuriy_averbakh_/ Yuri Averbakh. Biography (in Russian)]</ref> , President of the U.S.S.R. Soviet Chess Federation and a renowned one of the world's leading endgame expert, would act as arbiterexperts. Just about one year later I heard suggested to Averbakh that I owed Arlazarov a case he give the program the task of Scotchwinning two or three theoretically won positions, with him playing the defence, and section that he tried to win against the program from two or three different theoretically drawn positions <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Averbakh Yuri Averbakh] ('''1976'''). ''The Bet.'' in [https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%E2%80%94_%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B0 Znanie - sila], No. 8, pp.3 53-54</ref> . Just after the beginning of this compendium describes 1976 I received a telegram from Moscow saying: "[[Kaissa|KAISSA]] successfully examined by Averbakh on December 27th" <ref>[https://cdn-s-static.arzamas.academy/uploads/ckeditor/pictures/17078/content_endspiel.jpg Photo] (presumably December 1975) in [[Vladimir Arlazarov]], ''[https://arzamas.academy/materials/2233 Владимир Арлазаров: «Игры помогли нам понять, как человек решает трудные логические задачи»] (Games helped us understand how he a person solves difficult logical problems)'', [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arzamas_(website) Arzamas website] 2021, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Averbakh Yuri Averbakh] is testing the [[Rook Endgame#KRPKR|Rook and his colleagues collected Pawn Against Rook]] program: From left: [[Alexander Bitman]], [[Vladimir Arlazarov]], [[Anatoly Uskov]], Yuri Averbakh (sitting), [[Aaron L. Futer]] - the wager main developer of the program.</ref> <ref>[[Vladimir Arlazarov]], [[Aaron L. Futer]] ('''1979'''). ''Computer Analysis of a Rook End-Game''. [http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~shm/MI/mi9.html Machine Intelligence 9] (eds. [[Jean Hayes Michie]], [[Donald Michie]] and L.I. Mikulich), pp. 361-371. Ellis Horwood, Chichester. Reprinted in [[Computer Chess Compendium]], already in August 1977 following paper appeared in Russian: [http://www.mathnet.ru/php/person.phtml?option_lang=eng&personid=55935 A. G. Alexandrov], [http://www.mathnet.ru/php/person.phtml?option_lang=eng&personid=96113 A. M. Baraev], [http://www.mathnet.ru/php/person.phtml?option_lang=eng&personid=96114 Ya. Yu. Gol'fand], [[Edward Komissarchik]], [[Aaron L. Futer]] ('''1977'''). ''[http://www.mathnet.ru/php/archive.phtml?wshow=paper&jrnid=at&paperid=7425&option_lang=eng Computer analysis of rook end game]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automation_and_Remote_Control Avtomatika i Telemekhanika], No. 8, 113–117, and further in 1977 [http://www.mathnet.ru/php/person.phtml?option_lang=eng&personid=55935 A. G. Alexandrov], [[Vladimir Arlazarov]], [http://www.mathnet.ru/php/person.phtml?option_lang=eng&personid=96113 A. M. Baraev], [http://www.mathnet.ru/php/person.phtml?option_lang=eng&personid=96114 Ya. Yu. Gol'fand], [https://zbmath.org/authors/?q=ai:deza.v-n V. N. Deza], [https://zbmath.org/authors/?q=ai:ilina.t-p T. P. Il’ina], [[Edward Komissarchik]], [[Anatoly Uskov]], [https://zbmath.org/authors/?q=ai:faradzhev.i-a I. A. Faradzhev], [[Aaron L. Futer]] ('''1977'''). ''[https://zbmath.org/?q=an:03653550 Processing of large files of information on the example of the analysis of the rook’s end game]''. [http://www.springer.com/computer/journal/11086 Programming and Computer Software], No. 3</ref> .

From 1986 to 1992, David Levy was president of the ICCA, then vice president until 1999 and since then until the present August 2019 president again, since 2002 of the renamed [[ICGA]] <ref>[http://ilk.uvt.nl/icga/organisation/welcome.php A Welcome from the ICGA President]</ref> <ref>[https://icga.org/?p=2672 A NEW PRESIDENT - Announcement by David Levy] by [[Mark Lefler]], December 11, 2018 </ref> .

<ref>[http://ilk.uvt.nl/icga/journal/docs/References.pdf [ICGA Journal#RefDB|ICGA Reference Database] (pdf)]</ref> <ref>[http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&applicationContextPath=%2Fgp%2Fsearch%2Fconstruct-application-context.mi&search-type=ss&index=books&field-author=David%20N.%20L.%20Levy&page=1 Books by David N. L. Levy] from [http://www.amazon.com/ amazon]</ref> <ref>[http://www.allbookstores.com/author/David_N_L_Levy.html Books by David Levy] from [http://www.allbookstores.com/ Bookstores.com]</ref>

* [[David Levy]] ('''2011'''). ''Attack of the Clones''. [[ICGA Journal#34_1|ICGA Journal, Vol. 34, No. 1]] <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180828211326/http://www.chessvibes.com/?q=reports/attack-of-the-clones Attack of the clones : | ChessVibes] by [[David Levy]], February 19 February, 2011([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine Wayback Machine])</ref>

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20180828211326/http://www.chessvibes.com/?q=reports/attack-of-the-clones Attack of the clones : | ChessVibes] by [[David Levy]], February 19 February, 2011 ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine Wayback Machine]) » [[Rybka]], [[Fruit]], [[Strelka]]