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'''Fernand Gobet''',<br/>
a Swiss [[Psychology:Category:Psychologist|psychologist]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIDE_titles#International_Master_(IM) international master] in chess <ref>[http://www.chessgames.com/player/fernand_gobet.html The chess games of Fernand Gobet] from [http://www.chessgames.com/index.html chessgames.com]</ref>, professor of psychological sciences at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Liverpool University of Liverpool] <ref>[https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/psychology-health-and-society/staff/fernand-gobet/ Fernand Gobet - University of Liverpool]</ref>. Former appointments include professor at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunel_University_London Brunel University London], visiting researcher at [[Carnegie Mellon University]], and lecturer at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Nottingham University of Nottingham]. He holds a Ph.D. from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Fribourg University of Fribourg], Switzerland, ''The memories of a chessplayer'' (in French) in Psychology, 1992.
At [[Carnegie Mellon University]], Gobet collaborated with [[Herbert Simon]] and together with [[Peter Jansen]], member of the [[Deep Thought]] team, he wrote the [[Pattern Learning|pattern learning]] chess program [[CHUMP]], which was introduced as ''A chess program based on a model of human memory'' <ref>[[Fernand Gobet]], [[Peter Jansen]] ('''1994'''). ''[http://people.brunel.ac.uk/~hsstffg/abstracts/chess_program.html Towards a Chess Program Based on a Model of Human Memory].'' [[Advances in Computer Chess 7]]</ref> at the [[Advances in Computer Chess 7|7th Advances in Computer Chess]] conference, July 1-2, 1993. With [[Adriaan de Groot]] he wrote the book ''Perception and memory in chess'' <ref>[[Adriaan de Groot]], [[Fernand Gobet]] ('''1996'''). ''[http://people.brunel.ac.uk/%7Ehsstffg/abstracts/deGroot_abstract.html Perception and memory in chess]. Heuristics of the professional eye.'' Assen: Van Gorcum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-232-2949-5. Chapter 9; A discussion: Two authors, two different views? [http://people.brunel.ac.uk/%7Ehsstffg/preprints/DeGroot_Gobet_Chapter_9.doc word reprint].</ref>.
