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Larry Atkin

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=Photos=
[[FILE:Newborn_Matsa_Slate_Atkin_Mittman.ACM_1970-2.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|560px640px|link=http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=stl-430b9bbda1178]] [[David Slate]] accepts first prize from [[ACM]] president [http://digitalartmuseum.org/history/index.htm Sam Matsa] for winning the [[ACM 1970]]<br/>with his and [[Larry Atkin|Larry Atkin's]] [[Chess (Program)|Chess]] program. [[Monroe Newborn|Monty Newborn]] (far left), [[Ben Mittman]] (far right) <ref>[http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=stl-430b9bbda1178 Slate and Atkin win 1st World Computer Chess Championship in New York City, New York] 1970, Photo with courtesy of [[Monroe Newborn]], from [[The Computer History Museum]]</ref> .
[[FILE:3-1_and_3-3.Atkin.ACM_6_NACCC.Minneapolis.1975.102645358.NEWBORN.lg.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|560px640px|link=http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=stl-430b9bbdbe635]]
[[Larry Atkin]] during the [[David Levy]] simultaneous exhibition against 12 computers at [[ACM 1975]] <ref>[http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=stl-430b9bbdbe635 Atkin at 6th ACM North American Computer Chess Championship in Minneapolis], 1975, Photo by [[Monroe Newborn]] from [[The Computer History Museum]]</ref>
=Applied Concepts=
In the '80s Larry Atkin worked for [[Applied Concepts]] on [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computers]] and is mentioned along with [[David Slate]] as co-author of the [[Morphy#Gruenfeld|Gruenfeld]] and [[Morphy#Capablanca|Capablanca]] module programs for the [[Great Game Machine]] and the [[Chafitz Modular Game System|Chafitz modular game system]] . He is further sole author of the [[Steinitz#Edition4|Steinitz Edition 4]] <ref>[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Chafitz_Steinitz_Edition Chafitz Steinitz Edition] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki] (German)</ref> <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Steinitz Wilhelm Steinitz from Wikipedia]</ref>, and the [[Steinitz#Encore|Steinitz Encore]] <ref>[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Chafitz_Steinitz_Encore Chafitz Steinitz Encore] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki] (German)</ref>, both running on a 8-bit [[6502]] processor with 2 resp. 4 Mhz. Capablanca was later converted to be [[Chess 7.0]] for the [[Apple II]], [[Atari 8-bit|Atari 800]], and [[Commodore 64]] published by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helix_%28database%29 Odesta]. Even later it became "How About a Nice Game of Chess" for the Apple IIe <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24419 chess 7.0] by [[Will Singleton]], [[CCC]], October 16, 2008</ref> <ref>[http://www.spacious-mind.com/html/commodore_c64_chess_7_0.html Commodore 64/128 Old Computer Chess Game Collection - Chess 7.0] from [[The Spacious Mind]]</ref>. Along with Peter W. Frey, Larry Atkin is co-author of the [[Othello]] program ''Odin'' <ref>[http://www.othello.dk/book/index.php/Odin Odin - The Othello Wiki Book Project]</ref>, which also ran as module of the [[Great Game Machine]].
=Selected Publications=
* [http://www.linkedin.com/in/larryatkin Larry Atkin | LinkedIn]
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/person.php?id=128 Larry Atkin's ICGA Tournaments]
* [http://www.othello.dk/book/index.php/Larry_Atkin Larry Atkin - The Othello Wiki Book Project]
* [http://www.spacious-mind.com/html/commodore_c64_chess_7_0.html Commodore 64/128 Old Computer Chess Game Collection - Chess 7.0] from [[The Spacious Mind]]
* [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Atkin,_Larry Atkin, Larry] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki] (German)
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