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[[FILE:Slate_Atkins.ACM_1979.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=stl-430b9bbd97538| Larry Atkin and [[David Slate]], [[ACM 1979]] <ref>[http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=stl-430b9bbd97538 Larry Atkin (front) and David Slate at the 10th ACM North American Computer Chess Championship in Detroit, Michigan], 1979, Gift of [[Monroe Newborn]] from [[The Computer History Museum]]</ref> ]]
'''Lawrence R. (Larry) Atkin''',<br/>
an American computer scientist, former chess programmer and consultant. Along with [[Keith Gorlen]] (1968), [[David Slate]] (1969) and [[CDC Cyber]] hardware consultant [[David Cahlander]], Larry Atkin was the initial author of the [[Northwestern University|Northwestern University's]] program [[Chess (Program)|Chess]], which almost dominated computer chess during the 70s in the United States. Larry Atkin further was lead programmer at Odesta aka Helix Technologies and co-creator of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helix_%28database%29 Helix database] and is now consultant at ''QSA Toolworks'' <ref>[http://qsatoolworks.com/ QSA ToolWorks, LLC Home Page]</ref> and various companies <ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/in/larryatkin Larry Atkin | LinkedIn]</ref>.
=Photos=
[[FILE:Newborn_Matsa_Slate_Atkin_Mittman.ACM_1970-2.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|560px|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|560px|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>
=Chess 0.5=
In 1978 Larry Atkin wrote a didactic program in [[Pascal]] along with [[Peter W. Frey]], which was published as [[Chess 0.5]] in the [[Byte Magazine]] <ref>[http://www.devili.iki.fi/library/author/1442.en.html Larry R. Atkin Magazine articles]</ref>, and re-published on-line in 2005, available from [http://www.moorecad.com/standardpascal/scottmoore.html Scott A. Moore's] sites <ref>[http://www.moorecad.com/standardpascal/ByteChess.txt Chess 0.5, Release 1 - 2005-05-30]</ref><ref>[http://www.moorecad.com/standardpascal/Chess05.pas Byte Chess 0.5 source code]</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=
* [[David Slate]], [[Larry Atkin]], [[Keith Gorlen]] ('''1971'''). ''CHESS 3.5 User Guide''. [[Northwestern University]]
* [[Larry Atkin]] ('''1975'''). ''Chess 3.6: A Chess Playing Computer Program.'' Masters Thesis, [[Northwestern University]], June 1975
* [[David Slate]], [[Larry Atkin]] ('''1977'''). ''CHESS 4.5 - The Northwestern University Chess Program.'' [[Chess Skill in Man and Machine]] (ed. [[Peter W. Frey]]), pp. 82-118. Springer-Verlag, New York, N.Y. 2nd ed. 1983. ISBN 0-387-90815-3. Reprinted ('''1988''') in [[Computer Chess Compendium]]
* [[Peter W. Frey]], [[Larry Atkin]] ('''1978'''). ''[http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-431614f6d5ba2 Creating a Chess Player].'' An Essay on Human and Computer Chess Skill, [[Byte Magazine#BYTE310|BYTE, Vol. 3, No. 10]], pp. 182-191. [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/3-3.Creating_A_Chess_Player/Creating_A_Chess_Player.Frey_Atkin.Byte_Magazine.Oct-1978.062303029.pdf pdf] from [[The Computer History Museum]]
* [[Peter W. Frey]], [[Larry Atkin]] ('''1978'''). ''Creating a Chess Player, Part 2: Chess 0.5''. [[Byte Magazine#BYTE311|BYTE, Vol. 3, No. 11]]
* [[Peter W. Frey]], [[Larry Atkin]] ('''1978'''). ''Creating a Chess Player, Part 3: Chess 0.5 (continued)''. [[Byte Magazine#BYTE312|BYTE, Vol. 3, No. 12]]
* [[Peter W. Frey]], [[Larry Atkin]] ('''1979'''). ''[https://archive.org/stream/byte-magazine-1979-01/1979_01_BYTE_04-01_Life_Algorithms#page/n127/mode/2up Creating a Chess-Player, Part 4: Thoughts on Strategy]''. In [http://cs.millersville.edu/~liffick/ Blaise W. Liffick] (ed.), [http://books.google.com/books/about/The_BYTE_book_of_Pascal.html?id=ofpfQgAACAAJ The Byte Book of Pascal], pp. 143-155. Byte Publications, also [[Byte Magazine#BYTE401|BYTE, Vol. 4, No. 1]]
=External Links=
* [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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[[FILE:Slate_Atkins.ACM_1979.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=stl-430b9bbd97538| Larry Atkin and [[David Slate]], [[ACM 1979]] <ref>[http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=stl-430b9bbd97538 Larry Atkin (front) and David Slate at the 10th ACM North American Computer Chess Championship in Detroit, Michigan], 1979, Gift of [[Monroe Newborn]] from [[The Computer History Museum]]</ref> ]]
'''Lawrence R. (Larry) Atkin''',<br/>
an American computer scientist, former chess programmer and consultant. Along with [[Keith Gorlen]] (1968), [[David Slate]] (1969) and [[CDC Cyber]] hardware consultant [[David Cahlander]], Larry Atkin was the initial author of the [[Northwestern University|Northwestern University's]] program [[Chess (Program)|Chess]], which almost dominated computer chess during the 70s in the United States. Larry Atkin further was lead programmer at Odesta aka Helix Technologies and co-creator of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helix_%28database%29 Helix database] and is now consultant at ''QSA Toolworks'' <ref>[http://qsatoolworks.com/ QSA ToolWorks, LLC Home Page]</ref> and various companies <ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/in/larryatkin Larry Atkin | LinkedIn]</ref>.
=Photos=
[[FILE:Newborn_Matsa_Slate_Atkin_Mittman.ACM_1970-2.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|560px|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|560px|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>
=Chess 0.5=
In 1978 Larry Atkin wrote a didactic program in [[Pascal]] along with [[Peter W. Frey]], which was published as [[Chess 0.5]] in the [[Byte Magazine]] <ref>[http://www.devili.iki.fi/library/author/1442.en.html Larry R. Atkin Magazine articles]</ref>, and re-published on-line in 2005, available from [http://www.moorecad.com/standardpascal/scottmoore.html Scott A. Moore's] sites <ref>[http://www.moorecad.com/standardpascal/ByteChess.txt Chess 0.5, Release 1 - 2005-05-30]</ref><ref>[http://www.moorecad.com/standardpascal/Chess05.pas Byte Chess 0.5 source code]</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=
* [[David Slate]], [[Larry Atkin]], [[Keith Gorlen]] ('''1971'''). ''CHESS 3.5 User Guide''. [[Northwestern University]]
* [[Larry Atkin]] ('''1975'''). ''Chess 3.6: A Chess Playing Computer Program.'' Masters Thesis, [[Northwestern University]], June 1975
* [[David Slate]], [[Larry Atkin]] ('''1977'''). ''CHESS 4.5 - The Northwestern University Chess Program.'' [[Chess Skill in Man and Machine]] (ed. [[Peter W. Frey]]), pp. 82-118. Springer-Verlag, New York, N.Y. 2nd ed. 1983. ISBN 0-387-90815-3. Reprinted ('''1988''') in [[Computer Chess Compendium]]
* [[Peter W. Frey]], [[Larry Atkin]] ('''1978'''). ''[http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-431614f6d5ba2 Creating a Chess Player].'' An Essay on Human and Computer Chess Skill, [[Byte Magazine#BYTE310|BYTE, Vol. 3, No. 10]], pp. 182-191. [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/3-3.Creating_A_Chess_Player/Creating_A_Chess_Player.Frey_Atkin.Byte_Magazine.Oct-1978.062303029.pdf pdf] from [[The Computer History Museum]]
* [[Peter W. Frey]], [[Larry Atkin]] ('''1978'''). ''Creating a Chess Player, Part 2: Chess 0.5''. [[Byte Magazine#BYTE311|BYTE, Vol. 3, No. 11]]
* [[Peter W. Frey]], [[Larry Atkin]] ('''1978'''). ''Creating a Chess Player, Part 3: Chess 0.5 (continued)''. [[Byte Magazine#BYTE312|BYTE, Vol. 3, No. 12]]
* [[Peter W. Frey]], [[Larry Atkin]] ('''1979'''). ''[https://archive.org/stream/byte-magazine-1979-01/1979_01_BYTE_04-01_Life_Algorithms#page/n127/mode/2up Creating a Chess-Player, Part 4: Thoughts on Strategy]''. In [http://cs.millersville.edu/~liffick/ Blaise W. Liffick] (ed.), [http://books.google.com/books/about/The_BYTE_book_of_Pascal.html?id=ofpfQgAACAAJ The Byte Book of Pascal], pp. 143-155. Byte Publications, also [[Byte Magazine#BYTE401|BYTE, Vol. 4, No. 1]]
=External Links=
* [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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