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In the 80s and 90s, Larry Kaufman collaborated with [[Don Dailey]] and [[Julio Kaplan]]. Kaufman is well known for his research on [[Material|material]] <ref>[https://en.chessbase.com/post/the-joys-of-che-and-the-value-of-the-pieces The joys of chess – and the value of the pieces], [[ChessBase|ChessBase News]], December 21, 2011</ref> <ref>[[Christian Hesse]] ('''2011'''). ''The Joys of Chess - Heroes, Battles & Brilliancies''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_In_Chess New In Chess]</ref> and his work and publication on ''The Evaluation of Material Imbalances'' <ref>[[Larry Kaufman]] ('''1999'''). ''[https://www.chess.com/article/view/the-evaluation-of-material-imbalances-by-im-larry-kaufman The Evaluation of Material Imbalances]''. (first published in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_Life Chess Life] March 1999, online version edited by [[Dan Heisman]])</ref> and [[Doubled Pawn|doubled pawns]] <ref>[[Larry Kaufman]] ('''2005'''). ''[https://de.scribd.com/document/10151669/All-About-Doubled-Pawns All About Doubled Pawns]''. (first published in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_Life Chess Life], May 2005)</ref> based on [[Match Statistics|statistics]].
In 1993 as editor of [[ICD Corporation|ICD's]] [[Computer Chess Reports]], Kaufman proposed a 25 problem [[Kaufman Test|test suite]] for chessplaying programs <ref>[https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess/Q-euoCEq31w/PXCyDugCxCkJ Kaufman test suite in SAN/FEN] by [[Steven Edwards]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rec.games.chess]], November 28, 1993</ref>. During the late 90s and early 2000s, Larry Kaufman was affiliated with [[Excalibur Electronics]]. He was chess consultant supporting [[Ron Nelson]] concerning [[Evaluation|evaluation]], and responsible for the [[Opening Book|opening books]] of their [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computers]] <ref>[http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6768&start=78 Excalibur Electronics] by [[Ron Nelson|ChessChallenger]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], December 22, 2015</ref> <ref>[http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6768&start=112 Re: Ron Nelson] by [[Ron Nelson|ChessChallenger]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], December 23, 2015</ref>. Larry Kaufman was member of the [[Rybka]] team around [[Vasik Rajlich]], and successfully improved the evaluation of [[Rybka|Rybka 3]].
He started again to work with [[Don Dailey]] on his new program [[Doch]] <ref>[http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforum/topic_show.pl?tid=14574 A question to Larry Kaufman], [[Computer Chess Forums|Rybka Forum]], December 30/31, 2009</ref> and since 2010 on [[Komodo]] <ref>[http://komodochess.com/ Komodo chess engine by Don Dailey and Larry Kaufman]</ref> <ref>[http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforum/topic_show.pl?tid=15105 Komodo - Rybka in Danger?], [[Computer Chess Forums|Rybka Forum]], January 21, 2010</ref>. After Don Dailey's death in November 2013, the work on Komodo continued with [[Mark Lefler]], culminating with the release of the [[Dragon by Komodo Chess]] in November 2020 <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=75748 Dragon by Komodo Chess] by [[Larry Kaufman]], [[CCC]], November 10, 2020</ref>.
=Chess Programs=
* [[Doch]]
* [[Komodo]]
* [[Dragon by Komodo Chess]]
=Senior World Champion=
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=73916 Komodo 14 released] by [[Larry Kaufman]], [[CCC]], May 12, 2020
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=74789 Larry Kaufman] by Mehmet Karaman, [[CCC]], August 14, 2020
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=75651 Komodo 14.1 Release and Dragon Announcement] by [[Larry Kaufman]], [[CCC]], November 02, 2020 » [[NNUE]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=75748 Dragon by Komodo Chess] by [[Larry Kaufman]], [[CCC]], November 10, 2020 » [[Dragon by Komodo Chess]]
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