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'''Linda Scherzer''',<br/>

an American computer scientist, entrepreneur, along with [[Tony Scherzer]] former chess programmer and author of [[Bebe]], a chess program and machine build around their company's ''SYS-10, Inc.'', custom mini- and mainframe processors based on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit_slicing bit slice] technology. Bebe played almost all major tournaments in the 80s, and was one of the strongest chess machines of its time. Linda Scherzer in an 1984 interview on the role of Bebe and ''SYS-10, Inc.'' <ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/in/pwatt Peggy Watt] ('''1984'''). ''Mainframes checkmate Micros''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InfoWorld InfoWorld], November 5, 1984, pp. 18, [http://books.google.com/books?id=oC4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA49&dq=InfoWorld,+November+5,+1984&client=firefox-a&cd=4#v=onepage&q=InfoWorld%2C%20November%205%2C%201984&f=false google books]</ref> : "We justify this as our research and development department. We try out the firmware in Bebe, then design it for commercial products". After Tony Scherzer's early death in January 1995 <ref>[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/IGI/individual_record.asp?recid=100000058897&lds=1&region=11&regionfriendly=North+America&frompage=99 IGI Individual Record - Anthony Scherzer]</ref> , the work on Bebe discontinued, while ''SYS-10, Inc.'' continued, and is now a company providing custom software applications located in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Elgin,_Illinois South Elgin, Illinois] <ref>[http://www.sys-10.com/ Welcome to SYS-10, Inc.]</ref> , owned by Linda Scherzer since 1978 <ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/in/lindascherzer Linda Scherzer (Shinouskis) - LinkedIn]</ref> .

=Selected Publications=

* [[Tony Scherzer]], [[Linda Scherzer]], [[Dean Tjaden]] ('''1990'''). ''Learning in Bebe.'' [[Computers, Chess, and Cognition]] » [[Bebe#Award|Mephisto Best-Publication Award]]

* [[Tony Scherzer]], [[Linda Scherzer]], [[Dean Tjaden]] ('''1991'''). ''Learning in Bebe.'' [[ICGA Journal#14_4|ICCA Journal, Vol. 14, No. 4]]

=External Links=

* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/person.php?id=322 Linda Scherzer's ICGA Tournaments]

=References=

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