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[[FILE:M_Watkins.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/ut/people?who=M_Watkins| Mark Watkins <ref>[http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/ut/people?who=M_Watkins M_Watkins - USyd Maths & Stats]</ref> ]]
'''Mark James Watkins''',<br/>
an American mathematician affiliated with the School of Mathematics and Statistics <ref>[http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/ School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Sydney]</ref>, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Sydney University of Sydney], and member of its ''Computational Algebra Group'' <ref>[http://magma.maths.usyd.edu.au/group/ Computational Algebra Group]</ref>. In [[Computer Chess Forums|computer chess forums]], Mark Watkins is well known under the pseudonym "BB+" as an expert poster and publisher of recognized papers concerning the [[Rybka]] [[Rybka Controversy|controversies]] (both [[Ippolit]] and then [[Fruit]]). In February 2011, Mark Watkins disbanded his anonymity when involved in the [[ICGA Investigations]] regarding Fruit and Rybka.
=Solving Losing Chess=
Since late 2011 [[Mark Watkins]] worked on his long-term goal to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solved_game#Weak weakly solve] the game of [[Losing Chess]], presumably by showing that 1. e3 wins for White. As of summer 2014 <ref>[[Mark Watkins]] ('''2014'''). ''Solved Openings in Losing Chess''. [[ICGA Journal#37_2|ICGA Journal, Vol. 37, No. 2]]</ref>, leaving b6 and c5 as the remaining Black responses <ref>[http://www.jsbeasley.co.uk/losinge3e6.htm Losing Chess 1 e3 e6] by [[John Beasley]], August 2014</ref>, all other responses to 1.e3 are indeed White wins, along with earlier work done by [[Ben Nye]] and others, as demonstrated by [[Proof-Number Search]] combined with [[Endgame Tablebases]]. On February 02, 2015, 1. e3 c5 was announced solved, on October 10, 2016, 1. e3 b6, proving 1.e3 wins <ref>[http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3023 Losing Chess: 1. e3 wins] by [[Mark Watkins|BB+]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], October 10, 2016</ref>.
=Selected Publications=
==2000 ...==
* [[Mark Watkins]] ('''2000'''). ''Class Numbers of Imaginary Quadratic Fields''. Ph.D. thesis, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Georgia University of Georgia], advisor [[Mathematician#CBPomerance|Carl Bernard Pomerance]] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadratic_field Quadratic field from Wikipedia]</ref>
* [[Mark Watkins]] ('''2004'''). ''Real Zeros of Real Odd Dirichlet L-Functions''. Mathematics of Computation, Vol. 73 , No. 245, [http://www.ams.org/journals/mcom/2004-73-245/S0025-5718-03-01537-0/S0025-5718-03-01537-0.pdf pdf] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirichlet_L-function Dirichlet L-function from Wikipedia]</ref>
* [[Noam Elkies]], [[Mark Watkins]] ('''2004'''). ''Elliptic Curves of Large Rank and Small Conductor''. [http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0403374 arXiv:math/0403374], [http://www.springer.com/mathematics/numbers/book/978-3-540-22156-2 LNCS 3076]
* [[Mark Watkins]] ('''2006'''). ''A Note on Integral Points on Elliptic Curves''. [http://www.emis.de/journals/JTNB/2008-2/jtnb20-2_english.html Journal de Theorie des Nombres de Bordeaux], Vol. 18, No. 3, [http://www.emis.de/journals/JTNB/2006-3/article12.pdf pdf]
==2010 ...==
* [[Mark Watkins]] ('''2010'''). ''A comparison of Rybka and IPPOLIT''. [http://www.open-chess.org/download/file.php?id=13 pdf]<ref>[http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=119 BB's Rybka/Ippolit comparison] by [[Zach Wegner]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess General Forum]], June 13, 2010</ref> » [[Rybka]], [[Ippolit]]
* [[Mark Watkins]] ('''2011'''). ''Computing with Hecke Grössencharacters''. [http://pufc.univ-fcomte.fr/fiche_ouvrage.php?isbn=978-2-84867-391-2&id_titre=2063285114 Publications Mathematiques de Besancon], [http://magma.maths.usyd.edu.au/~watkins/papers/hecke.pdf pdf] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hecke_character Hecke character from Wikipedia]</ref>
* [[Mark Watkins]] ('''2011'''). ''A comparison of Rybka 1.0 Beta and Fruit 2.1'', [http://www.open-chess.org/download/file.php?id=272 pdf, February 12, 2011 Version] <ref>[http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1104 Feb 12 version: Rybka 1.0 Beta / Fruit 2.1 document] by Mark Watkins, [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess General Forum]], February 12, 2011</ref>
* [[Mark Watkins]] ('''2011'''). ''A comparison of Rybka 1.0 Beta and Fruit 2.1'', [http://www.open-chess.org/download/file.php?id=304 pdf, February 24, 2011 Version]
* [[Mark Watkins]] ('''2011'''). ''A comparison of Rybka 1.0 Beta and Fruit 2.1'', [http://www.open-chess.org/download/file.php?id=332 pdf, March 11, 2011 Version] » [[Rybka]], [[Fruit]]
* [[Mark Watkins]] ('''2011'''). ''Review of the Rybka case''. [http://www.open-chess.org/download/file.php?id=489 pdf] from [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]] <ref>[http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1772 Rybka evidence recapitulation] by [[Mark Watkins|BB+]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], January 03, 2012</ref>
* [[Mark Watkins]] ('''2012'''). ''Another 80-Dimensional Extremal Lattice''. [http://www.emis.de/journals/JTNB/2008-2/jtnb20-2_english.html Journal de Theorie des Nombres de Bordeaux], Vol. 24, No. 1, [http://magma.maths.usyd.edu.au/~watkins/papers/extrem80.pdf pdf]
* [[Mark Watkins]] ('''2012'''). ''A Critical Aanalysis of the four parts of Riis''. [http://harveywilliamson.com/ICGA/Riis3.pdf pdf] <ref>''[[Søren Riis#Miscarriage|A Gross Miscarriage of Justice in Computer Chess]]'' by [[Søren Riis]]</ref>
* [[Mark Watkins]] ('''2012'''). ''A status report on Losing Chess''. [http://magma.maths.usyd.edu.au/~watkins/LOSING_CHESS/losing.pdf pdf]
* [[Mark Watkins]] ('''2013'''). ''Review of the Rybka case''. [http://magma.maths.usyd.edu.au/~watkins/papers/RybkaRecap.pdf pdf]
* [[Don Dailey]], [[Adam Hair]], [[Mark Watkins]] ('''2014'''). ''[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1875952113000177 Move Similarity Analysis in Chess Programs]''. [http://www.journals.elsevier.com/entertainment-computing/ Entertainment Computing], Vol. 5, No. 3, [http://magma.maths.usyd.edu.au/~watkins/papers/DHW.pdf preprint as pdf] <ref>[http://www.top-5000.nl/clone.htm A Pairwise Comparison of Chess Engine Move Selections] by [[Adam Hair]], hosted by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]]</ref>
* [[Mark Watkins]] ('''2014'''). ''Solved Openings in Losing Chess''. [[ICGA Journal#37_2|ICGA Journal, Vol. 37, No. 2]], [http://magma.maths.usyd.edu.au/~watkins/LOSING_CHESS/losing2014.pdf preprint as pdf]
* [[Mark Watkins]] ('''2017'''). ''Losing Chess: 1. e3 Wins for White''. [[ICGA Journal#39_2|ICGA Journal, Vol. 39, No. 2]]
=Forum Posts=
==2010 ...==
* [http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=248 "Automated Discovery of Search Extensions"] by [[Mark Watkins|BB+]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], June 22, 2010 » [[Extensions]]
* [http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=778 Some tablebase formats] by [[Mark Watkins|BB+]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], November 25, 2010 » [[Endgame Tablebases]]
* [http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=779 Retrograde tablebase methods] by [[Mark Watkins|BB+]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], November 26, 2010 » [[Retrograde Analysis]]
* [http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=785 Bad/good bishops in R3 and IPPOLIT/IvanHoe] by [[Mark Watkins|BB+]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], November 30, 2010
* [http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=807 Hard pruning history] by [[Mark Watkins|BB+]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], December 10, 2010
* [http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=815 Brief Q&A about Rybka 1.0 Beta and Fruit 2.1] by [[Mark Watkins|BB+]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], December 14, 2010
* [http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=886 Monte Carlo in LOA] by [[Mark Watkins|BB+]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], December 30, 2010 » [[Monte-Carlo Tree Search]], [[Lines of Action]]
'''2011'''
* [http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1004 Node counting] by [[Mark Watkins|BB+]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], January 20, 2011
* [http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1023 Revisiting Strelka/Rybka] by [[Mark Watkins|BB+]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], January 25, 2011
* [http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1104 Feb 12 version: Rybka 1.0 Beta / Fruit 2.1 document] by [[Mark Watkins|BB+]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], February 12, 2011
* [http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1138 Attack of the Clones (ChessVibes)] by [[Mark Watkins|BB+]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], 19 February, 2011
* [http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1353 Loop 2007 / Fruit 2.1] by [[Mark Watkins|BB+]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], Apr 18, 2011 » [[Loop (Program)|Loop]], [[Fruit]]
* [http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1403 Node counts at a given depth/iteration in search] by [[Mark Watkins|BB+]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], May 23, 2011 » [[Branching Factor]], [[Depth]], [[Iterative Deepening]], [[Odd-Even Effect]]
* [http://open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1466 The ICGA Process] by [[Mark Watkins|BB+]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], July 01, 2011
* [http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1679 Deep Fritz 11 eval] by [[Mark Watkins|BB+]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], October 23, 2011
'''2012'''
* [http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1771#p15455 Re: ChessBase: A Gross Miscarriage of Justice in Computer Chess] by [[Mark Watkins|BB+]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], January 02, 2012 <ref>[http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=7791 A Gross Miscarriage of Justice in Computer Chess (part one)] by [[Søren Riis]], [[ChessBase|ChessBase News]], January 02, 2012</ref>
* [http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1763&p=15497#p15459 Re: Hyatt Is Gone!] by [[Mark Watkins|BB+]] [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], Jan 03, 2012
* [http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1772 Rybka evidence recapitulation] by [[Mark Watkins|BB+]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], January 03, 2012
'''2013'''
* [http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2296 LOS] by [[Mark Watkins|BB+]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], March 31, 2013 » [[Match Statistics]], [[LOS Table]]
==2015 ...==
* [http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2942 Another GHI example in SF (maybe)] by [[Mark Watkins|BB+]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], December 30, 2015 » [[Graph History Interaction]], [[Stockfish]]
* [http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3023 Losing Chess: 1. e3 wins] by [[Mark Watkins|BB+]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], October 10, 2016 » [[Losing Chess]]
* [http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=3153 Alpha Zero] by [[Mark Watkins|BB+]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], December 06, 2017 » [[AlphaZero]]
=External Links=
* [http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=46758 The Mathematics Genealogy Project - Mark Watkins]
* [http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/ut/people?who=M_Watkins M_Watkins - USyd Maths & Stats]
* [http://magma.maths.usyd.edu.au/~watkins/ Mark Watkins]
* [http://magma.maths.usyd.edu.au/~watkins/LOSING_CHESS/ Losing Chess] by [[Mark Watkins]]
=References=
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'''[[People|Up one Level]]'''
[[Category:Mathematician|Watkins]]
[[FILE:M_Watkins.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/ut/people?who=M_Watkins| Mark Watkins <ref>[http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/ut/people?who=M_Watkins M_Watkins - USyd Maths & Stats]</ref> ]]
'''Mark James Watkins''',<br/>
an American mathematician affiliated with the School of Mathematics and Statistics <ref>[http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/ School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Sydney]</ref>, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Sydney University of Sydney], and member of its ''Computational Algebra Group'' <ref>[http://magma.maths.usyd.edu.au/group/ Computational Algebra Group]</ref>. In [[Computer Chess Forums|computer chess forums]], Mark Watkins is well known under the pseudonym "BB+" as an expert poster and publisher of recognized papers concerning the [[Rybka]] [[Rybka Controversy|controversies]] (both [[Ippolit]] and then [[Fruit]]). In February 2011, Mark Watkins disbanded his anonymity when involved in the [[ICGA Investigations]] regarding Fruit and Rybka.
=Solving Losing Chess=
Since late 2011 [[Mark Watkins]] worked on his long-term goal to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solved_game#Weak weakly solve] the game of [[Losing Chess]], presumably by showing that 1. e3 wins for White. As of summer 2014 <ref>[[Mark Watkins]] ('''2014'''). ''Solved Openings in Losing Chess''. [[ICGA Journal#37_2|ICGA Journal, Vol. 37, No. 2]]</ref>, leaving b6 and c5 as the remaining Black responses <ref>[http://www.jsbeasley.co.uk/losinge3e6.htm Losing Chess 1 e3 e6] by [[John Beasley]], August 2014</ref>, all other responses to 1.e3 are indeed White wins, along with earlier work done by [[Ben Nye]] and others, as demonstrated by [[Proof-Number Search]] combined with [[Endgame Tablebases]]. On February 02, 2015, 1. e3 c5 was announced solved, on October 10, 2016, 1. e3 b6, proving 1.e3 wins <ref>[http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3023 Losing Chess: 1. e3 wins] by [[Mark Watkins|BB+]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], October 10, 2016</ref>.
=Selected Publications=
==2000 ...==
* [[Mark Watkins]] ('''2000'''). ''Class Numbers of Imaginary Quadratic Fields''. Ph.D. thesis, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Georgia University of Georgia], advisor [[Mathematician#CBPomerance|Carl Bernard Pomerance]] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadratic_field Quadratic field from Wikipedia]</ref>
* [[Mark Watkins]] ('''2004'''). ''Real Zeros of Real Odd Dirichlet L-Functions''. Mathematics of Computation, Vol. 73 , No. 245, [http://www.ams.org/journals/mcom/2004-73-245/S0025-5718-03-01537-0/S0025-5718-03-01537-0.pdf pdf] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirichlet_L-function Dirichlet L-function from Wikipedia]</ref>
* [[Noam Elkies]], [[Mark Watkins]] ('''2004'''). ''Elliptic Curves of Large Rank and Small Conductor''. [http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0403374 arXiv:math/0403374], [http://www.springer.com/mathematics/numbers/book/978-3-540-22156-2 LNCS 3076]
* [[Mark Watkins]] ('''2006'''). ''A Note on Integral Points on Elliptic Curves''. [http://www.emis.de/journals/JTNB/2008-2/jtnb20-2_english.html Journal de Theorie des Nombres de Bordeaux], Vol. 18, No. 3, [http://www.emis.de/journals/JTNB/2006-3/article12.pdf pdf]
==2010 ...==
* [[Mark Watkins]] ('''2010'''). ''A comparison of Rybka and IPPOLIT''. [http://www.open-chess.org/download/file.php?id=13 pdf]<ref>[http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=119 BB's Rybka/Ippolit comparison] by [[Zach Wegner]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess General Forum]], June 13, 2010</ref> » [[Rybka]], [[Ippolit]]
* [[Mark Watkins]] ('''2011'''). ''Computing with Hecke Grössencharacters''. [http://pufc.univ-fcomte.fr/fiche_ouvrage.php?isbn=978-2-84867-391-2&id_titre=2063285114 Publications Mathematiques de Besancon], [http://magma.maths.usyd.edu.au/~watkins/papers/hecke.pdf pdf] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hecke_character Hecke character from Wikipedia]</ref>
* [[Mark Watkins]] ('''2011'''). ''A comparison of Rybka 1.0 Beta and Fruit 2.1'', [http://www.open-chess.org/download/file.php?id=272 pdf, February 12, 2011 Version] <ref>[http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1104 Feb 12 version: Rybka 1.0 Beta / Fruit 2.1 document] by Mark Watkins, [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess General Forum]], February 12, 2011</ref>
* [[Mark Watkins]] ('''2011'''). ''A comparison of Rybka 1.0 Beta and Fruit 2.1'', [http://www.open-chess.org/download/file.php?id=304 pdf, February 24, 2011 Version]
* [[Mark Watkins]] ('''2011'''). ''A comparison of Rybka 1.0 Beta and Fruit 2.1'', [http://www.open-chess.org/download/file.php?id=332 pdf, March 11, 2011 Version] » [[Rybka]], [[Fruit]]
* [[Mark Watkins]] ('''2011'''). ''Review of the Rybka case''. [http://www.open-chess.org/download/file.php?id=489 pdf] from [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]] <ref>[http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1772 Rybka evidence recapitulation] by [[Mark Watkins|BB+]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], January 03, 2012</ref>
* [[Mark Watkins]] ('''2012'''). ''Another 80-Dimensional Extremal Lattice''. [http://www.emis.de/journals/JTNB/2008-2/jtnb20-2_english.html Journal de Theorie des Nombres de Bordeaux], Vol. 24, No. 1, [http://magma.maths.usyd.edu.au/~watkins/papers/extrem80.pdf pdf]
* [[Mark Watkins]] ('''2012'''). ''A Critical Aanalysis of the four parts of Riis''. [http://harveywilliamson.com/ICGA/Riis3.pdf pdf] <ref>''[[Søren Riis#Miscarriage|A Gross Miscarriage of Justice in Computer Chess]]'' by [[Søren Riis]]</ref>
* [[Mark Watkins]] ('''2012'''). ''A status report on Losing Chess''. [http://magma.maths.usyd.edu.au/~watkins/LOSING_CHESS/losing.pdf pdf]
* [[Mark Watkins]] ('''2013'''). ''Review of the Rybka case''. [http://magma.maths.usyd.edu.au/~watkins/papers/RybkaRecap.pdf pdf]
* [[Don Dailey]], [[Adam Hair]], [[Mark Watkins]] ('''2014'''). ''[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1875952113000177 Move Similarity Analysis in Chess Programs]''. [http://www.journals.elsevier.com/entertainment-computing/ Entertainment Computing], Vol. 5, No. 3, [http://magma.maths.usyd.edu.au/~watkins/papers/DHW.pdf preprint as pdf] <ref>[http://www.top-5000.nl/clone.htm A Pairwise Comparison of Chess Engine Move Selections] by [[Adam Hair]], hosted by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]]</ref>
* [[Mark Watkins]] ('''2014'''). ''Solved Openings in Losing Chess''. [[ICGA Journal#37_2|ICGA Journal, Vol. 37, No. 2]], [http://magma.maths.usyd.edu.au/~watkins/LOSING_CHESS/losing2014.pdf preprint as pdf]
* [[Mark Watkins]] ('''2017'''). ''Losing Chess: 1. e3 Wins for White''. [[ICGA Journal#39_2|ICGA Journal, Vol. 39, No. 2]]
=Forum Posts=
==2010 ...==
* [http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=248 "Automated Discovery of Search Extensions"] by [[Mark Watkins|BB+]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], June 22, 2010 » [[Extensions]]
* [http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=778 Some tablebase formats] by [[Mark Watkins|BB+]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], November 25, 2010 » [[Endgame Tablebases]]
* [http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=779 Retrograde tablebase methods] by [[Mark Watkins|BB+]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], November 26, 2010 » [[Retrograde Analysis]]
* [http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=785 Bad/good bishops in R3 and IPPOLIT/IvanHoe] by [[Mark Watkins|BB+]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], November 30, 2010
* [http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=807 Hard pruning history] by [[Mark Watkins|BB+]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], December 10, 2010
* [http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=815 Brief Q&A about Rybka 1.0 Beta and Fruit 2.1] by [[Mark Watkins|BB+]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], December 14, 2010
* [http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=886 Monte Carlo in LOA] by [[Mark Watkins|BB+]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], December 30, 2010 » [[Monte-Carlo Tree Search]], [[Lines of Action]]
'''2011'''
* [http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1004 Node counting] by [[Mark Watkins|BB+]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], January 20, 2011
* [http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1023 Revisiting Strelka/Rybka] by [[Mark Watkins|BB+]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], January 25, 2011
* [http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1104 Feb 12 version: Rybka 1.0 Beta / Fruit 2.1 document] by [[Mark Watkins|BB+]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], February 12, 2011
* [http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1138 Attack of the Clones (ChessVibes)] by [[Mark Watkins|BB+]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], 19 February, 2011
* [http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1353 Loop 2007 / Fruit 2.1] by [[Mark Watkins|BB+]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], Apr 18, 2011 » [[Loop (Program)|Loop]], [[Fruit]]
* [http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1403 Node counts at a given depth/iteration in search] by [[Mark Watkins|BB+]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], May 23, 2011 » [[Branching Factor]], [[Depth]], [[Iterative Deepening]], [[Odd-Even Effect]]
* [http://open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1466 The ICGA Process] by [[Mark Watkins|BB+]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], July 01, 2011
* [http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1679 Deep Fritz 11 eval] by [[Mark Watkins|BB+]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], October 23, 2011
'''2012'''
* [http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1771#p15455 Re: ChessBase: A Gross Miscarriage of Justice in Computer Chess] by [[Mark Watkins|BB+]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], January 02, 2012 <ref>[http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=7791 A Gross Miscarriage of Justice in Computer Chess (part one)] by [[Søren Riis]], [[ChessBase|ChessBase News]], January 02, 2012</ref>
* [http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1763&p=15497#p15459 Re: Hyatt Is Gone!] by [[Mark Watkins|BB+]] [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], Jan 03, 2012
* [http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1772 Rybka evidence recapitulation] by [[Mark Watkins|BB+]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], January 03, 2012
'''2013'''
* [http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2296 LOS] by [[Mark Watkins|BB+]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], March 31, 2013 » [[Match Statistics]], [[LOS Table]]
==2015 ...==
* [http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2942 Another GHI example in SF (maybe)] by [[Mark Watkins|BB+]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], December 30, 2015 » [[Graph History Interaction]], [[Stockfish]]
* [http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3023 Losing Chess: 1. e3 wins] by [[Mark Watkins|BB+]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], October 10, 2016 » [[Losing Chess]]
* [http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=3153 Alpha Zero] by [[Mark Watkins|BB+]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], December 06, 2017 » [[AlphaZero]]
=External Links=
* [http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=46758 The Mathematics Genealogy Project - Mark Watkins]
* [http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/ut/people?who=M_Watkins M_Watkins - USyd Maths & Stats]
* [http://magma.maths.usyd.edu.au/~watkins/ Mark Watkins]
* [http://magma.maths.usyd.edu.au/~watkins/LOSING_CHESS/ Losing Chess] by [[Mark Watkins]]
=References=
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'''[[People|Up one Level]]'''
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