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[[FILE:MikeValvo.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=stl-430b9bbc75254| Michael Valvo <ref>[http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=stl-430b9bbc75254 Michael Valvo at the Deep Blue vs. Kasparov match in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania], photo by [[Monroe Newborn]], 1996, from [[The Computer History Museum]]</ref> ]]
'''Michael (Mike) Joseph Valvo''', (April 19, 1942 – September 18, 2004)<br/>
was an American [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Master#International_Master_.28IM.29 International Chess Master] since the 70s dedicated to computer chess. He was Tournament Director of most [[ACM North American Computer Chess Championship|ACM North American Computer Chess Championships]], as well as [[ICGA]] [[World Computer Chess Championship|World Computer Chess Championships]] and [[World Microcomputer Chess Championship|World Microcomputer Chess Championships]] until [[WCCC 1995]], when he was later succeeded by [[Jaap van den Herik]].
He also acted as moderator and commentator at the tournament sites and wrote various tournament reports. From November 1988 until March 1989, he played a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correspondence_chess Correspondence match] against [[Deep Thought]], and won 2-0 <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=22438 Valvo-DT CC-games] by Hans Christian Lykke, [[CCC]], July 18, 1998</ref>.
Michael Joseph Valvo died of a heart attack at September 18, 2004, in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chanhassen,_Minnesota Chanhassen, Minnesota] at age 62 <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Valvo Michael Valvo from Wikipedia]</ref> .
=Orbituaries=
==ICGA Journal==
Quote by [[Jaap van den Herik]] from ''The Battle of Games'', from the same [[ICGA Journal]] issue, Valvo was [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eulogy eulogized] by his long time friend [[Ken Thompson]] <ref>[[Ken Thompson]] ('''2004'''). ''Obituary: Michael Joseph Valvo (1942-2004)''. [[ICGA Journal#27_4|ICGA Journal, Vol. 27, No. 4]]</ref> :
For a while I would like to continue with other parts of the contents of this issue. With much regret I would like to have your attention for Ken Thompson’s contribution on the passing away of Mike Valvo. For many years, he was the Tournament Director of our tournaments: the [[ACM North American Computer Chess Championship|North American Computer-Chess Championships]] (NACCCs), the [[World Computer Chess Championship|World Computer-Chess Championships]] (WCCCs), the [[World Microcomputer Chess Championship|World Microcomputer-Chess Championships]] (WMCCs), and the [[Computer Olympiad|Computer Olympiads]] (COs). He did a very good job and made a real community of our group. He shall be missed. Personally, I would like to thank him publicly for the many lessons learned and I would like to state that I feel privileged to have succeeded him in some of his tasks. Thank you Mike for our long-standing cooperation.
==Pennswoodpusher==
From the ''Pennswoodpusher'' a Quarterly Publication of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_State_Chess_Federation Pennsylvania State Chess Federation]: ''Crossing The Bar''. February 2005 <ref>[http://www.pitt.edu/~schach/Newsletters/2005WinterPWP.pdf The Pennswoodpusher, A Quarterly Publication of the Pennsylvania State Chess Federation, February 2005] (pdf)</ref>:
Born in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albany,_New_York Albany, New York], Michael Valvo was a graduate of [[Columbia University]] and spent much of his life working with computers. He is perhaps best known to the public for his job as commentator for the Kasparov versus [[Deep Blue]] Matches in 1996 and [[Kasparov versus Deep Blue 1997|1997]], but he accomplished many things in a chess career going back to the late 1950s.
Valvo learned the game from his father Frank, who was also a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Chess_Federation USCF] master. Michael made quick progress and in 1964 was a member of the U.S. team that competed in the 11th Student Olympiad in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krak%C3%B3w Cracow], Poland, in 1964 along with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lombardy Bill Lombardy], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Weinstein Raymond Weinstein], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Kalme Charles Kalme], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Zuckerman Bernard Zuckerman] and Mitchell Sweig. The Americans finished in fourth place behind the USSR, Czechoslovakia and Hungary. He quit playing chess in 1969, but came back with a big bang by earning a [[FIDE]] rating of 2530 in the late 1970s after an excellent performance in a NY Futurity. FIDE awarded him the IM title in 1980.
A respected opening theoretician Valvo played 1.e4 for much of his career before adding the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Opening English] to his repertoire. He was a life-long fan of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicilian_Defence,_Dragon_Variation Dragon] and a early pioneer (1963) of a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benko_Gambit Benko-gambit] type approach - 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 a6 followed by ...c5 with ...b5 to follow d4-d5. He tested many of his lines in correspondence chess throughout his career. Valvo was a co-author of a book on the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1990 1990 Kasparov-Karpov match] and was the technical editor of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Fischer#Under_Fischer.27s_name Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess] along with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Weinstein Raymond Weinstein]. He did the game annotations for the 1966/67 US Championship bulletin.
=See also=
* [[Kasparov versus Deep Thought 1989#Video|Kasparov versus Deep Thought 1989 documentary]]
=Selected Publications=
<ref>[http://ilk.uvt.nl/icga/journal/docs/References.pdf ICGA Reference Database] (pdf)</ref>
* [[Danny Kopec]], [[Michael Valvo|Mike Valvo]] ('''1988'''). ''Report on The ACM 19th North American Computer-Chess Championship''. [[ICGA Journal#11_4|ICCA Journal, Vol. 11, No. 4]] » [[ACM 1988]]
* [[Michael Valvo]] ('''1990'''). ''Moral Victory: Karpov versus Deep Thought at Harvard''. [[ICGA Journal#13_1|ICCA Journal, Vol. 13, No. 1]] <ref>[http://www.skepticfiles.org/cowtext/comput~1/karpovpr.htm Karpov vs. DEEP THOUGHT Cambridge, Massachusetts reported by Darren Bedwell, Compuserve 73]</ref>
* [[Danny Kopec]], [[Monroe Newborn]], [[Michael Valvo]] ('''1992'''). ''The 22d Annual ACM International Chess Championship'', in [http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-431614f6cc6e9 The 23rd ACM International Computer Chess Championship] from [[The Computer History Museum]], [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/3-1%20and%203-2%20and%203-3%20and%204-3.1990_21st_NACCC/1990%20NACCC.062303065.sm.pdf pdf] » [[ACM 1991]]
* [[Frederic Friedel]], [[Michael Valvo]] ('''1992'''). ''The 7th World Computer-Chess Championship. Results and Games''. [[ICGA Journal#15_4|ICCA Journal, Vol. 15, No. 4]]
* [[Danny Kopec]], [[Michael Valvo]] ('''1993'''). ''The 23rd ACM International Computer-Chess Championship.'' [[ICGA Journal#16_1|ICCA Journal, Vol. 16, No. 1]]
* [[Danny Kopec]], [[Monroe Newborn]], [[Michael Valvo]] ('''1994'''). ''The 23rd ACM NACCC in Indianapolis'', in [http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-431614f6cceea The 24th ACM International Computer Chess Championship] from [[The Computer History Museum]], [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/3-1%20and%203-2%20and%203-3%20and%204-3.1994_24th_ICCC/1994%20ICCC.062303013.sm.pdf pdf]
* [[Ken Thompson]] ('''2004'''). ''Obituary: Michael Joseph Valvo (1942-2004)''. [[ICGA Journal#27_4|ICGA Journal, Vol. 27, No. 4]]
=Forum Posts=
==1989==
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess/vzpOWhHfk8c/ThAS2pQQ_rMJ Valvo-DT Match: Move 46] by [[Michael Valvo|Mike Valvo]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgc]], March 30, 1989 » [[Deep Thought]]
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess/2Dm3Ps87ALE/6qvBtkRMEuUJ Challange Match] by [[Michael Valvo|Mike Valvo]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgc]], March 31, 1989
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess/VMKpRaD9dSc/CLgzuim7pUYJ Valvo-DT Match: Move 48] by [[Michael Valvo|Mike Valvo]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgc]], April 01, 1989
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess/wqAWR7ylU4w/PTvP5DbWadcJ Can Chess Help Adapt to Life?] by [[Michael Valvo|Mike Valvo]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgc]], September 06, 1989
==1990 ...==
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess/JJHItqU-rpo/nDPFln1I1DcJ Chess Combination and ChessBase] by [[Michael Valvo|Mike Valvo]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgc]], January 08, 1990 » [[ChessBase (Database)]]
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess/wkTUUFfEvIE/RyFnJTjyQq4J Machine Learning Experience] by [[Michael Valvo|Mike Valvo]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgc]], January 22, 1990 » [[Persistent Hash Table#LearninginBebe|Learning in Bebe]]
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess/uFKnustVGCQ/5wYPHthaVtQJ Kasparov against anyone] by [[Michael Valvo|Mike Valvo]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgc]], March 30, 1990
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess/IrYK2daRTq8/4mn_t3StRMQJ Re: Russian computer chess games?] by [[Michael Valvo|Mike Valvo]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgc]], July 24, 1990
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess/VelERxmnX9A/7RaQv-6-z6QJ Re: ChessBase] by [[Michael Valvo|Mike Valvo]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgc]], January 30, 1991 » [[ChessBase (Database)]]
=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Valvo Michael Valvo from Wikipedia]
* [http://www.chessgames.com/player/michael_joseph_valvo.html The chess games of Michael Joseph Valvo] from [http://www.chessgames.com/index.html chessgames.com]
=References=
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[[FILE:MikeValvo.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=stl-430b9bbc75254| Michael Valvo <ref>[http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=stl-430b9bbc75254 Michael Valvo at the Deep Blue vs. Kasparov match in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania], photo by [[Monroe Newborn]], 1996, from [[The Computer History Museum]]</ref> ]]
'''Michael (Mike) Joseph Valvo''', (April 19, 1942 – September 18, 2004)<br/>
was an American [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Master#International_Master_.28IM.29 International Chess Master] since the 70s dedicated to computer chess. He was Tournament Director of most [[ACM North American Computer Chess Championship|ACM North American Computer Chess Championships]], as well as [[ICGA]] [[World Computer Chess Championship|World Computer Chess Championships]] and [[World Microcomputer Chess Championship|World Microcomputer Chess Championships]] until [[WCCC 1995]], when he was later succeeded by [[Jaap van den Herik]].
He also acted as moderator and commentator at the tournament sites and wrote various tournament reports. From November 1988 until March 1989, he played a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correspondence_chess Correspondence match] against [[Deep Thought]], and won 2-0 <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=22438 Valvo-DT CC-games] by Hans Christian Lykke, [[CCC]], July 18, 1998</ref>.
Michael Joseph Valvo died of a heart attack at September 18, 2004, in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chanhassen,_Minnesota Chanhassen, Minnesota] at age 62 <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Valvo Michael Valvo from Wikipedia]</ref> .
=Orbituaries=
==ICGA Journal==
Quote by [[Jaap van den Herik]] from ''The Battle of Games'', from the same [[ICGA Journal]] issue, Valvo was [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eulogy eulogized] by his long time friend [[Ken Thompson]] <ref>[[Ken Thompson]] ('''2004'''). ''Obituary: Michael Joseph Valvo (1942-2004)''. [[ICGA Journal#27_4|ICGA Journal, Vol. 27, No. 4]]</ref> :
For a while I would like to continue with other parts of the contents of this issue. With much regret I would like to have your attention for Ken Thompson’s contribution on the passing away of Mike Valvo. For many years, he was the Tournament Director of our tournaments: the [[ACM North American Computer Chess Championship|North American Computer-Chess Championships]] (NACCCs), the [[World Computer Chess Championship|World Computer-Chess Championships]] (WCCCs), the [[World Microcomputer Chess Championship|World Microcomputer-Chess Championships]] (WMCCs), and the [[Computer Olympiad|Computer Olympiads]] (COs). He did a very good job and made a real community of our group. He shall be missed. Personally, I would like to thank him publicly for the many lessons learned and I would like to state that I feel privileged to have succeeded him in some of his tasks. Thank you Mike for our long-standing cooperation.
==Pennswoodpusher==
From the ''Pennswoodpusher'' a Quarterly Publication of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_State_Chess_Federation Pennsylvania State Chess Federation]: ''Crossing The Bar''. February 2005 <ref>[http://www.pitt.edu/~schach/Newsletters/2005WinterPWP.pdf The Pennswoodpusher, A Quarterly Publication of the Pennsylvania State Chess Federation, February 2005] (pdf)</ref>:
Born in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albany,_New_York Albany, New York], Michael Valvo was a graduate of [[Columbia University]] and spent much of his life working with computers. He is perhaps best known to the public for his job as commentator for the Kasparov versus [[Deep Blue]] Matches in 1996 and [[Kasparov versus Deep Blue 1997|1997]], but he accomplished many things in a chess career going back to the late 1950s.
Valvo learned the game from his father Frank, who was also a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Chess_Federation USCF] master. Michael made quick progress and in 1964 was a member of the U.S. team that competed in the 11th Student Olympiad in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krak%C3%B3w Cracow], Poland, in 1964 along with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lombardy Bill Lombardy], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Weinstein Raymond Weinstein], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Kalme Charles Kalme], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Zuckerman Bernard Zuckerman] and Mitchell Sweig. The Americans finished in fourth place behind the USSR, Czechoslovakia and Hungary. He quit playing chess in 1969, but came back with a big bang by earning a [[FIDE]] rating of 2530 in the late 1970s after an excellent performance in a NY Futurity. FIDE awarded him the IM title in 1980.
A respected opening theoretician Valvo played 1.e4 for much of his career before adding the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Opening English] to his repertoire. He was a life-long fan of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicilian_Defence,_Dragon_Variation Dragon] and a early pioneer (1963) of a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benko_Gambit Benko-gambit] type approach - 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 a6 followed by ...c5 with ...b5 to follow d4-d5. He tested many of his lines in correspondence chess throughout his career. Valvo was a co-author of a book on the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1990 1990 Kasparov-Karpov match] and was the technical editor of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Fischer#Under_Fischer.27s_name Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess] along with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Weinstein Raymond Weinstein]. He did the game annotations for the 1966/67 US Championship bulletin.
=See also=
* [[Kasparov versus Deep Thought 1989#Video|Kasparov versus Deep Thought 1989 documentary]]
=Selected Publications=
<ref>[http://ilk.uvt.nl/icga/journal/docs/References.pdf ICGA Reference Database] (pdf)</ref>
* [[Danny Kopec]], [[Michael Valvo|Mike Valvo]] ('''1988'''). ''Report on The ACM 19th North American Computer-Chess Championship''. [[ICGA Journal#11_4|ICCA Journal, Vol. 11, No. 4]] » [[ACM 1988]]
* [[Michael Valvo]] ('''1990'''). ''Moral Victory: Karpov versus Deep Thought at Harvard''. [[ICGA Journal#13_1|ICCA Journal, Vol. 13, No. 1]] <ref>[http://www.skepticfiles.org/cowtext/comput~1/karpovpr.htm Karpov vs. DEEP THOUGHT Cambridge, Massachusetts reported by Darren Bedwell, Compuserve 73]</ref>
* [[Danny Kopec]], [[Monroe Newborn]], [[Michael Valvo]] ('''1992'''). ''The 22d Annual ACM International Chess Championship'', in [http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-431614f6cc6e9 The 23rd ACM International Computer Chess Championship] from [[The Computer History Museum]], [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/3-1%20and%203-2%20and%203-3%20and%204-3.1990_21st_NACCC/1990%20NACCC.062303065.sm.pdf pdf] » [[ACM 1991]]
* [[Frederic Friedel]], [[Michael Valvo]] ('''1992'''). ''The 7th World Computer-Chess Championship. Results and Games''. [[ICGA Journal#15_4|ICCA Journal, Vol. 15, No. 4]]
* [[Danny Kopec]], [[Michael Valvo]] ('''1993'''). ''The 23rd ACM International Computer-Chess Championship.'' [[ICGA Journal#16_1|ICCA Journal, Vol. 16, No. 1]]
* [[Danny Kopec]], [[Monroe Newborn]], [[Michael Valvo]] ('''1994'''). ''The 23rd ACM NACCC in Indianapolis'', in [http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-431614f6cceea The 24th ACM International Computer Chess Championship] from [[The Computer History Museum]], [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/3-1%20and%203-2%20and%203-3%20and%204-3.1994_24th_ICCC/1994%20ICCC.062303013.sm.pdf pdf]
* [[Ken Thompson]] ('''2004'''). ''Obituary: Michael Joseph Valvo (1942-2004)''. [[ICGA Journal#27_4|ICGA Journal, Vol. 27, No. 4]]
=Forum Posts=
==1989==
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess/vzpOWhHfk8c/ThAS2pQQ_rMJ Valvo-DT Match: Move 46] by [[Michael Valvo|Mike Valvo]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgc]], March 30, 1989 » [[Deep Thought]]
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess/2Dm3Ps87ALE/6qvBtkRMEuUJ Challange Match] by [[Michael Valvo|Mike Valvo]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgc]], March 31, 1989
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess/VMKpRaD9dSc/CLgzuim7pUYJ Valvo-DT Match: Move 48] by [[Michael Valvo|Mike Valvo]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgc]], April 01, 1989
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess/wqAWR7ylU4w/PTvP5DbWadcJ Can Chess Help Adapt to Life?] by [[Michael Valvo|Mike Valvo]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgc]], September 06, 1989
==1990 ...==
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess/JJHItqU-rpo/nDPFln1I1DcJ Chess Combination and ChessBase] by [[Michael Valvo|Mike Valvo]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgc]], January 08, 1990 » [[ChessBase (Database)]]
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess/wkTUUFfEvIE/RyFnJTjyQq4J Machine Learning Experience] by [[Michael Valvo|Mike Valvo]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgc]], January 22, 1990 » [[Persistent Hash Table#LearninginBebe|Learning in Bebe]]
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess/uFKnustVGCQ/5wYPHthaVtQJ Kasparov against anyone] by [[Michael Valvo|Mike Valvo]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgc]], March 30, 1990
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess/IrYK2daRTq8/4mn_t3StRMQJ Re: Russian computer chess games?] by [[Michael Valvo|Mike Valvo]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgc]], July 24, 1990
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess/VelERxmnX9A/7RaQv-6-z6QJ Re: ChessBase] by [[Michael Valvo|Mike Valvo]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgc]], January 30, 1991 » [[ChessBase (Database)]]
=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Valvo Michael Valvo from Wikipedia]
* [http://www.chessgames.com/player/michael_joseph_valvo.html The chess games of Michael Joseph Valvo] from [http://www.chessgames.com/index.html chessgames.com]
=References=
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