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[[FILE:Miguel_A_Ballicora.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=http://www.luc.edu/chemistry/facultystaff/ballicoramiguel.shtml| Miguel A. Ballicora <ref>Photo from [http://www.luc.edu/chemistry/facultystaff/ballicoramiguel.shtml Miguel A. Ballicora - Assistant Chair - Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry - Loyola University Chicago], cropped</ref> ]]
'''Miguel A. Ballicora''',<br/>
an Argentinean Biochemist and Assistant Chair at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loyola_University_Chicago Loyola University Chicago] with a Ph.D. from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leloir_Institute Leloir Institute], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Buenos_Aires University of Buenos Aires], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina Argentina], later Postdoctoral and Assistant Professor (Research) at [[Michigan State University]]. His current research focuses on the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enzyme enzymes] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycogenesis glycogenesis] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacteria bacteria], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starch starch] in plants, with a particular interest in their [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular_evolution molecular evolution] <ref>[http://www.luc.edu/chemistry/facultystaff/ballicoramiguel.shtml Miguel A. Ballicora - Assistant Chair - Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry - Loyola University Chicago]</ref>.
Miguel is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIDE_titles#FIDE_Master_.28FM.29 FIDE Master] in over the board chess <ref>[http://www.365chess.com/players/Miguel_Ballicora Miguel Ballicora chess games - 365Chess.com]</ref>, and as chess programmer author of the chess engine [[Gaviota]], which supports both the [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol]] and [[UCI]] and is able to generate and use its own [[Endgame Tablebases|endgame tablebases]], [[Gaviota Tablebases|Gaviota tablebases]]. Gaviota's EGTB code has been released under the liberal [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology#License|MIT license]], therefor basically anybody can use it with almost no restrictions <ref>[http://sites.google.com/site/gaviotachessengine/Home/endgame-tablebases-1 Endgame Tablebases - gaviota chess engine]</ref>. He is further author of [[Ordo]], a program to calculate ratings of individual chess engines (or players) with similar goals as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elo_rating_system Elo], but a different model and algorithm <ref>[https://sites.google.com/site/gaviotachessengine/ordo Ordo] by [[Miguel A. Ballicora]]</ref> <ref>[[Miguel A. Ballicora]] ('''2014'''). ''ORDO v0.9.6 Ratings for chess and other games''. September 2014, [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxnYXZpb3RhY2hlc3NlbmdpbmV8Z3g6NmQ0NmNhNGM4YjA3YTc5ZQ pdf]</ref>.
=See also=
* [[Gaviota]]
* [[Gaviota Tablebases]]
* [[Ordo]]
* [[Rybka Controversy#Litmustest|Rybka Controversy - Litmus Test]]
* [[Texel's Tuning Method]]
=Selected Publications=
* [[Miguel A. Ballicora]], [http://www.vitals.com/doctors/Dr_Jennifer_Dubay/credentials Jennifer R. Dubay], [http://www.pubfacts.com/author/Claire+H+Devillers Claire H. Devillers], [https://www.linkedin.com/pub/jack-preiss/19/164/5b2 Jack Preiss] ('''2005'''). ''[http://www.jbc.org/content/280/11/10189.full Resurrecting the Ancestral Enzymatic Role of a Modulatory Subunit]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journal_of_Biological_Chemistry Journal of Biological Chemistry], Vol. 280, No. 11
* [[Miguel A. Ballicora]] ('''2014'''). ''ORDO v0.9.6 Ratings for chess and other games''. September 2014, [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxnYXZpb3RhY2hlc3NlbmdpbmV8Z3g6NmQ0NmNhNGM4YjA3YTc5ZQ pdf]
=Forum Posts=
==2000 ...==
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=143022 Hash table efficiency] by [[Miguel A. Ballicora]], [[CCC]], December 05, 2000 » [[Transposition Table]], [[Search Statistics]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=150687 Simple Learning Technique and Random Play] by [[Miguel A. Ballicora]], [[CCC]], January 18, 2001 » [[Search with Random Leaf Values]], [[Persistent Hash Table]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=151026 New Winboard Engine] by [[Miguel A. Ballicora]], [[CCC]], January 20, 2001
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=170356 Limited singular extensions. Anybody tried?] by [[Miguel A. Ballicora]], [[CCC]], May 18, 2001 » [[Singular Extensions]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=219390 Gaviota - FM Miguel A. Ballicora - live at ICC in 1 hour] by [[Peter Berger]], [[CCC]], March 24, 2002
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=221364 Great article for people who wants to write a chess engine] by [[Miguel A. Ballicora]], [[CCC]], April 03, 2002 <ref>[[Tony Marsland]] ('''1992'''). ''Computer Chess and Search.'' Encyclopedia of Artificial Intelligence (2nd ed.) (ed. S.C. Shapiro) pp. 224-241. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, NY. ISBN 0-471-50305-3. [http://webdocs.cs.ualberta.ca/~tony/RecentPapers/encyc.mac-1991.pdf pdf]</ref>
==2005 ...==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21119 Move ordering: Delaying moves on the history phase] by [[Miguel A. Ballicora]], [[CCC]], May 13, 2008 » [[Move ordering]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=27266 Insanity... or Tal style?] by [[Miguel A. Ballicora]], [[CCC]], April 01, 2009
: [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=27266&postdays=0&postorder=asc&topic_view=&start=11 Re: Insanity... or Tal style?] by [[Miguel A. Ballicora]], [[CCC]], April 02, 2009 » [[Automated Tuning]] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=555522&t=50823 The texel evaluation function optimization algorithm] by [[Peter Österlund]], [[CCC]], January 31, 2014 » [[Texel's Tuning Method]]</ref>
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=30356 Yet another bitboard attack generator] by [[Miguel A. Ballicora]], [[CCC]], October 28, 2009 » [[Bitboards]], [[Sliding Piece Attacks]]
==2010 ...==
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=50784 Gaviota tablebases, Probing Code Release (Finally)] by [[Miguel A. Ballicora]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], February 10, 2010
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=32952 Aquarium (other GUIs too?) and WB support => I am shocked] by [[Miguel A. Ballicora]], [[CCC]], February 27, 2010
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=36082 SMP speed up] by [[Miguel A. Ballicora]], [[CCC]], September 14, 2010 » [[Parallel Search]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=41938 Ordo release (rating software, ELO-like)] by [[Miguel A. Ballicora]], [[CCC]], January 11, 2012
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=52661 UCI, ownbooks, and a potential problem] by [[Miguel A. Ballicora]], [[CCC]], June 16, 2014 » [[UCI]], [[Opening Book]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=53645 Ordo 0.9.6] by [[Miguel A. Ballicora]], [[CCC]], September 10, 2014
==2015 ...==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=59038 Ordo 1.0.9 (new features for testers)] by [[Miguel A. Ballicora]], [[CCC]], January 25, 2016
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=59388 Ordoprep 0.8] by [[Miguel A. Ballicora]], [[CCC]], February 28, 2016
=External Links=
* [http://www.luc.edu/chemistry/facultystaff/ballicoramiguel.shtml Miguel A. Ballicora - Assistant Chair - Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry - Loyola University Chicago]
* [http://www.jbc.org/content/280/11/e99911.full Enzyme Resurrection — JBC]
* [http://en.scientificcommons.org/miguel_a_ballicora Scientific Commons: Miguel A. Ballicora]
* [http://sites.google.com/site/gaviotachessengine/ Gaviota Home]
: [https://sites.google.com/site/gaviotachessengine/ordo Ordo] » [[Match Statistics]]
* [http://www.playwitharena.com/?Interviews:Interview_with_Miguel_Ballicora%26nbsp%3B Interview with Miguel Ballicora] by [[Michael Diosi]], [http://www.playwitharena.com/ Free chess graphical user interface (GUI) Arena for chess engines], December 2010
* [http://www.chessdom.com/interview-with-miguel-ballicora/ Interview with Miguel Ballicora | Chessdom], February 23, 2013 <ref>[http://www.chessdom.com/tcec-computer-chess-live/ TCEC computer chess LIVE!]</ref> <ref>[https://www.facebook.com/tcec.chess TCEC - Thoresen Chess Engines Competition | Facebook]</ref>
=References=
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[[FILE:Miguel_A_Ballicora.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=http://www.luc.edu/chemistry/facultystaff/ballicoramiguel.shtml| Miguel A. Ballicora <ref>Photo from [http://www.luc.edu/chemistry/facultystaff/ballicoramiguel.shtml Miguel A. Ballicora - Assistant Chair - Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry - Loyola University Chicago], cropped</ref> ]]
'''Miguel A. Ballicora''',<br/>
an Argentinean Biochemist and Assistant Chair at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loyola_University_Chicago Loyola University Chicago] with a Ph.D. from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leloir_Institute Leloir Institute], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Buenos_Aires University of Buenos Aires], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina Argentina], later Postdoctoral and Assistant Professor (Research) at [[Michigan State University]]. His current research focuses on the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enzyme enzymes] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycogenesis glycogenesis] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacteria bacteria], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starch starch] in plants, with a particular interest in their [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular_evolution molecular evolution] <ref>[http://www.luc.edu/chemistry/facultystaff/ballicoramiguel.shtml Miguel A. Ballicora - Assistant Chair - Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry - Loyola University Chicago]</ref>.
Miguel is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIDE_titles#FIDE_Master_.28FM.29 FIDE Master] in over the board chess <ref>[http://www.365chess.com/players/Miguel_Ballicora Miguel Ballicora chess games - 365Chess.com]</ref>, and as chess programmer author of the chess engine [[Gaviota]], which supports both the [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol]] and [[UCI]] and is able to generate and use its own [[Endgame Tablebases|endgame tablebases]], [[Gaviota Tablebases|Gaviota tablebases]]. Gaviota's EGTB code has been released under the liberal [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology#License|MIT license]], therefor basically anybody can use it with almost no restrictions <ref>[http://sites.google.com/site/gaviotachessengine/Home/endgame-tablebases-1 Endgame Tablebases - gaviota chess engine]</ref>. He is further author of [[Ordo]], a program to calculate ratings of individual chess engines (or players) with similar goals as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elo_rating_system Elo], but a different model and algorithm <ref>[https://sites.google.com/site/gaviotachessengine/ordo Ordo] by [[Miguel A. Ballicora]]</ref> <ref>[[Miguel A. Ballicora]] ('''2014'''). ''ORDO v0.9.6 Ratings for chess and other games''. September 2014, [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxnYXZpb3RhY2hlc3NlbmdpbmV8Z3g6NmQ0NmNhNGM4YjA3YTc5ZQ pdf]</ref>.
=See also=
* [[Gaviota]]
* [[Gaviota Tablebases]]
* [[Ordo]]
* [[Rybka Controversy#Litmustest|Rybka Controversy - Litmus Test]]
* [[Texel's Tuning Method]]
=Selected Publications=
* [[Miguel A. Ballicora]], [http://www.vitals.com/doctors/Dr_Jennifer_Dubay/credentials Jennifer R. Dubay], [http://www.pubfacts.com/author/Claire+H+Devillers Claire H. Devillers], [https://www.linkedin.com/pub/jack-preiss/19/164/5b2 Jack Preiss] ('''2005'''). ''[http://www.jbc.org/content/280/11/10189.full Resurrecting the Ancestral Enzymatic Role of a Modulatory Subunit]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journal_of_Biological_Chemistry Journal of Biological Chemistry], Vol. 280, No. 11
* [[Miguel A. Ballicora]] ('''2014'''). ''ORDO v0.9.6 Ratings for chess and other games''. September 2014, [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxnYXZpb3RhY2hlc3NlbmdpbmV8Z3g6NmQ0NmNhNGM4YjA3YTc5ZQ pdf]
=Forum Posts=
==2000 ...==
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=143022 Hash table efficiency] by [[Miguel A. Ballicora]], [[CCC]], December 05, 2000 » [[Transposition Table]], [[Search Statistics]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=150687 Simple Learning Technique and Random Play] by [[Miguel A. Ballicora]], [[CCC]], January 18, 2001 » [[Search with Random Leaf Values]], [[Persistent Hash Table]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=151026 New Winboard Engine] by [[Miguel A. Ballicora]], [[CCC]], January 20, 2001
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=170356 Limited singular extensions. Anybody tried?] by [[Miguel A. Ballicora]], [[CCC]], May 18, 2001 » [[Singular Extensions]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=219390 Gaviota - FM Miguel A. Ballicora - live at ICC in 1 hour] by [[Peter Berger]], [[CCC]], March 24, 2002
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=221364 Great article for people who wants to write a chess engine] by [[Miguel A. Ballicora]], [[CCC]], April 03, 2002 <ref>[[Tony Marsland]] ('''1992'''). ''Computer Chess and Search.'' Encyclopedia of Artificial Intelligence (2nd ed.) (ed. S.C. Shapiro) pp. 224-241. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, NY. ISBN 0-471-50305-3. [http://webdocs.cs.ualberta.ca/~tony/RecentPapers/encyc.mac-1991.pdf pdf]</ref>
==2005 ...==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21119 Move ordering: Delaying moves on the history phase] by [[Miguel A. Ballicora]], [[CCC]], May 13, 2008 » [[Move ordering]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=27266 Insanity... or Tal style?] by [[Miguel A. Ballicora]], [[CCC]], April 01, 2009
: [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=27266&postdays=0&postorder=asc&topic_view=&start=11 Re: Insanity... or Tal style?] by [[Miguel A. Ballicora]], [[CCC]], April 02, 2009 » [[Automated Tuning]] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=555522&t=50823 The texel evaluation function optimization algorithm] by [[Peter Österlund]], [[CCC]], January 31, 2014 » [[Texel's Tuning Method]]</ref>
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=30356 Yet another bitboard attack generator] by [[Miguel A. Ballicora]], [[CCC]], October 28, 2009 » [[Bitboards]], [[Sliding Piece Attacks]]
==2010 ...==
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=50784 Gaviota tablebases, Probing Code Release (Finally)] by [[Miguel A. Ballicora]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], February 10, 2010
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=32952 Aquarium (other GUIs too?) and WB support => I am shocked] by [[Miguel A. Ballicora]], [[CCC]], February 27, 2010
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=36082 SMP speed up] by [[Miguel A. Ballicora]], [[CCC]], September 14, 2010 » [[Parallel Search]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=41938 Ordo release (rating software, ELO-like)] by [[Miguel A. Ballicora]], [[CCC]], January 11, 2012
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=52661 UCI, ownbooks, and a potential problem] by [[Miguel A. Ballicora]], [[CCC]], June 16, 2014 » [[UCI]], [[Opening Book]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=53645 Ordo 0.9.6] by [[Miguel A. Ballicora]], [[CCC]], September 10, 2014
==2015 ...==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=59038 Ordo 1.0.9 (new features for testers)] by [[Miguel A. Ballicora]], [[CCC]], January 25, 2016
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=59388 Ordoprep 0.8] by [[Miguel A. Ballicora]], [[CCC]], February 28, 2016
=External Links=
* [http://www.luc.edu/chemistry/facultystaff/ballicoramiguel.shtml Miguel A. Ballicora - Assistant Chair - Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry - Loyola University Chicago]
* [http://www.jbc.org/content/280/11/e99911.full Enzyme Resurrection — JBC]
* [http://en.scientificcommons.org/miguel_a_ballicora Scientific Commons: Miguel A. Ballicora]
* [http://sites.google.com/site/gaviotachessengine/ Gaviota Home]
: [https://sites.google.com/site/gaviotachessengine/ordo Ordo] » [[Match Statistics]]
* [http://www.playwitharena.com/?Interviews:Interview_with_Miguel_Ballicora%26nbsp%3B Interview with Miguel Ballicora] by [[Michael Diosi]], [http://www.playwitharena.com/ Free chess graphical user interface (GUI) Arena for chess engines], December 2010
* [http://www.chessdom.com/interview-with-miguel-ballicora/ Interview with Miguel Ballicora | Chessdom], February 23, 2013 <ref>[http://www.chessdom.com/tcec-computer-chess-live/ TCEC computer chess LIVE!]</ref> <ref>[https://www.facebook.com/tcec.chess TCEC - Thoresen Chess Engines Competition | Facebook]</ref>
=References=
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