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'''Thomas C. (Tom) Kerrigan''',<br/> | '''Thomas C. (Tom) Kerrigan''',<br/> | ||
| − | an American computer chess programmer, who | + | an American software developer and computer chess programmer, who already got hooked on computer chess as a 13-year-old growing up in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Collins,_Colorado Fort Collins, Colorado], playing the [[Chessmaster]] on a friend's [[IBM PC|PC]] <ref>[http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/01/12/story13.html iPhone apps ring income for former Microsoftie Kerrigan], [http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/ Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle)], January 9, 2009</ref>. Inspired by the 1978 articles by [[Peter W. Frey]] and [[Larry Atkin]] on [[Chess 0.5]] in [[Byte Magazine#BYTE310|BYTE magazine]] <ref>[[Peter W. Frey]], [[Larry Atkin]] ('''1978'''). ''[http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-431614f6d5ba2 Creating a Chess Player].'' An Essay on Human and Computer Chess Skill, [[Byte Magazine#BYTE310|BYTE, Vol. 3, No. 10]]</ref>, he started the development his chess program [[Stobor]] in 1993, and further wrote the didactic open source chess program [[TSCP]] <ref>[http://www.tckerrigan.com/Chess/TSCP TSCP - Tom Kerrigan's Home Page]</ref>. While still focusing on Stobor and its [[Parallel Search|parallel search]], Tom Kerrigan's recent project is [[tChess]], a chess program for the [[iPhone]] and [[iPod touch]] <ref>[http://www.tchessgame.com/ tChess, Chess for the iPhone and iPod touch!]</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 23:36, 28 November 2018
Thomas C. (Tom) Kerrigan,
an American software developer and computer chess programmer, who already got hooked on computer chess as a 13-year-old growing up in Fort Collins, Colorado, playing the Chessmaster on a friend's PC [2]. Inspired by the 1978 articles by Peter W. Frey and Larry Atkin on Chess 0.5 in BYTE magazine [3], he started the development his chess program Stobor in 1993, and further wrote the didactic open source chess program TSCP [4]. While still focusing on Stobor and its parallel search, Tom Kerrigan's recent project is tChess, a chess program for the iPhone and iPod touch [5]
Forum Posts
1997 ...
- Going commercial, maybe by Tom C. Kerrigan, rgcc, March 04, 1997
- piece list possibilities by Tom Kerrigan, CCC, July 07, 1998 » Piece-Lists
- is the "dead bit" a good idea? by Tom Kerrigan, CCC, July 20, 1998 » Piece-Lists
- New version of TSCP! by Tom Kerrigan, CCC, August 02, 1998
- TSCP derivatives? by Tom Kerrigan, CCC, August 06, 1998
2000 ...
- Chip design project & another request for Belle/DT/DB info by Tom Kerrigan, CCC, January 27, 2000 » FPGA
- tip for "simulating" an MP computer & performance of ABDADA by Tom Kerrigan, CCC, May 28, 2000 » ABDADA
- New version of TSCP (1.8)--opening book and hash keys by Tom Kerrigan, CCC, January 30, 2003
- IA-64 vs OOOE (attn Taylor, Hyatt) by Tom Kerrigan, CCC, February 11, 2003 » Itanium, x86-64
2015 ...
- Possible improvement to ABDADA -- checking for cutoffs by Tom Kerrigan, CCC, July 10, 2015 » ABDADA
- Actual speedups from YBWC and ABDADA on 8+ core machines? by Tom Kerrigan, CCC, July 10, 2015 » ABDADA, Young Brothers Wait Concept
- Good parallel speedup with ABDADA and cutoff checks by Tom Kerrigan, CCC, February 03, 2017
- "How To" guide to parallel-izing an engine by Tom Kerrigan, CCC, August 27, 2017
External Links
References
- ↑ iPhone apps ring income for former Microsoftie Kerrigan, Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle), January 9, 2009
- ↑ iPhone apps ring income for former Microsoftie Kerrigan, Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle), January 9, 2009
- ↑ Peter W. Frey, Larry Atkin (1978). Creating a Chess Player. An Essay on Human and Computer Chess Skill, BYTE, Vol. 3, No. 10
- ↑ TSCP - Tom Kerrigan's Home Page
- ↑ tChess, Chess for the iPhone and iPod touch!
