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[[FILE:TonyScherzer.JPG|border|right|thumb|Tony Scherzer, [[WCCC 1986]] <ref>[[László Lindner]], A SZÁMÍTÓGÉPES SAKK KÉPEKBEN című melléklete - The pictures of the Beginning of Chess Computers</ref> ]]
'''Anthony (Tony) Scherzer''', (October 19, 1946 - January 1995) <ref>[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/IGI/individual_record.asp?recid=100000058897&lds=1®ion=11®ionfriendly=North+America&frompage=99 IGI Individual Record - Anthony Scherzer]</ref><br/>
was an American electrical engineer, entrepreneur and chess programmer. Along with [[Linda Scherzer]], Tony was primary 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. After Tony Scherzer's early death in January 1995, ''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=
<ref>[http://ilk.uvt.nl/icga/journal/docs/References.pdf ICGA Reference Database] (pdf)</ref>
* [[Tony Scherzer]] ('''1979'''). ''Background on BB-1''. [[Personal Computing#3_11|Personal Computing, Vol. 3, No. 11]], pp. 80 » [[Bebe|BB-1]]
* [[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]]
* [[Ken Thompson]], [[Jonathan Schaeffer]] ('''1995'''). ''Tributes to Tony Scherzer''. [[ICGA Journal#18_1|ICCA Journal]], [http://ilk.uvt.nl/icga/journal/contents/node12.html Vol. 18, No. 1]
=Forum Posts=
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=201764 Re: Who is the better chess program author? (more)] by [[Robert Hyatt]], [[CCC]], December 13, 2001
=External Links=
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/person.php?id=321 Tony Scherzer's ICGA Tournaments]
=References=
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[[FILE:TonyScherzer.JPG|border|right|thumb|Tony Scherzer, [[WCCC 1986]] <ref>[[László Lindner]], A SZÁMÍTÓGÉPES SAKK KÉPEKBEN című melléklete - The pictures of the Beginning of Chess Computers</ref> ]]
'''Anthony (Tony) Scherzer''', (October 19, 1946 - January 1995) <ref>[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/IGI/individual_record.asp?recid=100000058897&lds=1®ion=11®ionfriendly=North+America&frompage=99 IGI Individual Record - Anthony Scherzer]</ref><br/>
was an American electrical engineer, entrepreneur and chess programmer. Along with [[Linda Scherzer]], Tony was primary 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. After Tony Scherzer's early death in January 1995, ''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=
<ref>[http://ilk.uvt.nl/icga/journal/docs/References.pdf ICGA Reference Database] (pdf)</ref>
* [[Tony Scherzer]] ('''1979'''). ''Background on BB-1''. [[Personal Computing#3_11|Personal Computing, Vol. 3, No. 11]], pp. 80 » [[Bebe|BB-1]]
* [[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]]
* [[Ken Thompson]], [[Jonathan Schaeffer]] ('''1995'''). ''Tributes to Tony Scherzer''. [[ICGA Journal#18_1|ICCA Journal]], [http://ilk.uvt.nl/icga/journal/contents/node12.html Vol. 18, No. 1]
=Forum Posts=
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=201764 Re: Who is the better chess program author? (more)] by [[Robert Hyatt]], [[CCC]], December 13, 2001
=External Links=
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/person.php?id=321 Tony Scherzer's ICGA Tournaments]
=References=
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