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'''William Bryant''',<br/>
an American computer chess programmer <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010429014459/http://pweb.netcom.com/~wbryant/ Index of /~wbryant] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine Wayback Machine], April 29, 2001)</ref> <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netcom_(United_States) Netcom (United States) from Wikipedia]</ref> <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EarthLink EarthLink from Wikipedia]</ref>. He developed a [[GUI|chess interface]] for the [[Macintosh]] using the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerPlant PowerPlant] toolkit,
first released in 1998 along with a [[TSCP]] port dubbed MacTSCP <ref>[https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.chess.computer/c/GfX_b5-EADw/m/AD2FJZqJ7iIJ MacTSCP (beta) now available] by [[William Bryant]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], December 04, 1998</ref>,
soon superseded by his own engine for the Macintosh chess program [[Screamer]] <ref>[https://macfreebees.tripod.com/readme2/screamerchess.html Screamer Readme File]</ref>.
=Forum Posts=
==1997 ...==
* [https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.chess.computer/c/O4-oPbjN1tw/m/WKjgXrMs7cwJ Several Questions] by [[William Bryant]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], December 12, 1997 » [[Excalibur Grandmaster]]
* [https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.chess.computer/c/JN7AHYUP91k/m/nXXOFb8yW3wJ Re: Are Hash Tables/Position Caches Inherently Slow?]] by [[William Bryant]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], August 24, 1998
* [https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.chess.computer/c/GfX_b5-EADw/m/AD2FJZqJ7iIJ MacTSCP (beta) now available] by [[William Bryant]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], December 04, 1998 » [[TSCP]]
* [https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.chess.computer/c/aK8f6ePRGHo/m/whkRjlM-fEAJ Help with WAC test suite] by [[William Bryant]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], May 03, 1999 » [[Win at Chess]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=54116 Killer Move Heuristic Questions] by [[William Bryant]], [[CCC]], June 03, 1999 » [[Killer Heuristic]]
* [https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.chess.computer/c/tBLgKkNG5sg/m/4b0mL-o6lv0J Re: Macintosh Chess Software links page] by [[William Bryant]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], June 12, 1999 » [[Macintosh]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=60880 Help with Static Exchange Evaluator] by [[William Bryant]], [[CCC]], July 18, 1999 » [[Static Exchange Evaluation]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=64646 Bob - Question about Cray Blitz and Vector Processing] by [[William Bryant]], [[CCC]], August 13, 1999 » [[Cray Blitz]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=84651 Question: Fail High then Low at Root] by [[William Bryant]], [[CCC]], December 28, 1999 » [[Fail-High]], [[Fail-Low]], [[Root]], [[Search Instability]]
==2000 ...==
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=95710 Question: Fail low at root and time management] by [[William Bryant]], [[CCC]], February 08, 2000 » [[Fail-Low]], [[Root]], [[Time Management]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=106960 PowerPC BitCounting Functions Speed] by [[William Bryant]], [[CCC]], April 20, 2000 » [[Population Count]], [[PowerPC]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=130376 Questions about Mate Searching] by [[William Bryant]], [[CCC]], September 23, 2000 » [[Mate Search]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=199833 Screamer] by [[William Bryant]], [[CCC]], November 30, 2001
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=209435 Screamer II (build 03) available for Macintosh] by [[William Bryant]], [[CCC]], January 23, 2002
=External Links=
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20010429014459/http://pweb.netcom.com/~wbryant/ Index of /~wbryant] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine Wayback Machine], April 29, 2001)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20010202214300/http://pweb.netcom.com/~wbryant/screamer.html Screamer Chess Home Page New Release: November 2000, Build 55] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine Wayback Machine], February 02, 2001)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20011212070033/http://pweb.netcom.com/~wbryant/screamer.html Screamer Chess Home Page Screamer and Screamer II] (screamer-chess-57.hqx) ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine Wayback Machine], December 12, 2001)
* [https://macfreebees.tripod.com/readme2/screamerchess.html Screamer Readme File]
=References=
<references />
'''[[People|Up one Level]]'''
[[Category:Chess Programmer|Bryant]]
'''William Bryant''',<br/>
an American computer chess programmer <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010429014459/http://pweb.netcom.com/~wbryant/ Index of /~wbryant] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine Wayback Machine], April 29, 2001)</ref> <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netcom_(United_States) Netcom (United States) from Wikipedia]</ref> <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EarthLink EarthLink from Wikipedia]</ref>. He developed a [[GUI|chess interface]] for the [[Macintosh]] using the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerPlant PowerPlant] toolkit,
first released in 1998 along with a [[TSCP]] port dubbed MacTSCP <ref>[https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.chess.computer/c/GfX_b5-EADw/m/AD2FJZqJ7iIJ MacTSCP (beta) now available] by [[William Bryant]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], December 04, 1998</ref>,
soon superseded by his own engine for the Macintosh chess program [[Screamer]] <ref>[https://macfreebees.tripod.com/readme2/screamerchess.html Screamer Readme File]</ref>.
=Forum Posts=
==1997 ...==
* [https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.chess.computer/c/O4-oPbjN1tw/m/WKjgXrMs7cwJ Several Questions] by [[William Bryant]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], December 12, 1997 » [[Excalibur Grandmaster]]
* [https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.chess.computer/c/JN7AHYUP91k/m/nXXOFb8yW3wJ Re: Are Hash Tables/Position Caches Inherently Slow?]] by [[William Bryant]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], August 24, 1998
* [https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.chess.computer/c/GfX_b5-EADw/m/AD2FJZqJ7iIJ MacTSCP (beta) now available] by [[William Bryant]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], December 04, 1998 » [[TSCP]]
* [https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.chess.computer/c/aK8f6ePRGHo/m/whkRjlM-fEAJ Help with WAC test suite] by [[William Bryant]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], May 03, 1999 » [[Win at Chess]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=54116 Killer Move Heuristic Questions] by [[William Bryant]], [[CCC]], June 03, 1999 » [[Killer Heuristic]]
* [https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.chess.computer/c/tBLgKkNG5sg/m/4b0mL-o6lv0J Re: Macintosh Chess Software links page] by [[William Bryant]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], June 12, 1999 » [[Macintosh]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=60880 Help with Static Exchange Evaluator] by [[William Bryant]], [[CCC]], July 18, 1999 » [[Static Exchange Evaluation]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=64646 Bob - Question about Cray Blitz and Vector Processing] by [[William Bryant]], [[CCC]], August 13, 1999 » [[Cray Blitz]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=84651 Question: Fail High then Low at Root] by [[William Bryant]], [[CCC]], December 28, 1999 » [[Fail-High]], [[Fail-Low]], [[Root]], [[Search Instability]]
==2000 ...==
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=95710 Question: Fail low at root and time management] by [[William Bryant]], [[CCC]], February 08, 2000 » [[Fail-Low]], [[Root]], [[Time Management]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=106960 PowerPC BitCounting Functions Speed] by [[William Bryant]], [[CCC]], April 20, 2000 » [[Population Count]], [[PowerPC]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=130376 Questions about Mate Searching] by [[William Bryant]], [[CCC]], September 23, 2000 » [[Mate Search]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=199833 Screamer] by [[William Bryant]], [[CCC]], November 30, 2001
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=209435 Screamer II (build 03) available for Macintosh] by [[William Bryant]], [[CCC]], January 23, 2002
=External Links=
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20010429014459/http://pweb.netcom.com/~wbryant/ Index of /~wbryant] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine Wayback Machine], April 29, 2001)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20010202214300/http://pweb.netcom.com/~wbryant/screamer.html Screamer Chess Home Page New Release: November 2000, Build 55] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine Wayback Machine], February 02, 2001)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20011212070033/http://pweb.netcom.com/~wbryant/screamer.html Screamer Chess Home Page Screamer and Screamer II] (screamer-chess-57.hqx) ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine Wayback Machine], December 12, 2001)
* [https://macfreebees.tripod.com/readme2/screamerchess.html Screamer Readme File]
=References=
<references />
'''[[People|Up one Level]]'''
[[Category:Chess Programmer|Bryant]]
