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Arlazarov, Uskov, andDonskoy^[1][2]

Anatoly V. Uskov,
a Russian computer scientist. In1963^[3] atAlexander Kronrod’s laboratory at the MoscowInstitute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (ITEP), Anatoly Uskov co-developed theITEP Chess Program, together withGeorgy Adelson-Velsky,Vladimir Arlazarov andAlexander Zhivotovsky, advised by Russian chess masterAlexander Bitman and three-time world championMikhail Botvinnik.

At the end of 1966 afour game match began between theKotok-McCarthy-Program, running on aIBM 7090 computer, and theITEP Chess Program on a SovietM-20 computer. The match played over nine months was won 3-1 by the TheITEP program, despite playing on slower hardware. By 1971,Mikhail V. Donskoy joined with Arlazarov and Uskov to program its successor on anICL System 4/70 at theInstitute of Control Sciences, calledKaissa, which became the firstWorld Computer Chess Champion in1974 in Stockholm.

See also

• ITEP Chess Program Video, 1967

Selected Publications

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• Georgy Adelson-Velsky,Vladimir Arlazarov,Alexander Bitman,Alexander Zhivotovsky,Anatoly Uskov (1970).Programming a Computer to Play Chess.Russian Mathematical Surveys, Vol. 25, pp. 221-262.
• Vladimir Arlazarov,I. I. Zujev,Anatoly Uskov,I. A. Faradzhev (1974).An algorithm for the reduction of finite non-oriented graphs to canonical form.U.S.S.R. Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Physics, No. 14
• A. G. Alexandrov,Vladimir Arlazarov,A. M. Baraev,Ya. Yu. Gol'fand,V. N. Deza,T. P. Il’ina,Edward Komissarchik,Anatoly Uskov,I. A. Faradzhev,Aaron L. Futer (1977).Processing of large files of information on the example of the analysis of the rook’s end game.Programming and Computer Software, No. 3

Forum Posts

• Early Reference on Bit-Boards byTony Warnock,rgc, October 29, 1994

External Links

• Anatoly Uskov's ICGA Tournaments

References

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• Chess Programmer