Cock de Gorter
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Cock de Gorter [1] Cock de Gorter, (November 16, 1948 - June 16, 2019)
was a Dutch computer chess expert, tournament organizer, opening book author, and former chairman of the Dutch Computer Chess Federation (CSVN). He was primary initiator and organizer of the famous Aegon Man-Machine Tournaments and book author of the chess programs The King, Fritz, famous for WCCC 1995 games versus Deep Blue Prototype and the playoff versus Star Socrates [2] [3] and Tao, as well as various dedicated chess computers. Cock de Gorter died on June 16, 2019 on brain cancer, aged 70 [4].
Photos
Tom Fürstenberg between Anatoly Karpov and Cock de Gorter, 1985 [5]
Selected Publications
- Cock de Gorter (1991). The 1991 Aegon Man-Computer Tournament. ICCA Journal, Vol. 14, No. 2 » Aegon 1991
- Bart Verbaan, Cock de Gorter (1993). The 8th AEGON Man-Machine Tournament. ICCA Journal, Vol. 16, No. 2 » Aegon 1993
- Cock de Gorter (1995). The 10th AEGON Computer-Chess Tournament. ICCA Journal, Vol. 18, No. 1 » Aegon 1995
- Cock de Gorter (1996). The 11th AEGON Computer-Chess Tournament. ICCA Journal, Vol. 19, No. 1 » Aegon 1996
- Cock de Gorter (1997). The 12th AEGON Man-Machine Tournament. ICCA Journal, Vol. 20, No. 1 » Aegon 1997
- Cock de Gorter (1997). AEGON Stops. ICCA Journal, Vol. 20, No. 4
Forum Posts
- An Open Letter to Cock de Gorter and the CSVN Board by Harvey Williamson, Hiarcs Forum, December 28, 2010
- “An Open Letter to Cock de Gorter and the CSVN Board” by Jeremy Bernstein, OpenChess Forum, December 28, 2010
- With permission of Cock de Gorter by Rebel, Rybka Forum, September 23, 2011
- Cock de Gorter passed away by Jan Krabbenbos, CCC, June 30, 2019
External Links
- Cock de Gorter | Facebook
- Beeldbank Haags Gemeentearchief - Compas Computershop en schaker Cock de Gorter organiseren een …, Haagsche Courant, November 09, 1983
- Oud-voorzitter Cock de Gorter overleden, CSVN site, June 26, 2019
References
- ↑ from Photo Composition of CSVN Board members and known visitors, DOCCC 1999, Dutch Open Computer Chess Championship 1999 old CSVN site
- ↑ 8th World Computer Chess Championship available as pdf reprint Courtesy of Monroe Newborn from The Computer History Museum
- ↑ Deep Blue vs Kasparov, and some thoughts on 8th WCCC by Feng-hsiung Hsu, rec.games.chess, June 05, 1995
- ↑ Re: Cock de Gorter passed away by Ed Schröder, CCC, June 30, 2019
- ↑ Computerschaak pagina 2 (Dutch) Redactie: J. ten Have and Drs. S. Kooi
- ↑ dblp: Cock de Gorter