Dann Corbit

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Dann Corbit [1] [2] Dann Corbit,

an American software developer, computer chess expert, programmer, tester and advisor. He is author of the chess program Bean Counter [3], and along with Colin Frayn, co-author of the chess program Beowulf [4]. Dann has further compiled various test suites, notably Silent but Deadly, and along with Swaminathan Natarajan co-authored the Strategic Test Suite [5]. He was involved in an international project called C.A.P. (chess analysis project) and is supporter of a lot of authors of computer chess engines, and active poster in computer chess forums. In July 2011, Dann has criticized the ICGA decision concerning Rybka, stating the design of the investigation process was flawed [6].

Forum Posts#

1998 …#

• Speaking of “Evaluate” by Danniel Corbit, CCC, September 29, 1998 » Automated Tuning
• All this talk of cooking is making me hungry. Let’s bake a program by Dann Corbit, CCC, February 24, 1999
• C.A.P. Project completion announcement! by Dann Corbit, CCC, March 04, 1999
• Re: Insomniac by Dann Corbit, CCC, September 28, 1999 » Bean Counter
• Re: Dann’s multiple cpu program by Dann Corbit, CCC, November 09, 1999

2000 …#

• Re: chess engines writen in C by Dann Corbit, CCC, January 13, 2005
• My two cents on the whole ippolit thing by Dann Corbit, CCC, October 31, 2009 » Ippolit

2010 …#

• Rybka ban thoughts by Dann Corbit, CCC, June 29, 2011 » Rybka
• Voir Dire by Dann Corbit, CCC, July 01, 2011 [7]
• AlphaZero is not like other chess programs by Dann Corbit, CCC, December 08, 2017 » AlphaZero

2020 …#

• Dangerous turn by Dann Corbit, CCC, October 10, 2020 » NNUE, TCEC

External Links#

• Strategic Test Suite by Dann Corbit and Swaminathan Natarajan

References#

1. ↑ Dann Corbit, Photo from BELCT 2001 Berlin is worth a trip! by Thomas Mayer
2. ↑ C.A.P. Biographies - Dann Corbit ( Wayback Machine)
3. ↑ Authors - Strategic Test Suite
4. ↑ Beowulf Computer Chess Engine
5. ↑ Strategic Test Suite
6. ↑ Rybka vs ICGA a different view by Ed Schröder ( Wayback Machine)
7. ↑ Voir dire from Wikipedia

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