Mark Taylor
Mark Taylor [1] Mark Taylor,
a British computer chess programmer, in the 80s working for David Levy’s and Kevin O’Connell’s companies Philidor Software and Intelligent Software. Mark Taylor, a recruit from outside the computer chess tournament circuit, was a 6502 expert who developed his programs on a Commodore PET. The SciSys Intelligent Chess [2] computer and PetChess were mainly programmed by Mark Taylor. In an interview David Levy mentioned Mark Taylor as the most talented and genius programmer of Intelligent Software [3].
Philidor
Taylor was also involved in the Philidor project, and was responsible to translate the Z80 program for the SciSys Chess Champion Mark V 6502 branch, also deployed for the Milton Bradley Phantom.
Cyrus 68K
In 1985, Taylor started to develop Cyrus 68K [7], which was commercially available as the Sphinx, a dedicated chess computer under the brand name CXG, manufactured by Newcrest Technology Ltd. [8] [9] [10].
Selected Publications
- David Levy, David Broughton, Mark Taylor (1989). The SEX Algorithm in Computer Chess. ICCA Journal, Vol. 12, No. 1 » SEX Algorithm
Forum Posts
- Evaluation by neural network ? by Mark Taylor, CCC, November 10, 1997 » Evaluation, Neural Networks
External Links
- Mark Taylor’s ICGA Tournaments
- Chess Computers - The UK Story from Chess Computer UK by Mike Watters
- Taylor, Mark from Schachcomputer.info - Wiki
References
- ↑ Chess Computers - The UK Story from Chess Computer UK by Mike Watters
- ↑ Scisys Intelligent Chess from Chess Computer UK by Mike Watters
- ↑ Interview with David Levy, Feb. 2006 by ‘hard from Schachcomputer.info - Wiki
- ↑ Chess Computers - The UK Story from Chess Computer UK by Mike Watters
- ↑ CXG Pocket Chess from Schachcomputer.info Wiki
- ↑ CXG Sensor Computachess from Schachcomputer.info Wiki
- ↑ David Levy, David Broughton, Mark Taylor (1989). The SEX Algorithm in Computer Chess. ICCA Journal, Vol. 12, No. 1
- ↑ CXG Electronic Chess Computers from The Spacious Mind
- ↑ CXG from Schachcomputer.info Wiki
- ↑ CXG Sphinx Chess Card from Schachcomputer.info - Wiki
- ↑ ICGA Reference Database