Rolf C. Smith

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Rolf C. Smith,

an American computer scientist and early chess programmer. Along with Franklin D. Ceruti, Rolf C. Smith co-authored the chess program Schach, which competed at the first three ACM North American Computer Chess Championships, the ACM 1970, ACM 1971 and the ACM 1972. Already written in 1968 as part of the requirements for the degree of Master of Computer Science at the Texas A&M University under advisor Dan D. Drew, its development continued by Captain Franklin D. Ceruti and Captain Rolf C. Smith, U.S. Air Force, during the time of the Vietnam War in South Vietnam and Thailand, as mentioned by Smith in the ACM 1971 panel session [1].

Programs#

• Schach

Publications#

• Rolf C. Smith (1969). The SCHACH Chess program. ACM SIGART, Vol. 15
• Ben Mittman, Rolf C. Smith et al. (1971) Computer Chess Programs (Panel). pdf from The Computer History Museum

References#

1. ↑ Ben Mittman, Rolf C. Smith et al. (1971) Computer Chess Programs (Panel). pdf from The Computer History Museum
2. ↑ Written in Cobol - Program Written as Chess Buff’s Research Aid by Brad Schultz, Computerworld, April 17, 1978, Page 37
3. ↑ Perft(3) from 1978, with a twist! by Steven Edwards, CCC, December 08, 2011

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