[pic source]Shay Bushinsky and Amir Ban
[Up: imhofaq] [Robot Wisdom home page]
[pic source]
Shay Bushinsky and Amir Ban
c1985: Amir Ban writes 1st version in Turbo Pascal; later rewrites to Turbo C [cite] AB is rated below 1900 [cite]
no-date: Amir co-founds M-Systems [cite] currently VP of Research
1990: M-Systems' Fortress Security Division founded by cryptographers from Ben-Gurion University [cite]
no-date: Shay Bushinsky plays "fourth board at the Israeli junior team" [cite] rated 1900? [cite] has American passport [passim]
1992: 27Oct: Shay posts as "bushinsky shay (bushinsk@bimacs.BITNET)" [rec.games.chess]
1993: Shay joins Amir's programming effort, specializing in evaluation and optimisation [cite] "developed as a hobby in very little spare time we have" [cite]
1993: name 'Junior' first used [cite]
Nov 1993 to Sep 1994: Shay Bushinsky posts to rec.games.chess from account of "Perry Yonadav (yonadav@libra.math.tau.ac.il)" [7 posts]
1993: 27Dec: 'ban' rated 2246 on ICS? [game]
1994: Aug: Junior (on single Pentium) finishes 4th in Kfar-Saba Open [game]
Nov 1994 to Mar 1996: Shay (now of Applied Materials) posts as "Shay Bushinsky (shayb@amil.co.il)" [12 posts] mostly about inference-engines for Smalltalk
1995: Dec: Junior (under DOS on Pentium Pro 133, operated by Shay's brother Aviv) plays in Sixth Harvard Cup Human Versus Computer Chess Challenge [thread] Junior rated 2254
1996: early: M-Systems and Microsoft partner on TrueFFSTM technology [cite]
1996: Apr: Junior (on Digital AlphaStation 600) loses to Judith Polgar [games]
Jul 1996 to May 1999: Shay (now at SPL WorldGroup: info) posts as "Shay Bushinsky (shayb@spl.co.il)" [17 posts]
1996: Sep: Junior/Israel banned from World Micro Championship for political reasons [rec.games.chess.computer] [more]
1997: Feb: Junior 3.5 (Pentium-90) rated at 2359 [cite]
Aug 1997 to Apr 2001: Amir posts as "Amir Ban (amirban@m-sys.com)" [53 posts]
1997: 28Aug: long post from Amir about Jr's rating [rec.games.chess.computer]
1997: 14Sep: Amir asks about KRPKR endgames [r.g.c.computer]
1997: Sep: Junior4 (Pentium 90) rated 2395 [cite]
1997: Junior (PII-300) wins 15th World Microcomputer Chess Championship in Paris [Wayback] [unexpected]
1998: 18Jan: Amir debates search/eval tradeoff [r.g.c.comp]
1998: Apr: Amir's obit for Deep Blue [rgc.comp]
"These 4 pages [of printouts], covered with almost incomprehensible junk, carefully marked by a lawyer type "IBM Confidential", sitting in the drawers of half-a-dozen people around the world, containing some puzzles that will never be answered and never solved is the true legacy of Deep Blue."
Alterman: "Shay and other programmers checked the games by Deep Blue on their engines. I would not say that Deep Blue was head and shoulders above other engines." [cite]
1998: Aug: Junior 5.0 (Pentium-333 w/80Mb RAM) loses to GM Yudasin [games] [ditto] "Jr5 soon to be released by Chessbase"
1998: Sep: Jr5 (PII-333) beats Intl Master Don Zifroni (2505) in 2-game match [games]
1998: Oct: Rebel 10 released [cite]
no-date: Rebel 10 ties Junior5; Jr5 called 'inventive' [cite]
1999: May: Deep Junior plays GM Gelfand, Eran Liss, Israeli Olympic team
1999: 09Jul: Amir defends M-Systems' refusal to GPL the drivers for DiskOnChip [etext]
development of Jr6 and Jr7 focused on evaluation [cite]
Junior6 liked to develop queen early [cite]
no-date: Israeli chess league bans computers after Jr victories [cite]
"Our recent performance was 5/7 no loss versus opponent average of about Elo 2450. We played on various platforms dual 750, single 500, portable 450."
1999: 08Oct: website for junior.co.il [Wayback]
2000: Feb: Junior6 wins 'computer supertournament' in Cadaques [cite]
no-date: Deep Junior forfeits in KasparovChess Grand Prix due to technical glitch [cite] [detail]
2000: Aug: Junior (PIII-700) finishes 5th in London WCCM [stats]
Junior7 opening-book created by GM Boris Alterman [cite] has big problems with endgames (too optimistic?); more willing to sacrifice; can't count pawns?
Junior7 50-points better than Junior6? [cite]
2000: Kramnik beats Deep Junior in Dortmund in 33 moves [cite]
2000: Oct: Junior5 finishes 6th in Portocom Computer Open International Chess Tournament [stats] (Jr6 finishes 11th?)
2001: Jan: Junior6 finishes 4th in 'Next Generation Tournament' [stats]
no-date: Junior6 rated 2589 or 2594, Junior5 rated 2528, Junior4 rated 2341 [cite]
2001: Mar: Deep Junior finishes 11th in Aufsess (Jr6 finishes 13th) [stats]
2001: Mar: Amir asks Monte-Carlo simulation question [sci.stat.consult]
2001: Apr: Deep Junior (dual Pentium-933 w/768Mb RAM) loses to Deep Fritz in Cadaques after blowing 5-game lead [history] winner will play Kramnik Oct2002 after year's delay
2001: 15Jun: informative interview [etext]
2001? Jul: Deep Junior wins World Computer Chess Championship in Maastricht [cite]
no-date: Deep Junior is only 10k lines of C++ code!? [cite]
2003: Jan-Feb: Deep Junior 8 (under Win2000 Server with eight 1.6GHz Intel chips, 8Gb RAM) draws Garry Kasparov in NYC; Kasparov declares Deep Junior the best computer chess program ever
king safety
space treatment
mobility
no long-range planning
good time-division
attack
initiative
activity
Hosting provided by instinct.org. Content may be copied under Open Web Content License.