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'''Larry Wagner''',<br/>
an American computer scientist, programmer, inventor and entrepreneur, from 1959 to 1964 graduate and undergraduate student in CS and mathematics at [[University of California, Berkeley]], software & systems architecture member and chess programmer at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Corporation Atari] in the 1970s, researcher at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VLSI_Technology VLSI Technology], consultant to [[Intel]], and founder and president of ''Wagner DSP Technologies'' <ref>[http://www.bizapedia.com/ca/WAGNER-DSP-TECHNOLOGIES.html Wagner Dsp Technologies - California Company Profile]</ref> in 1990 with expertise in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_signal_processing DSP], [[Algorithms|algorithms]], [[Software|software]], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_circuit_design chip design] <ref>[http://wagnercode.com/ Resume for Larry Wagner]</ref>.
=Computer Chess=
In March 1978, already affiliated with Atari, Larry Wagner served as tournament director of the [[MCCT 1978|First Microcomputer Chess Tournament]] during the Second [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Coast_Computer_Faire West Coast Computer Faire] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Jose,_California San Jose, California]. Soon later, he co-authored [[Video Chess]] along with [[Bob Whitehead]], released in 1979 for the [[Atari 8-bit|Atari 2600]], where Wagner wrote the game AI <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_Chess Video Chess from Wikipedia]</ref> with the help of [[Julio Kaplan]] <ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/tekla-perry-33b4a211 Tekla E. Perry], [http://spectrum.ieee.org/at-work/innovation/review-liars-outliers Paul Wallich] ('''1983'''). ''[http://www.atarimuseum.com/videogames/consoles/2600/Atari_case_history.html Design case history: the Atari Video Computer System]''. [[IEEE#Spectrum|IEEE Spectrum]], March 1983, "Doing the 'impossible': chess"</ref>, a revised version for the [[Atari 8-bit|Atari 800]] was released soon later as [[Computer Chess]] (Atari Chess).
=Publications=
* [[Larry Wagner]] ('''1978'''). ''Results of First Microcomputer Chess Tournament''. [http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/accession/102686281 Silicon Gulch Gazette], Vol. 2, No. 4, May 10, 1978, pg. 9 <ref>[ftp://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/computerFaire/SiliconGulchGazette/ Silicon Gulch Gazette] from [http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/ bitsavers.org]</ref>
* [[Larry Wagner]] ('''1978'''). ''San Jose Micro Tournament''. [[Personal Computing#2_8|Personal Computing, Vol. 2, No. 8]], pp. 87 » [[MCCT 1978]]
=External Links=
* [http://wagnercode.com/ Resume for Larry Wagner]
* [http://www.linkedin.com/in/larrywagner Larry Wagner | LinkedIn]
* [http://atariage.com/programmer_page.html?ProgrammerID=124 AtariAge - Programmers - Larry Wagner]
* [http://patents.justia.com/inventor/larry-wagner Patents by Inventor Larry Wagner - Justia US Patents Database]
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'''Larry Wagner''',<br/>
an American computer scientist, programmer, inventor and entrepreneur, from 1959 to 1964 graduate and undergraduate student in CS and mathematics at [[University of California, Berkeley]], software & systems architecture member and chess programmer at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Corporation Atari] in the 1970s, researcher at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VLSI_Technology VLSI Technology], consultant to [[Intel]], and founder and president of ''Wagner DSP Technologies'' <ref>[http://www.bizapedia.com/ca/WAGNER-DSP-TECHNOLOGIES.html Wagner Dsp Technologies - California Company Profile]</ref> in 1990 with expertise in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_signal_processing DSP], [[Algorithms|algorithms]], [[Software|software]], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_circuit_design chip design] <ref>[http://wagnercode.com/ Resume for Larry Wagner]</ref>.
=Computer Chess=
In March 1978, already affiliated with Atari, Larry Wagner served as tournament director of the [[MCCT 1978|First Microcomputer Chess Tournament]] during the Second [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Coast_Computer_Faire West Coast Computer Faire] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Jose,_California San Jose, California]. Soon later, he co-authored [[Video Chess]] along with [[Bob Whitehead]], released in 1979 for the [[Atari 8-bit|Atari 2600]], where Wagner wrote the game AI <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_Chess Video Chess from Wikipedia]</ref> with the help of [[Julio Kaplan]] <ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/tekla-perry-33b4a211 Tekla E. Perry], [http://spectrum.ieee.org/at-work/innovation/review-liars-outliers Paul Wallich] ('''1983'''). ''[http://www.atarimuseum.com/videogames/consoles/2600/Atari_case_history.html Design case history: the Atari Video Computer System]''. [[IEEE#Spectrum|IEEE Spectrum]], March 1983, "Doing the 'impossible': chess"</ref>, a revised version for the [[Atari 8-bit|Atari 800]] was released soon later as [[Computer Chess]] (Atari Chess).
=Publications=
* [[Larry Wagner]] ('''1978'''). ''Results of First Microcomputer Chess Tournament''. [http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/accession/102686281 Silicon Gulch Gazette], Vol. 2, No. 4, May 10, 1978, pg. 9 <ref>[ftp://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/computerFaire/SiliconGulchGazette/ Silicon Gulch Gazette] from [http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/ bitsavers.org]</ref>
* [[Larry Wagner]] ('''1978'''). ''San Jose Micro Tournament''. [[Personal Computing#2_8|Personal Computing, Vol. 2, No. 8]], pp. 87 » [[MCCT 1978]]
=External Links=
* [http://wagnercode.com/ Resume for Larry Wagner]
* [http://www.linkedin.com/in/larrywagner Larry Wagner | LinkedIn]
* [http://atariage.com/programmer_page.html?ProgrammerID=124 AtariAge - Programmers - Larry Wagner]
* [http://patents.justia.com/inventor/larry-wagner Patents by Inventor Larry Wagner - Justia US Patents Database]
=References=
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