Oral History of Monroe Newborn
Date:
2005-02-28
Accession:
102657919
Description:
Monty Newborn was the principal organizer, along with Ben Mittman, of the annual ACM Computer Chess Championship for over twenty years and has written extensively on computer chess, from both computer science and popular perspectives. Through the 1970s and 1980s, his chess program Ostrich competed in five world championships, coming close to winning in 1974.