- Georgy Adelson-Velsky
Georgy Maximovich Adelson-Velsky (Russian: Гео́ргий Макси́мович Адельсо́н-Ве́льский; name is sometimes transliterated as Georgii Adelson-Velskii), (b.
8 January 1922 ) is aRussia nmathematician andcomputer scientist . Along with E.M. Landis, he invented theAVL tree in 1962.In 1965, Adelson-Velsky headed the development of a
computer chess program at theInstitute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics inMoscow . The program defeatedKotok-McCarthy in the first chess match between computer programs, and evolved intoKaissa , the first world computer chess champion.He currently resides in
Ashdod ,Israel .External links
* [http://www.municipal.co.il/pm/more.php?id=M116_0_1_0_M Autobiography] (in Russian) – from
Ashdod municipal web pageReferences
*G.M. Adelson-Velskii, V.L. Arlazarov, A.R. Bitman, A.A. Zhivotovskii and A.V. Uskov, "Programming a Computer to Play Chess", Russian Math. Surveys 25, (Mar-Apr 1970), 221-262, Cleaver-Hume Press, London. Translation of proceedings of the 1st Summer School on Mathematical Programming Vol. 2 (1969) 216-252
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