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an Israeli computer scientist with a Ph.D. in [|Rationality] from [|The Hebrew University of Jerusalem], [|Givat Ram] in 2008, and computer chess programmer. Along with Shay Bushinsky, Amir Ban is primary author of the world class chess engine and multiple computer chess world champion Junior and its multiprocessor version **Deep Junior**. Amir started chess programming in 1985. Junior's predecessor was written in Turbo Pascal, later ported to C and C++. In 1993, Shay joined Amir's programming efforts, specializing in evaluation and optimisation. || toc =Photos=
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 * Amir Ban with Shannon Trophy, WCCC 2013 ||~   ||^   ||

Maastricht 2002

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 * WCCC 2002: Boris Alterman, Alex Kure, Shay Bushinsky, Amir Ban, Tony Marsland and Jaap van den Herik ||

Turin 2006

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 * WCCC 2006: Jaap van den Herik awards Amir Ban with the Shannon Trophy. First prize for Junior ||

=See also=
 * Kasparov versus Deep Junior 2003

=Publications=
 * Amir Ban (**1996**). //Junior among the Grandmasters//. ICCA Journal, Vol. 19, No. 4
 * Amir Ban (**2004**). //Deep Junior Confirms its Strength//. ICGA Journal, Vol. 27, No. 3 » WCCC 2004
 * Amir Ban (**2012**). //[|Automatic Learning of Evaluation, with Applications to Computer Chess]//. Discussion Paper 613, [|The Hebrew University of Jerusalem] - Center for the Study of Rationality, [|Givat Ram]

=Forum Posts=
 * [|Re: What is "pre-processing"] by Amir Ban, May 08, 1998 » Pre-processing
 * [|Re: What to do with Horizon effect?] by Amir Ban, CCC, November 01, 1998 » Horizon Effect
 * [|Re: Razoring?] by Amir Ban, CCC, January 27, 1999 » Razoring
 * [|Answers] by Amir Ban, CCC, February 15, 2003 » Kasparov versus Deep Junior 2003

=External Links=
 * [|Amir Ban's ICGA Tournaments]
 * [|Amir Ban from Wikipedia]
 * [|Amir Ban - Israel | LinkedIn]
 * [|Amir Ban on Deep Junior] from [|Combinatorics and more - Gil Kalai’s blog]
 * [|Interview with Amir Ban] written by John Marountas, [|digichess.gr - Digital Chess Network] July 31, 2002
 * [|Amir Ban] from [|zoominfo.com]
 * [|Meet the Authors] by Ed Schröder

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