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was an American [|International Chess Master] since the 70s dedicated to computer chess. He was Tournament Director of most ACM North American Computer Chess Championships, as well as ICGA World Computer Chess Championships and World Microcomputer Chess Championships until WCCC 1995, when he was later succeeded by Jaap van den Herik. He also acted as moderator and commentator at the tournament sites and wrote various tournament reports. From November 1988 until March 1989, he played a [|Correspondence match] against Deep Thought, and won 2-0.
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 * [[image:MikeValvo.jpg link="http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=stl-430b9bbc75254"]] ||~  || **Michael (Mike) Joseph Valvo**, (April 19, 1942 – September 18, 2004)

Michael Joseph Valvo died of a heart attack at September 18, 2004, in [|Chanhassen, Minnesota] at age 62. || toc =Photos= =Orbituaries=
 * Michael Valvo ||~  ||^   ||
 * [[image:ValvoNewborn1984.JPG width="580" height="424"]] ||
 * Mike Valvo and Monroe Newborn during the WMCCC 1984 ||

ICGA Journal
Quote by Jaap van den Herik from //The Battle of Games//, from the same ICGA Journal issue, Valvo was [|eulogized] by his long time friend Ken Thompson :

Pennswoodpusher
From the Pennswoodpusher, A Quarterly Publication of the Pennsylvania State Chess Federation: //Crossing The Bar//. February 2005 :

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=See also=
 * Kasparov versus Deep Thought 1989 documentary

=Selected Publications=
 * Danny Kopec, Mike Valvo (**1988**). //Report on The ACM 19th North American Computer-Chess Championship//. ICCA Journal, Vol. 11, No. 4 » ACM 1988
 * Michael Valvo (**1990**). //Moral Victory: Karpov versus Deep Thought at Harvard//. ICCA Journal, Vol. 13, No. 1
 * Danny Kopec, Monroe Newborn, Michael Valvo (**1992**). //The 22d Annual ACM International Chess Championship//, in [|The 23rd ACM International Computer Chess Championship] from The Computer History Museum, [|pdf] » ACM 1991
 * Frederic Friedel, Michael Valvo (**1992**). //The 7th World Computer-Chess Championship. Results and Games//. ICCA Journal, Vol. 15, No. 4
 * Danny Kopec, Michael Valvo (**1993**). //The 23rd ACM International Computer-Chess Championship.// ICCA Journal, Vol. 16, No. 1
 * Danny Kopec, Monroe Newborn, Michael Valvo (**1994**). //The 23rd ACM NACCC in Indianapolis//, in [|The 24th ACM International Computer Chess Championship] from The Computer History Museum, [|pdf]
 * Ken Thompson (**2004**). //Obituary: Michael Joseph Valvo (1942-2004)//. ICGA Journal, Vol. 27, No. 4

=Forum Posts=

1989

 * [|Valvo-DT Match: Move 46] by Mike Valvo, rgc, March 30, 1989 » Deep Thought
 * [|Challange Match] by Mike Valvo, rgc, March 31, 1989
 * [|Valvo-DT Match: Move 48] by Mike Valvo, rgc, April 01, 1989
 * [|Can Chess Help Adapt to Life?] by Mike Valvo, rgc, September 06, 1989

1990 ...

 * [|Chess Combination and ChessBase] by Mike Valvo, rgc, January 08, 1990 » ChessBase (Database)
 * [|Machine Learning Experience] by Mike Valvo, rgc, January 22, 1990 » Learning in Bebe
 * [|Kasparov against anyone] by Mike Valvo, rgc, March 30, 1990
 * [|Re: Russian computer chess games?] by Mike Valvo, rgc, July 24, 1990
 * [|Re: ChessBase] by Mike Valvo, rgc, January 30, 1991 » ChessBase (Database)
 * [|Commercial Chess Programs] by Mike Valvo, rgc, July 19, 1991 » ChessMachine, Fritz, MChess, Zarkov

=External Links=
 * [|Michael Valvo from Wikipedia]
 * [|The chess games of Michael Joseph Valvo] from [|chessgames.com]

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