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A long time financial industry veteran, and founder of //The Financial Industry Network//. He holds a B.Sc. degree in computer and microprocessor systems from [|University of Essex] in 1988, and a Masters degree in computer science from Queen Mary, University of London in 1989. As computer chess and games programmer, John is author of the computer chess program Woodpusher and the Go playing program [|DumbGo]. || toc =Photos & Games= code [Event "12th World Computer Chess Championship"] [Site "Ramat-Gan, Israel"] [Date "2004.07.04"] [Round "1"] [White "WoodPusher 1997"] [Black "IsiChess"] [Result "1/2-1/2"]
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 * John Hamlen and Gerd Isenberg, WCCC 2004 ||

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=Selected Publications=
 * John Hamlen (**1995**). //8th World Computer Chess Championship//. Selective Search 59, pp. 21 » WCCC 1995
 * John Hamlen, Mathias Feist (**1997**). //Report on the 15th World Microcomputer Chess Championship//. ICCA Journal, Vol. 20, No. 4 » WMCCC 1997
 * John Hamlen (**2004**). //Seven Year Itch//. ICGA Journal, Vol. 27, No. 4
 * John Hamlen (**2012**). //Game Over for the Woodpusher Experiment: 7+7=0//. ICGA Journal, Vol. 35, No. 1

=External Links=
 * [|John Hamlen's ICGA Tournaments]
 * [|John Hamlen from LinkedIn]
 * [|John Hamlen from Facebook]

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