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José Antônio Fabiano Mendes,
a Brazilian mathematician and historian of mathematics with interests in computer science, chess and computer chess. He contributed to Tim Krabbé's chess records ^[1], Edward Winter's Chess Seesaw ^[2], and is mentioned on various sites related to puzzles ^[3] and mathematics. José was frequent poster in CCC in the early 2000s with focus on test-positions and studies.

Forum Posts

2000

• Pawn endings [blocked pawns] by José Antônio Fabiano Mendes, CCC, January 26, 2000
• OSTRICH-KAISSA, Stockholm 1974 by José Antônio Fabiano Mendes, CCC, March 01, 2000 » WCCC 1974
• "The Tale of a Small Tree" by M.M.Botvinnik [fragment] by José Antônio Fabiano Mendes, CCC, March 09, 2000 » Mikhail Botvinnik, Réti Endgame Study ^[4]
• "A fantastic mate in seven" by José Antônio Fabiano Mendes, CCC, March 10, 2000
• Test position:Colle-O´Hanlon;Nice,1930 [13...Kg6 or 13...Kg8] by José Antônio Fabiano Mendes, CCC, March 13, 2000
• Off-topic:How Long Before Superintelligence? by José Antônio Fabiano Mendes, CCC, March 27, 2000
• Deception and Enchantment in the Life of the Automaton Chess Player by José Antônio Fabiano Mendes, CCC, April 25, 2000 ^[5]
• "Techmate" by Garry Kasparov by José Antônio Fabiano Mendes, CCC, May 02, 2000 » Kasparov versus Deep Blue 1997 ^[6]
• Sidney Samole (1935-2000) by José Antônio Fabiano Mendes, CCC, October 18, 2000 » Sidney Samole
• Schach 2.7 vs Cray Blitz [1986 World Computer Chess Championship] by José Antônio Fabiano Mendes, CCC, October 24, 2000 » WCCC 1986 Adjudication
• Dark Thought-IM Johan van Mil [2406] * 12st AEGON, Round 5 April 22, 1997 by José Antônio Fabiano Mendes, CCC, October 24, 2000 » Aegon 1997

2001

• Twin miniatures [by Werner Speckmann,1955] Mate in 17 and Mate in 13 by José Antônio Fabiano Mendes, CCC, January 26, 2001
• KBNKP [a miniature study,mate in 34] by José Antônio Fabiano Mendes, CCC, March 29, 2001
• Cray Blitz vs Belle [1981 North American Computer Chess Championship] by José Antônio Fabiano Mendes, CCC, August 29, 2001 » ACM 1981

2002 ...

• Crafty-IsiChess,CCT4,r11 ==> A move to avoid? by José Antônio Fabiano Mendes, CCC, January 29, 2002 » CCT4, Zugzwang
• Test Position = Study by David Przepiorka [Vorwärts, 1910] by José Antônio Fabiano Mendes, CCC, February 05, 2004
• Test Position = Ruffian vs Shredder = Leiden 2004 [Round 7] 23. Qxb4? by José Antônio Fabiano Mendes, CCC, April 27, 2004 » ICT 2004
• Bilbao = I Mundial de Personas contra Ordenadores by José Antônio Fabiano Mendes, CCC, July 28, 2004 » Man vs Machine Team Championship
• Test Position = GM Tony Miles vs Deep Thought, 1989 [14...Bxh2!!] by José Antônio Fabiano Mendes, CCC, September 09, 2004 » Deep Thought
• Kasparov [HBR interview] : 'IBM committed a crime against science.' by José Antônio Fabiano Mendes, CCC, April 26, 2005 » Deep Blue ^[7]

External Links

• The Chess Seesaw by Edward Winter
• The 70*70 Square Puzzle by Thomas Wolf » Backtracking
• A Proof of the Pythagorean Theorem From Heron's Formula II by Alexander Bogomolny, Cut the Knot
• Golden Ratio in Geometry, Cut the Knot
• CTK Wiki Math - Algebra - Product of Four Consecutive Integers

References

1. ^ Tim Krabbé's Chess records
2. ^ The Chess Seesaw by Edward Winter
3. ^ The 70*70 Square Puzzle by Thomas Wolf » Backtracking
4. ^ Mikhail Botvinnik (1993). Three Positions. ICCA Journal, Vol. 16, No. 2
5. ^ Maelzel's Chess Player from Wikipedia
6. ^ Techmate by Garry Kasparov, February 22, 1999, Forbes.com
7. ^ Strategic Intensity - A Conversation with World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov by Diane L. Coutu, Harvard Business Review, April 2005

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