Michael (Mike) Byrne, an American certified public accountant, finance manager, chess player and computer chess aficionado, in 1983 graduated from University of Pennsylvania [1]. He wrote computer chess articles for Computer Chess Reports in the 90s, and served as moderator in CCC. He is member of the Crafty team around Robert Hyatt as mentioned on the CCT Tournament [2] and ACCA World Computer Rapid Chess Championship [3] sites, likely as chess consultant and opening book author. More recently, he plays around with a derivative of Senpai 1.0 by Fabien Letouzey, dubbed Kōhai [4] [5], the Gull 3 fork dubbed Hawkeye [6], and a Stockfish fork with Cerebellum book, dubbed McBrain [7].
Michael B [8]

Selected Articles

• Michael Byrne (1996). My Personal Evaluations. Computer Chess Reports, Vol. 5, Nos. 3+4, p. 67
• Michael Byrne (1996). Hiarcs Mac vs. IBM's Top Chess Playing Guns. Computer Chess Reports, Vol. 5, Nos. 3+4, p. 84
• Michael Byrne (1996). M-Chess Pro 5.0 Book Learning Feature. Computer Chess Reports, Vol. 5, Nos. 3+4, p. 85
• Michael Byrne (1996). M-Chess Pro 5.0 'Hidden Book". Computer Chess Reports, Vol. 5, Nos. 3+4, p. 86

Forum Posts

1997 ...

• Steve Edward's Endgame Tablebase generator is now available for WIN95 by Mike Byrne, CCC, November 01, 1997 » Edwards' Tablebases

2000 ...

• WAC 230 ..solved by by Mike Byrne, CCC, July 07, 2002 ^[9] » Win at Chess
• qBASIC Chess program - from 1984 by Dieter Steinwender by Mike Byrne, CCC, February 23, 2003 » Minimax by Dieter Steinwender
• Crafty, Winboard, DGT and Move Annoucement by Mike Byrne, CCC, April 24, 2004
• Deep Blue vs Kasparov , Game 6 , 1996 - Annotated with test position by Mike Byrne, CCC, May 30, 2004 » Kasparov versus Deep Blue 1996
• Historical Chessmaster ? by Mike Byrne, CCC, April 23, 2005 » Chessmaster

2010 ...

• Kohai 1.0 Released - a Senpai Derivative by Michael B, CCC, June 06, 2016
• Gull 3 x64 by Michael B, CCC, July 01, 2016 » Gull 3
• HAwkeye 1.03 Released by Michael B, CCC, July 16, 2016 » Hawkeye
• Crafty 25.1 Release by Michael B, CCC, October 04, 2016 » Crafty
• Crafty v25.2 Release by Michael B, CCC, October 29, 2016
• Stockfish 8 SE (Special Edition) by Michael B, CCC, November 04, 2016 » Stockfish
• Stockfish 8 SSE (Special Edition) by Michael B, CCC, November 07, 2016
• McBrain 2017 by Michael B, CCC, January 06, 2017
• Stockfish/McBrain 2.5 Release by Michael B, CCC, June 17, 2017

External Links

• MichaelB7 · GitHub

References

1. ^ Michael Byrne (1996). M-Chess Pro 5.0 Book Learning Feature. Computer Chess Reports, Vol. 5, Nos. 3+4, pp. 85-86 - About the Author p. 86
2. ^ CCT 15 Participants | CCT Events
3. ^ 2010 Fourth Annual ACCA World Computer Rapid Chess Championships - Participants
4. ^ Kohai 1.0 Released - a Senpai Derivative by Michael B, CCC, June 06, 2016
5. ^ GitHub - MichaelB7/Kohai-Chess: UCI Chess Engine, a derivative of Senpai 1.0
6. ^ Hawkeye 1.01 Released by Michael B, CCC, July 07, 2016
7. ^ McBrain 2017 by Michael B, CCC, January 06, 2017
8. ^ MichaelB7 · GitHub
9. ^ Hans Kmoch vs Aron Nimzowitsch (1927) from chessgames.com

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