Viorel Darie, a Moldavian born, Romanian mathematician, computer scientist and creator of the first Romanian chess program. He graduated from the Faculty of Mathematics, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iași in 1973. Later in the 70s, while affiliated with the Computer Institute of Bucharest, he worked on Astro 64, a chess program for the Felix C-256 mainframe computer, and programs for 8080 based microprocessor systems, i.e. the CUB-Z, and the small dedicated units, Labirint 64, which competed at the WMCCC 1983 in Budapest, and Atom 64. Viorel Darie is still active in chess programming, and author of the PC program Friendly Chess [1].
Viorel Darie [2]

Publications

• Ulrich Friedberg (1978). A Roumanian Rhapsody - Computer Felix C-256 Plays Chess. Personal Computing, Vol. 2, No. 10, pp. 76, October 1978

Forum Posts

• Labirint 64 + Atom 64 by Ruxy Sylwyka, CCC, December 11, 2012

External Links

• Viorel Darie - Cantec pentru Bucovina (Romanian)
• Experienţe în programarea şahului - Programul "Friendly Chess" (Şah Prietenos) (Romanian)
• Viorel Darie creatorul primului program de sah pe calculator din Romania Amintiri despre robotul de sah LABIRINT 64, Market Watch, Arhiva Revistei, February 26, 2009 (Romanian) translated by Google Translate
• Articole scrise Viorel Darie from Market Watch, Arhiva Revistei (Romanian)

References

1. ^ Experienţe în programarea şahului - Programul "Friendly Chess" (Şah Prietenos) (Romanian)
2. ^ Viorel Darie creatorul primului program de sah pe calculator din Romania Amintiri despre robotul de sah LABIRINT 64, Market Watch, Arhiva Revistei, February 26, 2009 (Romanian)

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