Lawrence Charles Kaufman (born November 15, 1947) is an American

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and shōgi player. In chess, he was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE for winning the 2008

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(which he later retroactively shared with Mihai Suba). Kaufman had been previously awarded the title International Master in 1980.

Background

A longtime researcher in computer chess, Kaufman has made several contributions to chess-related works. He helped write the opening book for the pioneering program Mac Hack, co-developed Socrates II and its commercial adaptation, Kasparov's Gambit, edited the journal ''Computer Chess Reports'', and worked on many other research and commercial

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s. He is also known for his work on computer chess engine Rybka 3, and several books and articles, includin
The Evaluation of Material Imbalances
He helped develop the chess program Komodo with

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, with whom he had worked on the

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series of programs. After Dailey's death in 2013, Kaufman resumed his work on Komodo with Mark Lefler. Kaufman has reached a considerable level of competence in several other board games. He is one of the strongest shogi players in the west; he learned the game by the traditional method of studying handicap theory and is one of the leading experts in this field. Go and

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are among his other past interests.

Works

* ''The Chess Advantage in Black and White: Opening Moves of the Grandmasters'' (2004). * ''The Kaufman Repertoire for Black and White: A Complete, Sound and User-friendly Chess Opening Repertoire'' (2012). * ''Sabotage the Grunfeld: A Cutting-Edge Repertoire for White based on 3.f3'' (2014). * ''Kaufman’s New Repertoire for Black and White: A Complete, Sound and User-friendly Chess Opening Repertoire'' (2019). * ''Chess Board Options: A Memoir of Players, Games and Engines'' (2021). *

References

External links

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Larry Kaufman on the merits of various chess variants

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kaufman, Larry 1947 births Living people American chess players American shogi players Computer chess people Chess grandmasters World Senior Chess Champions People from Potomac, Maryland