Julio Kaplan
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International Master (1967) | |
| FIDE rating | 2480 (April 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2480 (January 1981) |
Julio Argentino Kaplan Pera[1][2] (born 25 July 1950, Argentina) is a Puerto Rican chess player, former world junior chess champion as well as software developer and founder of Heuristic Software.
Born in Argentina, he emigrated in 1964 to
Chessplayer
Kaplan was born in Argentina. His chess coach was Jacobo Bolbochán.[5]
In 1967, he was the Puerto Rico National Chess Champion and, in addition, he won the
In 1968, he tied for 6–9th in Málaga. In 1969, he took 4th in Stockholm (
Kaplan played for the
- In 1966, at second reserve board in 17th Olympiad in Havana (+6 –4 =4)
- In 1968, at first board in 18th Chess Olympiad in Lugano (+1 –1 =4)
- In 1970, at first board in 19th Chess Olympiad in Siegen (+5 –1 =7)
- In 1972, at first board in 20th Chess Olympiad in Skopje (+7 –1 =9).
He played for the Puerto Rico National Chess Team (1966, 1971) and for the USA (1976) in the World Student Team Chess Championships.
- In 1966, at third board in 13th WSTCC in Örebro (+7 –1 =3)
- In 1971, at first board in 18th WSTCC in Mayagüez(+4 –2 =6)
- In 1976, at first board in 21st WSTCC in Caracas (+3 –0 =5).
He won the individual gold medal at Örebro 1966, and the team silver medal at Caracas 1976.
Software developer
Kaplan had always been interested in computer chess throughout his career, and this led him to found Heuristic Software Corporation,[6] whose first development was Heuristic Alpha in 1990–91,[7] which eventually evolved into Socrates and later Socrates II.
Socrates II was one of the corporation's most successful programs, winning the 1993 ACM International Chess Championship
These achievements drew
See also
References
- ^ Revista Ajedrez (Argentina), October 1967, page 343
- ^ The 105th Commencement, University of California, Berkeley, 1968
- ^ "Nuestro Círculo". www.p4r.org.ar. Retrieved 2023-11-23.
- ^ "Kaplan, Julio" (in German). Schachcomputer wiki. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
- ^ Magazine Ajedrez de Estilo, september 1984, page 649
- ^ Julio Kaplan at Manta site. Retrieved on September 20, 2012.
- ^ Heuristic Alpha CPW Chess Programming Wiki. Consulted on September 19, 2012.
- ^ ACM 1993 Chess Programming Wiki. Retrieved on September 6, 2012
- ^ HiTech Chess Programming Wiki. Retrieved on September 6, 2012
- ^ Cray Blitz Chess Programming Wiki. Archived 2018-07-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Julio Kaplan Chess Programming Wiki Retrieved on September 6, 2012
External links
- Julio P Kaplan rating card at FIDE
- Julio P Kaplan player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Interview (Spanish)
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