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Date: 06 Nov 2005 01:20:28
From: Sam Sloan
Subject: My Wikipedia Biography of Michael Valvo
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Michael Valvo
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Michael Valvo (b. April 19, 1942 in New York - died September 18, 2004
in Chanhassen, Minnesota) was an International Master of chess.
By 1962, he was one of the top rated blitz players in the US. He won
the 1963 US Intercollegiate Championship. He was never able to play in
the U.S. Chess Championship, but he was to make his mark in computer
chess.
By 1976, Valvo had essentially dropped out of tournament chess and his
rating was no longer published in the USCF rating lists, until Bill
Goichberg and Jose Cuchi invited him to a futurity tournaments. Valvo
did well, earning a rating of 2440. However, Professor Arpad Elo
refused to award Valvo the rating he had earned, because Elo had never
heard of Valvo and he suspected that the tournament had been rigged.
This matter was debated at the 1978 FIDE Congress in Buenos Aires and
FIDE voted to give Valvo his 2440 rating.
Valvo quickly proved that he really was a 2440 strength player and
earned the International Master title.
Soon, Valvo turned his primary attention to computer chess. At every
World Computer Chess Championship from the early 1980s until his
death, Valvo was the organizer, moderator, commentator or acted in
some official capacity. Valvo was present when Garry Kasparov lost or
drew his famous matches with Deep Blue and Deep Thought for example.
Nobody seems to know why Valvo died such an early and shocking death,
but he is rumored to have been living in an AIDS hospice when he died.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Valvo"
Categories: Chess players
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Date: 20 Nov 2005 07:31:57
From: N. Silver
Subject: Re: My Wikipedia Biography of Michael Valvo
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Sam Sloan wrote:
> Michael Valvo
> From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
> Michael Valvo (b. April 19, 1942 in New York
> - died September 18, 2004 in Chanhassen,
Minnesota) was an International Master of chess.
Valvo hit bottom in the middle 60's. For a few days
he actually worked at the Fleahouse for John Fursa,
wearing a grey jacket, serving coffee, among other
things. Soon he re-invented himself, though, and
could be found at New Jersey Bridge tournaments
for a time.
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Date: 08 Nov 2005 16:40:10
From:
Subject: Re: My Wikipedia Biography of Michael Valvo
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MorphyFischer wrote:
> You might want to also add that Valvo was 2-0 vs. Deep Thought (later
> renamed Deep Blue when IBM was involved) in corresondence games,
> despite the fact the program could occasionally plumb depths of 33
> plies in its 72 hours of processing time thanks to the 'singular
> extensions' searching heuristics employed by the hardware.
>
> Here is a link to one of the games:
>
> http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1074719
>
> Well worth posting this information
OK. I have added a link to those games, although I do not feel that
winning a correspondence game is worth a Wikipedia entry, unless the
opponent is somebody really, really strong, like Taylor Kingston.
Sam Sloan
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Date: 08 Nov 2005 19:56:08
From: Paul Rubin
Subject: Re: My Wikipedia Biography of Michael Valvo
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sloan@ishipress.com writes:
> OK. I have added a link to those games, although I do not feel that
> winning a correspondence game is worth a Wikipedia entry,
It was a 2-game match that aroused considerable interest in both the
computer and OTB chess communities both as games and as history. I
think one of the two games was analyzed in some depth in Chess
Informant by Karpov. It is worth mentioning in my opinion.
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Date: 08 Nov 2005 14:43:30
From: MorphyFischer
Subject: Re: My Wikipedia Biography of Michael Valvo
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You might want to also add that Valvo was 2-0 vs. Deep Thought (later
renamed Deep Blue when IBM was involved) in corresondence games,
despite the fact the program could occasionally plumb depths of 33
plies in its 72 hours of processing time thanks to the 'singular
extensions' searching heuristics employed by the hardware.
Here is a link to one of the games:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1074719
Well worth posting this information
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Date: 07 Nov 2005 21:31:17
From: Akorps@aol.com
Subject: Re: My Wikipedia Biography of Michael Valvo
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Mike Valvo was an extremely nice guy also. Someone should add that to
the entry.
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Date: 07 Nov 2005 11:33:33
From: MorphyFischer
Subject: Re: My Wikipedia Biography of Michael Valvo
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Mike Valvo died of a heart attack. He was eulogized by long time friend
and colleague Ken Thompson in the December 2004 issue of the
International Computer Game Association Journal. Please remove the
"rumors" portion of the Wikkipedia post. Thank you.
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Date: 07 Nov 2005 21:04:26
From: Sam Sloan
Subject: Re: My Wikipedia Biography of Michael Valvo
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On 7 Nov 2005 11:33:33 -0800, "MorphyFischer" <OmosLastTribe@aol.com >
wrote:
>Mike Valvo died of a heart attack. He was eulogized by long time friend
>and colleague Ken Thompson in the December 2004 issue of the
>International Computer Game Association Journal. Please remove the
>"rumors" portion of the Wikkipedia post. Thank you.
OK. Done and thank you.
Sam Sloan
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Date: 08 Nov 2005 01:38:50
From:
Subject: Re: My Wikipedia Biography of Michael Valvo
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Sam Sloan wrote:
(snip)
Quit crossposting to rec.games.chess.computers unless your post has
something to do with chess computers. You are being rude.
To those who reply to Sloan: please check the newsgroups line and
trim rec.games.chess.computers when this rude person adds it in again.
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Date: 06 Nov 2005 19:35:22
From:
Subject: Re: My Wikipedia Biography of Michael Valvo
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Ian Burton wrote:
> "Sam Sloan" <sloan@ishipress.com> wrote in message
> news:436e3efc.307649859@ca.news.verio.net...
> > On Sun, 6 Nov 2005 10:03:50 -0700, "Ian Burton"
> > <notvalid@notvalid.com> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>"Sam Sloan" <sloan@ishipress.com> wrote in message
> >>news:436d597a.248895703@ca.news.verio.net...
> >>> Michael Valvo
> >>> From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
> >>
> >>[Heavy clip]
> >>
> >>> Nobody seems to know why Valvo died such an early and shocking death,
> >>> but he is rumored to have been living in an AIDS hospice when he died.
> >>
> >>I didn't realize malicious gossip, given with no source, had a place in
> >>scholarly biography. But, then again, this is Wikipedia.
> >>--
> >>Ian Burton
> >>(Please reply to the Newsgroup)
> >
> > A valid point, but Wikipedia has administrators who go around and
> > check everything. They will decide within a few days whether to keep
> > or change this.
> >
> > My source for this rumor is none other than here,
> > rec.games.chess.politics.
>
> I've been through the 20 posts that Google cites in rec.games.chess.politics
> for Valvo's death, and can't find one that mentions the rumor. The
> information given by George Mirijanian about his life, however, is far more
> important. I quote:
>
> A native of Albany, N.Y. and a graduate of Columbia
> University, Valvo was a member of the U.S. team that competed in the 11th
> Student Olympiad in Cracow, Poland, in 1964. Valvo' teammates were Bill
> Lombardy, Raymond Weinstein, Charles Kalme, Bernard Zuckerman and Mitchell
> Sweig. The Americans finished in fourth place behind the USSR,
> Czechoslovakia
> and Hungary.
>
> Valvo was a member of the winning team in the 1964 U.S. Team Championship
> held
> in Chevy Chase, Md., which was held before the world students team
> championship
> that year.
> --
> Ian Burton
> (Please reply to the Newsgroup)
Good. I will add the first paragraph, but not the second.
Thank you,
Sam Sloan
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Date: 06 Nov 2005 10:03:50
From: Ian Burton
Subject: Re: My Wikipedia Biography of Michael Valvo
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"Sam Sloan" <sloan@ishipress.com > wrote in message
news:436d597a.248895703@ca.news.verio.net...
> Michael Valvo
> From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
[Heavy clip]
> Nobody seems to know why Valvo died such an early and shocking death,
> but he is rumored to have been living in an AIDS hospice when he died.
I didn't realize malicious gossip, given with no source, had a place in
scholarly biography. But, then again, this is Wikipedia.
--
Ian Burton
(Please reply to the Newsgroup)
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Date: 06 Nov 2005 17:44:20
From: Sam Sloan
Subject: Re: My Wikipedia Biography of Michael Valvo
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On Sun, 6 Nov 2005 10:03:50 -0700, "Ian Burton"
<notvalid@notvalid.com > wrote:
>
>"Sam Sloan" <sloan@ishipress.com> wrote in message
>news:436d597a.248895703@ca.news.verio.net...
>> Michael Valvo
>> From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
>
>[Heavy clip]
>
>> Nobody seems to know why Valvo died such an early and shocking death,
>> but he is rumored to have been living in an AIDS hospice when he died.
>
>I didn't realize malicious gossip, given with no source, had a place in
>scholarly biography. But, then again, this is Wikipedia.
>--
>Ian Burton
>(Please reply to the Newsgroup)
A valid point, but Wikipedia has administrators who go around and
check everything. They will decide within a few days whether to keep
or change this.
My source for this rumor is none other than here,
rec.games.chess.politics.
Sam Sloan
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Date: 06 Nov 2005 20:06:30
From: Ian Burton
Subject: Re: My Wikipedia Biography of Michael Valvo
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"Sam Sloan" <sloan@ishipress.com > wrote in message
news:436e3efc.307649859@ca.news.verio.net...
> On Sun, 6 Nov 2005 10:03:50 -0700, "Ian Burton"
> <notvalid@notvalid.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Sam Sloan" <sloan@ishipress.com> wrote in message
>>news:436d597a.248895703@ca.news.verio.net...
>>> Michael Valvo
>>> From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
>>
>>[Heavy clip]
>>
>>> Nobody seems to know why Valvo died such an early and shocking death,
>>> but he is rumored to have been living in an AIDS hospice when he died.
>>
>>I didn't realize malicious gossip, given with no source, had a place in
>>scholarly biography. But, then again, this is Wikipedia.
>>--
>>Ian Burton
>>(Please reply to the Newsgroup)
>
> A valid point, but Wikipedia has administrators who go around and
> check everything. They will decide within a few days whether to keep
> or change this.
>
> My source for this rumor is none other than here,
> rec.games.chess.politics.
I've been through the 20 posts that Google cites in rec.games.chess.politics
for Valvo's death, and can't find one that mentions the rumor. The
information given by George Mirijanian about his life, however, is far more
important. I quote:
A native of Albany, N.Y. and a graduate of Columbia
University, Valvo was a member of the U.S. team that competed in the 11th
Student Olympiad in Cracow, Poland, in 1964. Valvo' teammates were Bill
Lombardy, Raymond Weinstein, Charles Kalme, Bernard Zuckerman and Mitchell
Sweig. The Americans finished in fourth place behind the USSR,
Czechoslovakia
and Hungary.
Valvo was a member of the winning team in the 1964 U.S. Team Championship
held
in Chevy Chase, Md., which was held before the world students team
championship
that year.
--
Ian Burton
(Please reply to the Newsgroup)
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