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David Neil Laurence Levy (born 14 March 1945, in London), is a Scottish International Master of chess, a businessman noted for his involvement with computer chess and artificial intelligence, and the founder of the Computer Olympiads and the Mind Sports Olympiads. He has written more than 40 books on chess and computers.

Biography more less

Levy was born in London. He won the London Junior Chess Championship in 1965 and 1966. He won the Scottish Chess Championship in 1968. He tied for fifth place at the 1969 Praia da Rocha Zonal tournament, scoring over two-thirds and thereby obtaining the title of International Master. He played on Board One for the Scottish team at the 1972 Chess Olympiad in Skopje, Yugoslavia, scoring six wins, five draws, and seven losses (47.2%).

Levy became a professional chess writer in 1971, and has been prolific. Several of his books were co-written with English Grandmaster and prolific chess author Raymond Keene. Levy also married Keene's sister. He has functioned as literary agent for the escaped Great Train robber, Ronald Biggs.

In the late 1970s, Levy consulted with Texas Instruments on the development of the Chess module for the TI-99/4A Home Computer Project.

In 1997, he led the team that won the Loebner Prize for the program called "CONVERSE".The prize competition rewards the program that is best able to simulate human communication. Levy entered the contest again in 2009, and won.

Since 1999, he has been the president of the International Computer Games Association.He was Chairman of the Rules and Arbitration Committee for the Kasparov vs Deep Junior chess match in New York in 2003.

Levy once started a business called Tiger Computer Security with a famous computer hacker, Mathew Bevan. Now he is the Chief Executive Officer of Intelligent Toys Ltd, a London-based company that develops toys that incorporate AI.

Levy also wrote Love and Sex With Robots, published in the United States in 2007 by HarperCollins, and forthcoming from Duckworth in the UK. It is the commercial edition of his Ph.D. thesis, which he defended successfully on 11 October 2007, at Maastricht University, The Netherlands. On 17 January 2008, he appeared on the late night television show The Colbert Report to promote his book. In September 2009, Levy predicted that sex robots would hit the market within a couple of years.

Computer Chess Bet more less

Beginning in 1968, Levy made a famous bet with four Artificial Intelligence (AI) luminaries, ultimately totaling 1,250 British pounds, that no computer program would win a chess match against him within ten years. In 1973, he wrote:

Clearly, I shall win my ... bet in 1978, and I would still win if the period were to be extended for another ten years. Prompted by the lack of conceptual progress over more than two decades, I am tempted to speculate that a computer program will not gain the title of International Master before the turn of the century and that the idea of an electronic world champion belongs only in the pages of a science fiction book.

Until 1977, no computer program was good enough to pose a serious threat to Levy. In April 1977, he played a two-game match against Chess 4.5, a program written by David Slate and Larry Atkin of Northwestern University that had done well in human events, including winning the 1977 Minnesota Open. After Levy won the first game, the second was not played since Levy could not possibly lose the match. On 17 December, Levy played a two-game match against KAISSA; once again Levy won the first game and the match was terminated. In August 1978, Levy played a two-game match against MacHack; this time both games were played, Levy winning 2-0.

The final match necessary for Levy to win the bet also was played in late August 1978, this time against Chess 4.7, the successor to Chess 4.5. In 1978 Levy won the bet, defeating the Chess 4.7 in a six-game match by a score of 4.5-1.5. The computer scored a draw in game two (after getting a completely winning position but being outplayed by Levy in the endgame) and a win in game four, when Levy essayed the very sharp, dubious Latvian Gambit. Levy wrote, "I had proved that my 1968 assessment had been correct, but on the other hand my opponent in this match was very, very much stronger than I had thought possible when I started the bet." He observed that, "Now nothing would surprise me (very much)."

In order to further stimulate the growth of computer chess, Levy offered $1,000 to the authors of the first chess program to defeat him in a four- or six-game match; Omni magazine added $4,000 to this, for a total of $5,000. In 1989, the authors of the Deep Thought program won the prize when their program beat Levy.

In 1996, Popular Science asked Levy about Garry Kasparov's impending match against Deep Blue. Levy confidently stated that "...Kasparov can take the match 6 to 0 if he wants to. 'I'm positive, I'd stake my life on it.'" In fact, Kasparov lost the first game, and won the match by a score of only 4-2. The following year, he lost their historic rematch 2.5-3.5.

Books By Levy more less

Keene, R. D. and Levy, D. N. L. Levy, Siegen Chess Olympiad, CHESS Ltd., 1970.
Keene, Ray and Levy, David, Chess Olympiad 1972, Doubleday, 1973, ISBN 0-385-06925-1.
Levy, David, Gligoric's Best Games 1945-1970, R.H.M. Press, 1972. ISBN 0-89058-015-4.
Levy, David, The Sicilian Dragon, Batsford, 1972.
Levy, David, How Fischer Plays Chess, R.H.M. Press, 1975. ISBN 0-923891-29-3.
Levy, D.N.L., Howard Staunton 1810-74, The Chess Player, Nottingham, 1975, ISBN 4-87187-812-0
Levy, David, Chess and Computers, Computer Science Press, Potomac, Maryland, 1976. ISBN 0-914894-02-1.
Levy, David, 1975...U.S. Computer Chess Championship, Computer Science Press, Potomac, Maryland.
Levy, David, 1976...U.S. Computer Chess Championship, Computer Science Press, Potomac, Maryland.
Levy, David and Newborn, Monroe, More Chess and Computers: The Microcomputer Revolution, The Challenge Match, Computer Science Press, Potomac, Maryland, and Batsford, London, 1980. ISBN 0-914894-07-2.
Computer Gamesmanship: Elements of Intelligent Game Design, by David Levy, 1983, Simon & Schuster, ISBN 0-671-49532-1.
How Computers Play Chess (with Monroe Newborn) ISBN 4-87187-801-5
Computer Games I ISBN 4-87187-802-3
Computer Games II ISBN 4-87187-803-1
Computer Chess Compendium ISBN 4-87187-804-X
Computer Gamesmanship ISBN 4-87187-805-8
How to Play the Sicilian Defence (with Kevin O'Connell ) ISBN 4-87187-806-6
Instant Chess (with Kevin O'Connell) ISBN 4-87187-807-4
How to Play the King's Indian Defence (with Kevin O'Connell ) ISBN 4-87187-808-2
Play Chess Combinations and Sacrifices ISBN 4-87187-809-0
Oxford Encyclopedia of Chess Games, Volume 1, 1485-1866 (with Kevin O'Connell ), 1980, Oxford University Press, Oxford. ISBN 0-923891-54-4
Korchnoi's Chess Games" (with Kevin O'Connell ) ISBN 4-87187-810-4
Sacrifices in the Sicilian ISBN 4-87187-811-2
Levy, David, Robots Unlimited: Life in a Virtual Age, A.K. Peters, London, 2005. ISBN 1-56881-239-6.
Levy, David, Love and Sex With Robots: The Evolution of Human-Robot Relationships, Harper Collins, New York, 2007. ISBN 0-06-135975-0.

Total Books: 99

Administering Stock Option Plans a Guide to Implementing a Recordkeeping and Reporting System [Building Blocks in Total Compensation] (Paperback)

Advanced Skywatching the Backyard Astronomer's Guide to Starhopping and Exploring the Universe [Nature Company Guide] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780783549415
ISBN-10: 0783549415
Genres: Science & Math, Engineering & Transportation

Against the Stream (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780720500479
ISBN-10: 0720500478

Amor Y Sexo Con Robots/ Love and Sex with Robots La Evolucion De Las Relaciones Entre Los Humanos Y Las Maquinas/ the Evolving Relationship Between Humans and Machines [Spanish Edition] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9788449321627
ISBN-10: 844932162X
Genres: Computers & Technology, Nonfiction

The Chameleons (Other)
ISBN-13: 9780709100751
ISBN-10: 0709100752

Chess and Computers [Computer Chess Series] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780914894025
ISBN-10: 0914894021

Chess Olympiad 1972 (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780385069250
ISBN-10: 0385069251

Collins Skywatching the Ultimate Guide to the Universe (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780002200288
ISBN-10: 0002200287

Comets Creators and Destroyers (Hardcover)

Comment Jouer L'ouverture Aux Checs (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9782246489511
ISBN-10: 2246489512

Cosmology 101 Everything You Ever Need to Know About Astronomy the Solar System Stars Galaxies Comets Eclipses and More (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780743459082
ISBN-10: 0743459083
Genre: Science & Math

Creating the Sinclair Zx Spectrum Vega (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781785382901
ISBN-10: 178538290X
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Computers & Technology, Humor & Entertainment

Crosscultural Psychology Critical Thinking and Contemporary Applications [3rd Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780205474325
ISBN-10: 0205474322
Genres: Health, Fitness & Dieting, Nonfiction, Medicine, Medical Books

Crosscultural Psychology Critical Thinking and Contemporary Applications Second Edition (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780205386123
ISBN-10: 0205386121
Genres: Health, Fitness & Dieting, Nonfiction

A Development Environment for High Performance Embedded Systems Building Advanced Systems for Embedded Realtime Control (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9783838338460
ISBN-10: 3838338464

Directing Animation (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781581157468
ISBN-10: 1581157460

Dissertations on the Prophecies of the Old Testament By D Levi Containing All Such Prophecies As (Paperback) → Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781115675802
ISBN-10: 111567580X

Dissertations on the Prophecies of the Old Testament By D Levi Containing All Such Prophecies As (Paperback) → Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781115675826
ISBN-10: 1115675826

Dissertations on the Prophecies of the Old Testament By D Levi Containing All Such Prophecies As Are Applicable to the Coming Of [Volume 1] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781153343206
ISBN-10: 1153343207

English Opening a Quantitative Analysis (Hardcover)

Eros and Socratic Political Philosophy [Recovering Political Philosophy] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781137345387
ISBN-10: 1137345381
Genres: History, Literature & Fiction, Religion & Spirituality, Politics & Social Sciences

Executive Jungle a Novel (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781573922456
ISBN-10: 1573922455
Genre: Literature & Fiction

Exodyssey VIsual Development of an Epic Adventure By Steambot Studios (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781848563988
ISBN-10: 1848563981

The Family Caregiver's Manual a Practical Planning Guide to Managing the Care of Your Loved One (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781942094128
ISBN-10: 1942094124
Genres: Health, Fitness & Dieting, Parenting & Relationships, Reference, Law, Medical Books

Fast Boats and Fast Times Memories of a Pt Boat Skipper in the South Pacific (Paperback) → Hardcover

Filing the Fafsa 20152016 Edition the Edvisors Guide to Completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (Paperback)

Filing the Fafsa the Edvisors Guide to Completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (Paperback)

Fred Rose and Igor Gouzenko the Cold War Begins (Paperback)

Gligoric's Best Games 19451970 (Paperback)

Gods of Foxcroft (Hardcover) → Paperback

The Gods of Foxcroft (Paperback) → Paperback, Hardcover

Gray Matter a Neurosurgeon Discovers the Power of Prayer One Patient at a Time (Paperback)

The Handson Guide to Diabetes Care in Hospital [Hands-on Guides] (Paperback)

How Computers Play Chess (Paperback) → Hardcover

How to Beat Your Chess Computer [Batsford Chess Library] (Paperback)

How to Play the King's Indian Defence (Hardcover)

How to Play the Opening in Chess (Paperback)

How to Play the Sicilian Defense [The Macmillan Chess Library] (Paperback)

An Independent Nhs What's in It for Patients and Citizens (Other)

Introduction to Crosscultural Psychology Critical Thinking and Contemporary Applications (Paperback)

John Henry Sculpture (Hardcover)

Karpov's Collected Games All 530 Available Encounters 19611974 (Paperback)

Kendoku 2010 100 Perplexing Puzzles (Paperback)

Kendoku Extreme 200 Brutal Puzzles to Build Your Brain (Paperback)

Kendoku Hellaciously Hard 100 Beyond Brutal Puzzles to Build Your Brain (Paperback)

Kendoku Next 100 More Puzzles (Paperback)

Kendoku the Next Logical Step (Paperback)

Kendoku Volume 2 the Next Logical Step (Paperback)

Korchnoi's Chess Games (Paperback)

Larry Rivers Art and the Artist (Hardcover) → Paperback

Las Aperturas Eleccion Y Desarrollo [Spanish Edition] (Paperback)

Love and Sex with Robots the Evolution of Humanrobot Relationships (Hardcover) → Paperback

Making Friends with the Stars (Paperback)

Malachi Messenger of Rebuke and Renewal (Paperback)

Migrating to the Solaris Operating System the Discipline of Unixtounix Migrations [Sun BluePrints, The Official Sun Microsystems Resource Series] (Paperback)

Model Foreign Investment Law with Annotations (Paperback) → Paperback

The Network Jungle (Other)

Observar El Cielo [Spanish Edition] (Paperback)

Opening Repertoire for the Attacking Player (Paperback) → Hardcover

An Opening Repertoire for the Attacking Player (Hardcover) → Paperback

Play Chess Combinations and Sacrifices (Paperback)

Potomac Jungle (Hardcover) → Paperback, Hardcover

Practical Diabetes (Paperback)

Practical Diabetes a Handbook for Hospital Doctors (Paperback)

Practical Diabetes Care (Paperback)

Realism an Essay in Interpretation and Social Reality (Hardcover)

Reflections of a Moscow Correspondent [Mackenzie paper] (Other)

Revelation Hearing the Last Word (Paperback)

Revolt of the Animals or What Really Happened at Chernobyl (Paperback)

Robots Unlimited Life in a VIrtual Age (Hardcover)

Rpertoire Des Ouvertures Pour Le Joueur D'attaque (Paperback)

Sally Blane World's Greatest Girl Detective (Paperback)

San Antonio 72 Church's Fried Chicken First International Chess Tournament (Paperback)

Scientific American Book of the Cosmos (Hardcover) → Paperback, Hardcover

The Scientific American Book of the Cosmos (Hardcover) → Paperback, Hardcover

Stalin's Man in Canada Fred Rose and Soviet Espionage (Hardcover)

Surviving the Contained Depression of the 1990s (Hardcover)

The Tabernacle Shadows of the Messiah [Its Sacrifices, Services, and Priesthood - See How the Tabernacle Relates to Jesus] (Paperback)

Tools of Critical Thinking Metathoughts for Psychology (Paperback)

Type 2 Diabetes Explained (Hardcover)

Voltaire Et Son Exegese Du Pentateuque [Studies on Voltaire] (Paperback)

Walking the Corporate Plank (Paperback)

Your Career in Animation How to Survive and Thrive (Paperback)

You've Got Funny Mail (Paperback)

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