Anybody know what happened with mike Johnson?

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Anybody know what happened with mike Johnson?

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He was one of the pioneers of computerchess.
Anybody knows if he is still with us ?!

His name is very common so a google search is not really working.

https://www.chessprogramming.org/Mike_Johnson

Where is he ?
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Re: Anybody know what happened with mike Johnson?

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The name did not ring any bells other than that the current Republican speaker of the House is also called Mike Johnson of course. But luckily the search function could at least help us with a photo of the Mike Johnson Thorsten means

viewtopic.php?t=29503&hilit=Mike+Johnson
http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/che ... story.html

And he is, with David Levy, one of the designers of the first chess computer I saw for sale in The Netherlands, in the toy shop,
the Chess Champion Super System III!

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