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4 unusual facts about Nathan Netanyahu


Nathan Mileikowsky

Nathan and his wife Sarah Mileikowsky (née Lurie) had nine children, including: Benzion Netanyahu (the father of Iddo, Yonatan and Benjamin Netanyahu) and Elisha Netanyahu (the husband of Shoshana Netanyahu and the father of Nathan Netanyahu).

Nathan Netanyahu

He has published many papers on computer chess, was the local organizer of the 12th World Computer Chess Championship in 2004, and was program co-chair for the 4th International Conference on Computers and Games, colocated with the WCCC.

He did his graduate studies at the University of Maryland, College Park, earning a Ph.D. in 1992 under the supervision of David Mount and Azriel Rosenfeld.

Null-move heuristic

Another heuristic for dealing with the zugzwang problem is Omid David and Nathan Netanyahu's verified null-move pruning.



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