Kenneth Wingate Regan is an American professor, chess player, statistician, and computer scientist. He is an expert in anti-cheating in chess, and was involved in investigating known cheaters such as Sébastien Feller, Borislav Ivanov, and Igors Rausis.
Biography Chess Regan began playing chess at the age of 5, and was able to defeat his father soon afterwards. At the age of 13, he became the youngest person to achieve the USCF Master title since Bobby Fischer, a record which has since been broken. He graduated from Paramus High School in 1977, where he played on the chess club.Gellene, Denise. "581 seniors receive diplomas in Paramus", Paramus Post, June 15, 1977. Accessed January 1, 2026, via Newspapers.com. "Kenneth Regan, who will attend Princeton next fall, received a National Merit Scholarship.""Chess whiz at 13, he'll test skill", The Record, October 16, 1972. Accessed January 1, 2026, via Newspapers.com. "Thirteen-year-old Kenneth W. Regan of Paramus will match his skills with grandmasters of chess in the Bergen Mall Round Robin Chess Tournament Oct. 23, Veterans' Day.... He learned the game at the age of six, began studying it in earnest two years later, and by the time he was 10, joined the U.S. Chess Federation and the Paramus High School Chess Club." Regan was the co-champion of the 1977 U.S. Junior Chess Championship.
He commented during the Carlsen–Niemann controversy that his analysis of Niemann's classical games since 2020 found no evidence of cheating, though he still largely endorsed Chess.com's report which claimed that Niemann had cheated in numerous online games.
Academia Regan is a professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University at Buffalo.
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