Research Catalog

Title

Computer chess compendium / David Levy.

Author

Levy, David N. L.

Publication

New York : Springer-Verlag, 1988.

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Description

440 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Subject

Computer chess

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 422-440.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Programming a computer for playing chess / C.E. Shannon -- Chess / A. Turing -- The chess machine : an example of dealing with a complex task by adaption / A. Newell -- Chess playing programs and the problem of complexity (excerpt) / A. Newell, J.C. Shaw and H.A. Simon -- Computer v chess player / A. Bernstein and M. de V. Roberts -- A chess playing program for the IBM 7090 / A. Kotok -- The Greenblatt chess program / R.D. Greenblatt, D.E. Eastlake IIIrd and S.D. Crocker -- The technology chess program / J.J. Gillogly -- Chess 4.5 : The Northwestern University chess program / L. Atkin and D. Slate -- Cray blitz / Robert A. Hyatt, Albert E. Gower and Harry L. Nelson -- Statistics for the chess computer and the factor of mobility / E.T.O. Slater.
• A five-year plan for automatic chess (excerpt) / I.J. Good -- Tree-searching and tree-pruning techniques / J.A. Birmingham and P. Kent -- Some methods of controlling the tree search in chess programs / G.M. Adelson-Velskiy, V.L. Arlazarov and M.V. Donskoy -- The heuristic search and the game of chess : a study of quiescence, sacrifices and plan oriented play / L.R. Harris -- A theory of evaluative comments in chess with a note of minimaxing / D. Michie -- The sequence of phases / A.D. de Groot -- Skill in chess / H.A. Simon and W.G. Chase -- Decision making and computers / M.M. Botvinnik -- A chess mating combinations program / G.W. Baylor and H.A. Smith -- Robot chess / D.G. Prinz -- A computer chess tutorial / N.D. Whaland.
• Using patterns and plans in chess / D. Wilkins -- Mate at a glance / J. Birmingham and P. Kent -- Some ideas for a chess compiler / M.R.B. Clarke -- Robots / H. Vigneron -- CHEOPS : a chess-orientated processing system / J. Moussouris, J. Holloway and R.D. Greenblatt -- Belle : chess hardware / J.H. Condon and K. Thompson -- Co-ordinate squares : a solution to many chess pawn endgames / K.W. Church -- Goal-directed search in chess endgames / H.J. van den Herik -- Computer analysis of a rook end-game / V.L. Arlazarov and A.L. Futer.

ISBN

0387913319

LCCN

^^^88010423^

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library