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 * [[image:OxfordBalliolCollege.jpg link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Oxford_-_Balliol_College_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1329613.jpg"]] ||~  || The **Advances in Computer Chess 1** conference was held in March 1975 at [|Balliol College, Oxford], [|England], and was organized by the Atlas Computer Laboratory and the [|Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour] (SSAISB). [|Proceedings] were published in 1977, edited by Mike Clarke. It was already the second conference on computer chess, after a conference meeting on chess playing by computer in May 1973 at Atlas Computer Laboratory . ||
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 * **Advances in Computer Chess 1**

=Lectures=
 * 1) Hans Berliner (**1977**). //A Representation and Some Mechanisms for a Problem-Solving Chess Program.// [|pdf]
 * 2) Ron Atkin (**1977**). //Positional Play in Chess by Computer//.
 * 3) Donald Michie (**1977**). //King and Rook Against King: Historical Background and a Problem on the Infinite Board//.
 * 4) Soei T. Tan (**1977**). //Describing Pawn Structures.//
 * 5) John Birmingham, Peter Kent (**1977**). //Tree-searching and tree-pruning techniques//.
 * 6) Mike Clarke (**1977**). //A quantitative study of KPK//.

=Reviews=
 * Alex Bell (**1975**).//[|Techniques for playing the end game]//. Atlas Computer Laboratory, hosted by [|Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL)]
 * Jack Good (**1978**). //[|Review of "Advances in Computer Chess, Volume 1. by M.R.B. Clarke"; University Press, 1977]//. ACM SIGART Bulletin, Issue 66

=The Forerunner= The first conference meeting on computer chess took place at the Atlas Computer Laboratory May 1973. It was the forerunner of the later //Advances in Computer Chess// conferences. Alex Bell about the arisen of the conference :

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=ACC1= The conference on computer chess took place at [|Balliol College, Oxford] in March 1975. It was organized by Atlas Computer Laboratory and the [|Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour] (SSAISB), and was later declared as //Advances in Computer Chess 1// conference. Proceedings were published by Mike Clarke from Queen Mary College. Some excerpt from co-organizer, Alex Bell's report in [|Computer Weekly], April 10, 1975, //Techniques for playing the end game// :

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