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an early Soviet chess program developed by a group of scientists at the [|Steklov Institute of Mathematics] headed by Mikhail R. Shura-Bura. A brief description of the program was given in an interview with Shura-Bura on computer chess by V. Tomanov, published as part in the 8th Bulletin of the [|Botvinnik Tal 1961 revenge-match] for the [|world chess championship] - entitled "The best move in 58 seconds", cited in Jaap van den Herik's Ph.D. thesis //Computerschaak, Schaakwereld en Kunstmatige Intelligentie//. Further, two games of the program were published. Hardware was not mentioned, presumably Shura-Bura's Program ran on a [|Strela] or M-20 computer.
 * Shura-Bura's Program**,

=Description= The program is reported without any search to select the best move with the help of a static evaluation function, which had seven distinct components:
 * 1) Material (Pawn 1; Knight, Bishop 3.5; Rook 5; Queen 9.5; King 109)
 * 2) Mobility
 * 3) Static Exchange Evaluation
 * 4) Pawn Structure
 * 5) Center Control
 * 6) King Safety - Patterns
 * 7) King Safety - Pawn Shield

=Publications=
 * V. Tomanov (**1961**). //The best move in 58 seconds//. in the 8th Bulletin of the [|Botvinnik Tal 1961 revenge-match] (Russian)
 * Jaap van den Herik (**1983**). //Computerschaak, Schaakwereld en Kunstmatige Intelligentie//. Ph.D. thesis, Delft University of Technology. Academic Service, The Hague. ISBN 90 62 33 093 2 (Dutch), 2.2.9. Sjoera-Boera

=External Links=
 * [|Schachcomputer - Geschichte - 6] by Karsten Bauermeister (German)
 * [|Computerschach - ein Überblick] von Mathias Grontzki (German)

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