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Computer Chess Compendium
Edited by David Levy
B.T. Batsford Ltd
London, U.K.
1988. 440 pages
ISBN 0-7134-4914-4

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Contents
Preface

page






1
Introduction

1
1.1
Programming a Computer for Playing Chess
 Claude Shannon
2
1.2
Chess
 Alan Turing
14
1.3
The Chess Machine:
An Example of Dealing with a Complex Task by Adaptation
 Allen Newell
18






2
Famous Chess Programs

28
2.1
Chess Playing Programs and the Problem of Complexity
(excerpt)
 Allen Newell, Cliff Shaw, Herbert Simon
29
2.2
Computer v Chess Player
 Alex Bernstein,Michael de V. Roberts
43
2.3
A Chess Playing Program for the IBM 7090
 Alan Kotok
48
2.4
The Greenblatt Chess Program
 Richard Greenblatt, Donald Eastlake,
Stephen D. Crocker
56
2.5
The Technology Chess Program
 James Gillogly
67
2.6
CHESS 4.5 - The Northwestern University Chess Program
 Larry Atkin, David Slate
80
2.7
Cray Blitz
 Robert Hyatt, Albert Gower, Harry Nelson
104






3
Position Evaluation

112
3.1
Statistics for the Chess Computer and the Factor of Mobility
 Eliot Slater
113
3.2
A Five-Year Plan for Automatic Chess (excerpt)
 Jack Good
118






4
Tree Searching Techniques

122
4.1
Tree-Searching and Tree-Pruning Techniques
 John Birmingham, Peter Kent
123
4.2
Some Methods of Controlling the Tree Search
in Chess Programs
 Georgy Adelson-Velsky, Vladimir Arlazarov,
Mikhail Donskoy
129
4.3
The Heuristic Search and the Game of Chess.
A Study of Quiescence, Sacrifices and Plan Oriented Play
 Larry Harris
136
4.4
A Theory of Evaluative
Comments in Chess with a Note on Minimaxing
 Donald Michie
143






5
Analysis

156
5.1
The Sequence of Phases
 Adriaan de Groot
157
5.2
Skill in Chess
 Herbert Simon, William Chase
175
5.3
Decision Making and Computers
 Mikhail Botvinnik
189
5.4
A Chess Mating Combinations Program
 George Baylor, Herbert Simon
196
5.5
Robot Chess
 Dietrich Prinz
213






6
Writing a Chess Program

220
6.1
A Computer Chess Tutorial
 Norman Whaland
221
6.2
Using Patterns and Plans in Chess
 David Wilkins
233
6.3
Mate at a Glance
 John Birmingham, Peter Kent
258






7
Special Purpose Software and Hardware

266
7.1
Some Ideas for a Chess Compiler
 Mike Clarke
267
7.2
Robots
 Henri Vigneron
273
7.3
CHEOPS: A Chess-orientated Processing System
 John Moussouris, Jack Holloway,
Richard Greenblatt
279
7.4
BELLE: Chess Hardware
 Joe Condon, Ken Thompson
286






8
The Endgame

293
8.1
Co-Ordinate Squares:
A Solution to Many Chess Pawn Endgames
 Kenneth W. Church
295
8.2
Goal-Directed Search in Chess Endgames
 Jaap van den Herik
316
8.3
Computer Analysis of a Rook End-Game
 Vladimir Arlazarov, Aaron L. Futer
330






9
Games Played by Chess Programs

337
9.1
Games from the ACM Tournaments

338
9.2
Games from the World Computer Championships

382
9.3
Blitz Games between Computers and Human Players

408
9.4
Simultaneous Games between Computer Programs
and Human Players

410
9.5
Games Played by Computer Programs in Human Tournaments

411
9.6
Miscellaneous Games played by Computer Programs

418
9.7
The World Microcomputer Championships

419








Bibliography

421

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Page Date Edited
Aaron L. Futer Dec 23, 2014
ACM 1970 Jun 13, 2015
ACM 1975 Jan 19, 2018
Alan Baisley Jan 7, 2016
Alan Turing Feb 8, 2017
Alex Bernstein Jan 2, 2016
Allen Newell Jun 12, 2017
Alvin M. Despain Feb 17, 2015
Artificial Intelligence Apr 9, 2018
Attack and Defend Maps Nov 5, 2016
Belle Jan 18, 2018
Berkeley Chess Microprocessor May 22, 2013
Bitboards Nov 14, 2017
Brute-Force Jul 27, 2017
Byte Magazine Nov 20, 2016
CAPS Dec 23, 2017
Checkmate Apr 13, 2018
CHEOPS Apr 18, 2015
Chess Jan 21, 2018
Chess (Program) Dec 22, 2017
ChipTest Jun 19, 2016
Chunking Jun 12, 2017
Cognition Dec 8, 2017
Computer Chess Compendium Dec 29, 2015
Corresponding Squares Oct 9, 2017
Cray Blitz Dec 25, 2017
Dartmouth CP Jan 19, 2018
David Levy Jan 3, 2017
David Slate Jul 19, 2016
David Wilkins Mar 2, 2016
Dietrich Prinz Oct 14, 2016
DOCCC 2009 Aug 15, 2015
Donald Eastlake Jun 14, 2013
Donald Michie Dec 23, 2017
Edward Fredkin Oct 27, 2013
El Ajedrecista Feb 25, 2015
Electro-Mechanical May 2, 2016
Eliot Slater Aug 6, 2016
Endgame Sep 18, 2017
Endgame Tablebases Mar 6, 2018
EPAM Jul 15, 2017
ETAOIN SHRDLU Jan 6, 2016
Evaluation Feb 1, 2018
Eye Movements Jul 22, 2015
Ferranti Mark 1 Jun 2, 2015
George Baylor Sep 22, 2014
Georgy Adelson-Velsky Apr 9, 2018
Gerd Isenberg Apr 4, 2016
Hans Berliner Jun 10, 2017
Hardware Jan 20, 2018
Henri Vigneron Nov 20, 2012
Herbert Simon Feb 11, 2016
HiTech Mar 31, 2018
Horizon Effect Sep 10, 2017
Iron Fish Sep 8, 2016
IsiChess Jan 7, 2016
Iterative Deepening Jun 23, 2017
Jaap van den Herik Sep 18, 2017
Jack Good Dec 22, 2017
Jack Holloway Nov 1, 2015
James Gillogly Jan 7, 2016
Joe Condon Jan 7, 2016
John Birmingham Jan 7, 2016
John Moussouris Nov 1, 2015
Keith Gorlen May 23, 2016
Ken Thompson Sep 8, 2017
Kenneth W. Church Nov 12, 2014
Knowledge Jul 22, 2017
KRK Nov 26, 2016
Languages Nov 26, 2017
Larry Atkin Jan 7, 2016
Larry Harris Apr 3, 2013
Larry Kaufman Jan 28, 2018
Learning Feb 20, 2018
Leonardo Torres y Quevedo Feb 25, 2015
Mac Hack Apr 20, 2018
Mailbox Apr 14, 2018
MAPP Jan 30, 2016
Master Dec 28, 2017
Mate at a Glance Sep 24, 2014
Mate Search Oct 22, 2016
Mate-in-two Oct 14, 2016
Mater Apr 26, 2016
Material Mar 31, 2018
Material Hash Table Apr 3, 2014
Michael Barenfeld Oct 2, 2014
Michael de V. Roberts Jan 2, 2016
Mike Clarke May 23, 2016
Mikhail Donskoy Dec 23, 2017
Mobility Jan 17, 2018
Mop-up Evaluation Nov 26, 2016
Move Generation Jan 29, 2018
Norman Whaland Dec 25, 2017
Null Move Pruning Dec 2, 2017
Oleg K. Tichomirov Oct 2, 2014
Oracle Sep 4, 2016
Ozalp Babaoglu Oct 5, 2013
Paradise Nov 19, 2014
Pattern Recognition Sep 8, 2017
Paul Rushton Jan 12, 2015
Pawn Endgame Oct 11, 2017
Peasant May 21, 2015
Perceiver Nov 21, 2017
Peter Kent Jan 7, 2016
Peter W. Frey Dec 25, 2017
Piece-Lists Feb 13, 2017
Planning Feb 12, 2018
Point Value Mar 31, 2018
Pruning Jan 1, 2018
Quiescence Search Aug 19, 2017
Rajah Sep 12, 2012
Razoring Oct 5, 2015
Recommended Reading Nov 17, 2017
Retrograde Analysis Mar 21, 2017
Richard Greenblatt Jan 19, 2016
Rival Jul 30, 2017
Robots Feb 20, 2018
Sacrifice Aug 10, 2017
Santos Gerardo Lazzeri Mar 19, 2016
Scientific American Jun 5, 2017
Search Feb 1, 2018
Soei Tan Oct 27, 2012
Sortie Jan 5, 2016
Strategy Jan 18, 2018
Tactics Jan 12, 2018
Tech Apr 20, 2018
The Bernstein Chess Program Jan 2, 2016
Timothy Arbuckle Oct 30, 2013
Tom Likens Mar 7, 2017
Transposition Table Apr 19, 2018
Turochamp Dec 14, 2017
Vladimir Arlazarov May 20, 2016
William Chase Jan 21, 2016

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