Brute Force (Program)

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|| [[image:BruteForceCover1.jpg link="http://80pagegiant.blogspot.de/2012/07/it-came-from-dollar-bin-brute-force.html"]] ||~ || **Brute Force**, 
a chess program by [[Louis Kessler]] that participated in the [[ACM 1977|8th]] and [[ACM 1977|9th]] [[ACM North American Computer Chess Championship|North American Computer Chess Championships]] in 1977 and 1978. Brute Force was a [[Tech]] like program, including such features of an [[Iterative Search|iterative]] [[Alpha-Beta|alpha-beta]] routine, a [[Quiescence Search|quiescence routine]] using [[SOMA#Swapoff|swap-off values]], and an [[Evaluation function|evaluation function]] based on the opponent's [[Mobility|mobility]] <ref>[[David Levy]] (**1978**). //ACM '78//. [[ICGA Journal#1_1|ICCA Newsletter, Vol. 1, No. 1]]</ref>. At the [[ACM 1977|9th NACCC]], it suffered from an "[[En passant#bugs|en passant bug]]" twice <ref>[[https://www.computerwoche.de/a/pech-fuer-den-weltmeister,1191711|Pech für den Weltmeister?]], February 02, 1979, [[Computerworld#Woche|Computerwoche]] 5/1979 (German)</ref>, which turned out a wrong implementation due to Kessler's misinterpretation of the rules <ref>Quote by [[Louis Kessler]] from [[http://www.lkessler.com/brutefor.shtml|A Memorial to BRUTE FORCE]]:
{{As far as the en passant bug goes, it turns out this was my own misinterpretation of the rules. I read that "The en passant capture must be done on the very next turn, or the right to do so is lost”. I had interpreted that as losing the right to do any en passant for the remainder of the game, not just for that one specific en passant. My personal lack of experience in tournament chess led to that, and it cost me.}}</ref>. ||
|| Brute Force Issue 1 <ref>"Brute Force Issue 1", [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Comics|Marvel Comic]] edited by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_DeFalco|Tom DeFalco]],  August 1990, Cover Image from [[http://80pagegiant.blogspot.de/2012/07/it-came-from-dollar-bin-brute-force.html|80 Page Giant: It Came From the Dollar Bin: Brute Force]] by [[https://www.blogger.com/profile/12386426230143297171|Trixter]], July 10, 2012</ref> ||~ ||^ ||
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=Selected Games=
[[#ACM77R4]][[ACM 1977]], round 4, [[Brute Force (Program)|Brute Force]] - [[8080 Chess]]
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[Event "ACM 1977"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "1977.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Brute Force"]
[Black "8080 Chess"]
[Result "1-0"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bf4 Nf6 4.Nb5 e5 5.Bxe5 Bb4+ 6.c3 Nxe5 7.dxe5 Bxc3+ 8.Nxc3 Ne4 
9.Nxe4 dxe4 10.Qa4+ Bd7 11.Qxe4 b5 12.g4 O-O 13.Bg2 c6 14.h4 a5 15.O-O-O Ra6 16.Qd4 
f5 17.Qxd7 Qxd7 18.Rxd7 fxg4 19.Rd6 Rxf2 20.Bxc6 Rf5 21.Bd5+ Kf8 22.Rxa6 Rxe5 23.e4 
a4 24.Rb6 g5 25.hxg5 Kg7 26.Rb7+ Kg6 27.Rhxh7 Kxg5 28.Rxb5 Kf4 29.Ra5 a3 30.Rf7+ Ke3
31.Rxa3+ Kd4 32.Rg7 Kc5 33.Rxg4 Kd6 34.Ra6+ Kc5 35.Nf3 Re7 36.Rc6+ Kb4 37.e5+ Kb5 
38.Nd4+ Ka5 39.Nb3+ 1-0
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=See also=
* [[Brute-Force]]
* [[Various Classifications#Comics|Comics]]
* [[Saitek Brute Force]]
* [[Tech]]
* [[Type A Strategy]]

=External Links= 
==Chess Program==
* [[http://www.lkessler.com/brutefor.shtml|A Memorial to BRUTE FORCE]]
==Misc==
* [[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/brute_force|brute force - Wiktionary]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brute_force|Brute force from Wikipedia]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brute-force_attack|Brute-force attack from Wikipedia]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brute-force_search|Brute-force search from Wikipedia]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof_by_exhaustion|Proof by exhaustion from Wikipedia]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brute_Force_%281947_film%29|Brute Force (1947 film) from Wikipedia]] <ref>[[http://www.chess-in-the-cinema.de/showfilm.php?filmfile=4708.txt&pfad=4049|Chess In The Cinema - Chess scenes from the movie Brute Force (Burt Lancaster)]]</ref>
==Comics==
* [[http://www.comicvine.com/brute-force/4050-4387/|Brute Force (Volume) - Comic Vine]]
* [[http://comicattack.net/2010/02/ucc14/|Unsung Characters of Comicdom: Brute Force | ComicAttack]] by Josh, February 12, 2010
* [[http://80pagegiant.blogspot.de/2012/07/it-came-from-dollar-bin-brute-force.html|80 Page Giant: It Came From the Dollar Bin: Brute Force]] by [[https://www.blogger.com/profile/12386426230143297171|Trixter]], July 10, 2012
* [[http://comicbook.com/blog/2014/08/22/paul-sheer-and-nick-giovannetti-talk-bringing-brute-force-to-dea/|Paul Scheer And Nick Giovannetti Talk Bringing Brute Force To Deadpool Bi-Annual #1 | Comicbook.com]] by [[https://www.linkedin.com/pub/jamie-lovett/b/574/2b7|Jamie Lovett]], August 24, 2014

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