41. CMSC-791 Computer Chess: Readings CMSC791 computer chess Readings. Required Readings. Horacek, Helmut, ``Reasoning with uncertainty in computer chess, Artificial Intelligence, vol. http://www.cs.umbc.edu/www/courses/graduate/791_Computer_Chess/readings.html

CMSC-791 Computer Chess: Readings Required Readings Hsu, Feng-hsiung; Thomas Anantharaman; Murray Campbell; and Andreas Nowatzyk, ``A grandmaster chess machine,'' Scientific American :4 (October 1990), 44-50. Hartman, D., ``Notions of evaluation functions tested against grandmaster games'' in Advances in Computer Chess , D. F. Beal, editor, North-Holland, 1989, 91-141. Plaat, Aske; j. Schaeffer; W. Pijls; and A. de Bruin, ``A minimax algorithm better than alpha-beta? No and Yes,'' (July 6, 1995), unpublished manuscript. 46 pages. Thompson, Ken, ``Retrograde analysis of certain endgames,'' ICCA Journal (Sept. 1986), 131-139. Lake, Robert; Jonathan Schaffer; and Paul Lu, ``Solving large retrograde analysis problems using a network of workstations,'' unpublished paper, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Alberta. 32 pages. Stiller, Lewis, ``Group graphs and computational symmetry on massively parallel architecture,'' Journal of Supercomputing , vol 5, (1991), 99-117. Stiller, Lewis, ``Two computer-generated optimal play lines from extreme positions,'' Dept. of Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University, undated unpublished manuscript. Anantharaman, Thomas, Murray S. Campbell, and Feng-hsiung Hsu, ``Singular extensions: Adding selectivity to brute-force searching,''

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Computer Chess: Past to Present alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca UPDATE Introduction In this time of ``intelligent'' cameras, electronic games and coffee-makers it seems strange that at some point many computer scientists thought that computers would never be able to perform nontrivial tasks. Even today, many people are still unaware of what computers can and cannot do. It is sometimes amusing to see a scientist's face light up surprise when shown some computer tools that have been available for over a decade (like computer graphics, symbolic mathematics, etc), and their disillusionment when told that computers still can't efficiently perform some apparently simple tasks (simple for a computer) like finding the optimal route to be followed by a courier delivering packages all over the city. The history of computer chess is plagued by similar under-and-overstatements put forward by laypeople and experts alike. Though chess is an ideal problem for computers to attack. Its aims are clearly defined (to play good chess) and its advancement can be easily measured (player ranking). Computer chess may give a down to earth perspective on what is and is not currently possible with a computer and how much effort it may take to achieve an specific goal in computer development.

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Computer Go vs. Computer Chess Why is computer Go hard, why is computer Chess easy? The real stumbling block in Go is developing a workable set of heristics to model the playing process. However, this is the problem because it's a given that brute force is out of the question. In chess programs, brute force is the only strategically or tactically significant factor in playing strength. The cleverness in chess programs is 95% directed toward doing brute force searches more efficiently. This *does* involve significant knowledge about chess, but in the end the knowledge is used mainly to order the search tree more efficiently. If the knowledge is faulty, the bad effect is that the search becomes less efficient. The moves chess programs ultimately make are almost completely dominated by counting the wood at the bottom of the search tree. In effect, the search is used to distill the rough knowledge into high potency play. On the other hand, in go programs the knowledge is all there is, because the search is impossible; so every little flaw in the the playing heuristics remains a visible flaw in the program. comments/suggestions to: ddyer@real -me.net

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Main Page See live article Alphabetical index Computer chess Chess enthusiasts and computer engineers have attempted to build, with increasing degrees of seriousness and success, chess-playing machines since . Motivations can essentially be consolidated into two: firstly, to build a machine to play chess with for solo entertainment, and secondly, to investigate chess as a problem which might provide some insight into human cognition. In this view, the history of computer chess is both a spectacular success and a virtually complete failure. Chess-playing computers are available for negligible cost, and there are many programs (even the free GNU Chess , Amy, Pepito, Crafty , and more ) that play a game that, with the aid of virtually any modern personal computer can defeat most master players under tournament conditions, while top commercial programs like Fritz have surpassed even world champion caliber players at blitz and short time controls. However, to the surprise and disappointment of many, chess has taught us little about building machines that offer human-like intelligence, or indeed do anything except play excellent chess. For this reason, computer chess, (as with other games, like Scrabble ) is no longer of great academic interest to researchers in artificial intelligence , and has largely been replaced by more intuitive games like igo as a testing paradigm. Chess-playing programs essentially explore huge numbers of potential future moves by both players and apply a relatively simple evaluation function to the positions that result where as a game like

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54. ICGA - International Computer Games Association The International computer chess Association promotes computer chess programming, through its journal and tournaments. http://www.dcs.qmw.ac.uk/~icca/

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58. Computer Chess computer chess by Dan and Kathe Spracklen, Dan and game? The answer to this question is the fundamental problem of computer chess. Let s http://www.atariarchives.org/deli/computer_chess.php

COMPUTER CHESS by Dan and Kathe Spracklen Dan and Kathe Spracklen are the authors of Sargon, the most popular chess playing program for home computers. E ver wonder how a computer can play a game of chess? Just think about it. Chess is a strategy game. You have to study the board and plan how to maneuver your pieces. Finally, after devising a complex strategy, you play the decisive move-checkmate! How can a computer study a chess board? How can it make plans? How can it checkmate? Taken all at once, the problem might seem unsolvable. But the job can be broken down into three main parts: 1) The mechanics phase: describing a chess board and pieces in a way the computer can understand and teaching it how to move the pieces according to the rules of chess. 2) The search phase: looking ahead at what can happen as the game progresses. The computer still can't make real plans the way a human does, but instead must look at thousands of possibilities-many times more than the human mind can handle. 3) The evaluation phase: sizing up the merits of a particular position on the chess board. It wouldn't do any good for the computer to look at all those positions if it didn't know which ones were better than the others. Sure, it might know when the other guy is checkmated. But if mate isn't in sight how does it know what to do?

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