Computer chess [Paperback]

David E Welsh (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 309 pages
• Publisher: W.C. Brown Publishers (1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0697099008
• ISBN-13: 978-0697099006
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,506,507 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Author's comments, August 1, 2001

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David Welsh (Goleta, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Computer chess (Paperback)

My first published book is a bit dated now, but there is information in it that can be found nowhere else in the literature.

Written from the perspective of a competitive chess player who is also a computer programmer, this book is nearly unique, and conveys useful insights into the playing strengths and weaknesses of chess playing computers. These remain valid today: although the programs are stronger now, the advances have nearly all been in increasing search depth, not in making the programs better at evaluating poaitions.

There is also considerable historical and technical information about computer chess programs up to 1983, which today would primarily be of interest to the chess programming specialist.