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Subject: Re: Best Books for Chess Programming?

Author: Dan Newman

Date: 19:21:57 10/24/00

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On October 24, 2000 at 08:24:05, Pham Minh Tri wrote:

>On October 23, 2000 at 14:51:10, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>On October 23, 2000 at 14:33:15, Eran wrote:
>>
>>>I am a new beginner to chess programming. Besides, I do not know C & C++
>>>programming. So, what are the best books for C & C++ programming and for chess
>>>programming? Please give me the titles and the publishers of the books.
>>
>>Scalable Search in Computer Chess:
>>http://supertech.lcs.mit.edu/~heinz/node1.html
>
>
>I have just bought that book this week, but I think it is not for beginner, but
>for very high level of chess programmers. Is there any lower level book?
>

There are very few computer chess books still in print (in english--don't
know about other languages).  The best beginning book, IMHO, was "How
Computers Play Chess" by Levy & Newborn, the last in a series of similar
books by Levy (all of which I found helpful).

Other books I like are "Chess Skill in Man and Machine" edited by Frey
(listed as special-order by Amazon), "Computers, Chess, and Cognition"
edited by Marsland & Schaeffer (listed as out-of-print), and of course
Ernst Heinz' book.

None of the books by itself is really complete enough to be called an
intro to chess programming.  But a book or three, combined with various
resources on the net (CCC, etc.) might suffice...

-Dan.

>>>Also, what is the url address in the Internet where I can find all necessary
>>>information for a new beginner in chess programming and C & C++ programming as
>>>well?
>>
>>http://www.icdchess.com/ccc/resource/links/index.html



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