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Subject: Re: Retired Chess Programmers Should Write Books How To Create Chess Program

Author: Eran

Date: 06:52:21 04/16/01

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On April 16, 2001 at 09:13:49, Jeff Hlywa wrote:

>What's wrong with "How Computers Play Chess" by Levy and Newborn
>(http://www.multimania.com/albillo/book0101.htm)?  There are also many older
>books (that can be found at many university libraries) that explain many aspects
>of computer chess.
>
>

The out-of-print book is old and does not *clearly* apply to modern chess
programming on most powerful computers nowadays. Modern books should clearly
explain how to program modern chess programs step by step from beginning to end.
I believe it should be based on MFC, for it is chosen by most professional
programmers.

Older books may not apply to modern chess programming as well.

I had a very hard time trying to find one good book myself on the Internet, but
I got enough frustrated for they did not exist. Older books may explain poorly
and we beginners got problems understanding them. I mean they do not explain
very clearly step by step from beginning to end.

That's why I suggest that any retired chess programmer write a good book about
latest chess programming. Why not?

Eran



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