Author: Arshad Syed
Date: 19:24:23 12/13/02
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On December 13, 2002 at 21:31:04, Russell Reagan wrote: >On December 13, 2002 at 20:55:59, Arshad F. Syed wrote: > >>I just purchased the book 'Scaleable Search in Computer Chess'. It starts off >>well giving a good overview of the main topics and advances in modern CC, but it >>falters badly towards the end. > >As far as I know, Dr. Heinz is one of the only people to even attempt such a >book. I am reminded of how people "in the industry" bashed a book called Tricks >of the Game Programming Gurus (and it's sequel Tricks of the Windows Game >Programming Gurus). It talked about doing graphics and input and sound and all >of that good stuff in real mode DOS, covered line drawing algorithms, some AI, >some 3D stuff, a little bit of everything that goes into most games. It was of >incredible help to a countless number of beginning programmers who wanted to >make games, but people "in the know" seemed to think it was rather amateurish. >The point is, no one else had even attempted such a book at the time. > >>As if that was not enough, the price is at a premium - $55 for approx. 300 >>pages. > >Hmmm...mine cost $40 new at barnesandnoble.com. > >>Hopefully, some day the GOM (Grand Old Man) of Computer Chess, Dr. Hyatt, >>comes out with something of his own. Here is what I would like to see: > >I agree. I'm sure he has a ton of good book material, whether it be techincal or >simply good stories or the history of computer chess. > >>All major topics covered - Alpha-Beta, Trans. Tables, the whole 9 yards. >>Introduction to AI - specifically machine learning as applied to Chess. >>Advanced programming recommendations as applied to chess - multi-threading, >>multi-processing etc. > >So, you want something Knuth-like, only on the topic of computer chess. Me too >:) > >Russell I appreciate Dr. Heinz's effort. I didn't mean to criticize the book, just the pages wasted on what in 'my view' was redundant material, which would be more appropriate in a thesis. I could be wrong. This is just 'my opinion'. Regards, Arshad
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