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Subject: Re: Botwinnik

Author: Bruce Moreland

Date: 09:50:37 03/17/99

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On March 17, 1999 at 08:30:59, JW de Kort wrote:

>Hello!
>
>I have been reading something about the ideas of Botwinnik about how computers
>should play chess (Computers in chess). I was wondering what has happend with
>this research since Botwinnik died. Has his work been carried on by others? Has
>somebody ever written a chess program based on these ideas?
>   And a further question: the book is not realy very clear to me. Is there any
>material avalable that is realy understandebe? And has a (pseudo)code of a more
>or less working algorithm even been published?
>
>Greetings
>
>Jan Willem

Last I heard about this was several years ago, when Botvinnik's son was seeking
money to continue the project, which I believe would make it the first known
instance of multi-generational vaporware.

bruce



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