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Subject: Re: Botwinnik

Author: Dave Gomboc

Date: 13:04:43 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

There have been some strong arguments put forth that with respect to computer
chess, Botwinnik faked everything.  If you're interested in some of the gory
details, track down an old ICCA Journal where Hans Berliner shreds his
"scientific" contribution.

It made Computers, Chess, and Long-Range Planning an interesting read. :-)

Dave Gomboc



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