Author: James Robertson
Date: 19:30:56 03/17/99
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On March 17, 1999 at 16:04:43, Dave Gomboc wrote: >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 Amazing numbers of "scientific" studies have turned out to be so bogus. :-0 James
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