Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 11:40:10 09/28/99
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On September 28, 1999 at 14:23:35, Matt Agajanian wrote: >Hello, > >Gotz a kwestyun fer ya. > >Just what is a chess computer? Something that costs too much and does not work nearly as well as a chess program on a general purpose computer. On the other hand, if you like a real board and are sick of getting your stuffings knocked out by top level PC programs on fast hardware, they might be just the ticket. >Is it just a machine that has a dabase of >moves/countermoves (i.e. opening books) and you're just playing a 'match-em-up' >game or is there some actual 'artificial intelligence' built into these items? >What about machines such as Fidelity "Chess Challenger 7", Saitek "Kaspasrov >GK2000", Novag "Emerald", Excalibur "Kasparov 2294"? How do they get their >"intelligence"? They don't use artificial intelligence, no matter what they might claim. In a limited sense, I suppose you could say Alpha-Beta pruning is AI. But certainly not the sort of thing we normally associate with that concept. All these machines are is a computer that is dedicated to a single task -- playing chess. Typically they have a standard CPU like a Motorola 68000 series or something of that nature that could be plunked into an ordinary workstation. >By the way, does anyone remember the old "CompuChess" chess machines? > >Thanks for your insights. > >Matt A.
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