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Subject: Re: Just what is a chess computer?

Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba

Date: 14:49:14 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?  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?

	Definitely it is not a game of 'match-em-up'. They are able to play full games,
and only the first few moves come from their opening book.
	About the 'artificial intelligence', that depends on what definition you take.

>What about machines such as Fidelity "Chess Challenger 7", Saitek "Kaspasrov
>GK2000", Novag "Emerald", Excalibur "Kasparov 2294"?  How do they get their
>"intelligence"?
>

	The real learning is only made by the programmers, who find clever ways of
making the machines stronger chess players.

>By the way, does anyone remember the old "CompuChess" chess machines?
>
>Thanks for your insights.
>
>Matt A.



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