Author: Dan Homan
Date: 06:09:36 01/19/00
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On January 18, 2000 at 18:54:41, Jeff Lischer wrote: >I am thinking about trying to write my own basic chess playing program. I have >downloaded the TSCP source code as well as that for Crafty. They are pretty well >commented, but I could still use some basic information to help get me started. >Does anyone have any recommendations for introductory texts or papers? "How Computers Play Chess" by Levy and Newborn I found this book to be very helpful. It is mostly a history of computer chess, but several of the key algorithms and ideas behind computer chess are explained clearly - alpha-beta, aspiration alpha-beta, hash tables, time control, iterative deepening, maintaining the principle variation, etc... It might make a nice compliment to the program sources you have downloaded already. - Dan
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