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Subject: Re: Any Recommendations for Intro Text?

Author: Pete Galati

Date: 18:28:15 01/19/00

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On January 19, 2000 at 20:38:09, James Swafford wrote:

>On January 18, 2000 at 20:58:38, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>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?
>>
>>I would also recommend the sources for Phalanx as it sits squarely between those
>>two extremes (crafty/tscp).  It also plays a mean game of chess.
>>
>>The best source of chess programming information is postscript papers gathered
>>from the net.  I don't think that there are any good books out there.  Or does
>>anybody know of one?
>
>Didn't Ernst Heinz just finish a book?  I don't remember
>the name or URL, but you may be able to find it by fishing
>around the DarkThought site...

Wow, well, goto: http://supertech.lcs.mit.edu/~heinz/node1.html  for a page all
about the book.

Pete



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