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The New Chess Computer Book is a revised edition of The Chess Computer Book that contains more than 50 percent new material about chess-playing microcomputers. Since the first edition of the book was written there have been large numbers of machines launched, some of which the author has been able t...
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Pergamon Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford, OX, England ; New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 1985. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Second edition. |
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Pergamon chess series
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780080297682 |
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The New Chess Computer Book is a revised edition of The Chess Computer Book that contains more than 50 percent new material about chess-playing microcomputers. Since the first edition of the book was written there have been large numbers of machines launched, some of which the author has been able to test over a long period. Inevitably there are new chess-playing, microcomputers machines, and updated modules for older ones, coming out all the time, with launch dates for machines in different countries often being different, due to commercial considerations. However, an attempt has been made |
| Item Description: | Revised edition of: The chess computer book. 1st ed. 1982. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xiv, 312 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page 309) and index. |
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9781483140322 1483140326 |
| Index Number: | GV1449 |
| CLC: | G891.1 |
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Front Cover; The Newchess Computer Book; Copyright Page; Publisher's Note; Publisher's Note; Preface to the new edition; Preface to the first edition; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; A note on chess notation; Chapter 1. 2001 and all that; Chapter 2. Hullo, Mr Chips; Chapter 3. Make mine modular; Chapter 4. On the origin of species and their differentiation; CHESS COMPUTERDESIDERATA; THE COMPUTERS; AUTO RESPONSE BOARD; BORIS; CAPABLANCA EDITION; CHESS CHALLENGERS; CHESS CHAMPION MARK SIX (also Mark IV, Mark V); CHESS KING MASTER; CHESS KING POCKET MICRO; CHESS PARTNER 2000/3000. Chess travellercompanion ii; computachess; computachess ii; computachess travel sensory; conchess; constellation; cyrus; destiny laser chess; electronic chess; executive chess; explorer; graduate chess; grand master; great game machine; grunfeld edition; intelligent chess; junior chess; la regence; master chess trio; mattel computer chess; mega 4 ggm; mephisto; mephisto junior; morphy; novag micro ii; phantom; philidor; portachess; president; prestige; prodigy; sargon 2.5; sensor chess; star chess; steinitz-4; super constellation; superstar; super system iii; the mate; tolinka; travel mate. WESTRAKChapter 5. The state of the art; WHAT IS THE STATEOF THE ART?; Chapter 6. But can they beat people?; Chapter 7. It crawled out of the video screen; WRITING YOUR OWNCHESS PROGRAM; Chapter 8. Chess computers are almost human; OPENING REPERTOIRE; THE HORIZON EFFECT'; POSITIONAL EVALUATION; ENDGAME HEADACHES; DRAWS AND RESIGNATIONS; SOME SOLUTIONS; Chapter 9. Is that 'book'?; Chapter 10. ""Why did it make that silly move?""; Chapter 11. It's you against the computer'; Chapter 12. 'Are you another computer?""; Chapter 13. ""Mighty micros march ever onward'; Further Reading-some suggestions |