Chess and Computers (Computer Chess Series) David N. L. Levy

Levy, David N. L.:

ISBN 10: 0914894021 / ISBN 13: 9780914894025

Published by Computer Science Press, 1976

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VI, 145 p. : il., gra`f. ; 21 cm , 221 g - sauberes Buch in gutem Zustand: Einband leicht berieben u. etwas gedunkelt, Bindung fest, Seiten hell und sauber, unkennltlich gemachter Namenseintrag, sonst keinerlei Eintragungen oder Unterstreichungen (siehe auch meine Fotos) [sw] --- Rückentext: This ist he first really comprehensive book on the subject of Computer Chess. The first chapter describes the earliest chess "machine", the famous Automaton chess player that toured Europe and America, and there is a detailed account of Torres y Quevedo s invention that played the ending of king and rook against king. Following this is a lucid description of how computers play chess, including an account of early Soviet attempts at chess programming that contains much information hitherto unpublished outside the Soviet Union. David Levy s fascinating book continues with a record of computer chess tournaments and concludes with a description of various research projects that are currently under way and a predicition of what the future holds for chess programmers. w Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 221.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Chess and Computers (Computer Chess Series) David N. L. Levy
• Publisher: Computer Science Press
• Publication Date: 1976
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0914894021
• ISBN 13: 9780914894025
• Binding: .kart.
• Condition: Gut
• Weight: 221 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Spiele

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Synopsis

A history of the relationship between computers and chess from man's first attempt at mechanized chess to today's programming of computers.