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'''Computer Chess Compendium'''<br/>
edited by [[David Levy]]<br/>
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavilion_Books B.T. Batsford Ltd]<br/>
London, U.K.<br/>
1988. 440 pages<br/>
ISBN 0-7134-4914-4 <br/>
=Source of Supply=
* [http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4757-1968-0 Computer Chess Compendium] from [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springer_Science%2BBusiness_Media Springer]
* [http://www.amazon.com/Computer-Chess-Compendium-David-Levy/dp/0387913319 Computer Chess Compendium] from [http://www.amazon.com/ Amazon.com]
* [http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=61701 Computer Chess Compendium] from [http://portal.acm.org/portal.cfm ACM Portal]
* [http://www.abebooks.com/search/sortby/3/an/David+Levy+/tn/+Compendium Computer Chess Compendium] from [http://www.abebooks.com/ abebooks.com]
* [http://webpages.charter.net/tlikens/booklist.html#computer_chess_compendium Computer Chess Compendium] from [[Tom Likens|Tom Likens']] [http://webpages.charter.net/tlikens/booklist.html booklist]
=Contents=
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!
! style="text-align:left;" ; colspan="2" | Preface
! style="text-align:right;" | page
|-
! style="text-align:left;" | 1
! style="text-align:left;" ; colspan="2" | Introduction
! style="text-align:right;" | 1
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 1.1
| [http://www.pi.infn.it/%7Ecarosi/chess/shannon.txt Programming a Computer for Playing Chess]
| [[Claude Shannon]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 2
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 1.2
| Chess
| [[Alan Turing]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 14
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 1.3
| The Chess Machine:<br/>An Example of Dealing with a Complex Task by Adaptation
| [[Allen Newell]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 18
|-
! style="text-align:left;" | 2
! style="text-align:left;" ; colspan="2" | Famous Chess Programs
! style="text-align:right;" | 28
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 2.1
| [[NSS|Chess Playing Programs and the Problem of Complexity]]<br/>(excerpt)
| [[Allen Newell]], [[Cliff Shaw]], [[Herbert Simon]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 29
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 2.2
| [[The Bernstein Chess Program|Computer v Chess Player]]
| [[Alex Bernstein]], [[Michael de V. Roberts]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 43
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 2.3
| [[Kotok-McCarthy-Program|A Chess Playing Program for the IBM 7090]]
| [[Alan Kotok]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 48
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 2.4
| [[Mac Hack|The Greenblatt Chess Program]]
| [[Richard Greenblatt]], [[Donald Eastlake]], <br/>[[Stephen D. Crocker]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 56
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 2.5
| [[Tech|The Technology Chess Program]]
| [[James Gillogly]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 67
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 2.6
| [[Chess (Program)|CHESS 4.5]] - The Northwestern University Chess Program
| [[Larry Atkin]], [[David Slate]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 80
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 2.7
| [[Cray Blitz]]
| [[Robert Hyatt]], [[Albert Gower]], [[Harry Nelson]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 104
|-
! style="text-align:left;" | 3
! style="text-align:left;" ; colspan="2" | Position Evaluation
! style="text-align:right;" | 112
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 3.1
| [[Mobility|Statistics for the Chess Computer and the Factor of Mobility]]
| [[Eliot Slater]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 113
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 3.2
| A Five-Year Plan for Automatic Chess (excerpt)
| [[Jack Good]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 118
|-
! style="text-align:left;" | 4
! style="text-align:left;" ; colspan="2" | Tree Searching Techniques
! style="text-align:right;" | 122
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 4.1
| Tree-Searching and Tree-Pruning Techniques
| [[John Birmingham]], [[Peter Kent]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 123
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 4.2
| Some Methods of Controlling the Tree Search<br/>in Chess Programs
| [[Georgy Adelson-Velsky]], [[Vladimir Arlazarov]],<br/>[[Mikhail Donskoy]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 129
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 4.3
| The Heuristic Search and the Game of Chess.<br/>A Study of Quiescence, Sacrifices and Plan Oriented Play
| [[Larry Harris]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 136
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 4.4
| A Theory of Evaluative<br/>Comments in Chess with a Note on Minimaxing
| [[Donald Michie]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 143
|-
! style="text-align:left;" | 5
! style="text-align:left;" ; colspan="2" | Analysis
! style="text-align:right;" | 156
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 5.1
| The Sequence of Phases
| [[Adriaan de Groot]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 157
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 5.2
| Skill in Chess
| [[Herbert Simon]], [[William Chase]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 175
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 5.3
| Decision Making and Computers
| [[Mikhail Botvinnik]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 189
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 5.4
| A Chess Mating Combinations Program
| [[George Baylor]], [[Herbert Simon]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 196
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 5.5
| [[Mate-in-two|Robot Chess]]
| [[Dietrich Prinz]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 213
|-
! style="text-align:left;" | 6
! style="text-align:left;" ; colspan="2" | Writing a Chess Program
! style="text-align:right;" | 220
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 6.1
| A Computer Chess Tutorial
| [[Norman Whaland]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 221
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 6.2
| Using Patterns and Plans in Chess
| [[David Wilkins]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 233
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 6.3
| [[Mate at a Glance]]
| [[John Birmingham]], [[Peter Kent]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 258
|-
! style="text-align:left;" | 7
! style="text-align:left;" ; colspan="2" | Special Purpose Software and Hardware
! style="text-align:right;" | 266
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 7.1
| Some Ideas for a Chess Compiler
| [[Mike Clarke]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 267
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 7.2
| [[El Ajedrecista|Robots]]
| [[Henri Vigneron]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 273
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 7.3
| [[CHEOPS]]: A Chess-orientated Processing System
| [[John Moussouris]], [[Jack Holloway]],<br/>[[Richard Greenblatt]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 279
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 7.4
| [[Belle|BELLE]]: Chess Hardware
| [[Joe Condon]], [[Ken Thompson]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 286
|-
! style="text-align:left;" | 8
! style="text-align:left;" ; colspan="2" | The Endgame
! style="text-align:right;" | 293
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 8.1
| [[Corresponding Squares|Co-Ordinate Squares]]:<br/>A Solution to Many Chess Pawn Endgames
| [[Kenneth W. Church]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 295
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 8.2
| Goal-Directed Search in Chess Endgames
| [[Jaap van den Herik]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 316
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 8.3
| Computer Analysis of a Rook End-Game
| [[Vladimir Arlazarov]], [[Aaron L. Futer]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 330
|-
! style="text-align:left;" | 9
! style="text-align:left;" ; colspan="2" | Games Played by Chess Programs
! style="text-align:right;" | 337
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 9.1
| style="text-align:left;" ; colspan="2" | Games from the [[ACM North American Computer Chess Championship|ACM Tournaments]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 338
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 9.2
| style="text-align:left;" ; colspan="2" | Games from the [[World Computer Chess Championship|World Computer Championships]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 382
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 9.3
| style="text-align:left;" ; colspan="2" | Blitz Games between Computers and Human Players
| style="text-align:right;" | 408
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 9.4
| style="text-align:left;" ; colspan="2" | Simultaneous Games between Computer Programs and Human Players
| style="text-align:right;" | 410
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 9.5
| style="text-align:left;" ; colspan="2" | Games Played by Computer Programs in Human Tournaments
| style="text-align:right;" | 411
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 9.6
| style="text-align:left;" ; colspan="2" | Miscellaneous Games played by Computer Programs
| style="text-align:right;" | 418
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 9.7
| style="text-align:left;" ; colspan="2" | [[World Microcomputer Chess Championship|The World Microcomputer Championships]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 419
|-
! style="text-align:left;" |
! style="text-align:left;" ; colspan="2" | Bibliography
! style="text-align:right;" | 421
|}
'''[[Recommended Reading|Up one Level]]'''
[[FILE:ComputerChessCompendium.jpg|border|right|thumb|220px|https://www.abebooks.com/search/sortby/3/an/David+Levy+/tn/+Compendium| Computer Chess Compendium ]]
'''Computer Chess Compendium'''<br/>
edited by [[David Levy]]<br/>
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavilion_Books B.T. Batsford Ltd]<br/>
London, U.K.<br/>
1988. 440 pages<br/>
ISBN 0-7134-4914-4 <br/>
=Source of Supply=
* [http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4757-1968-0 Computer Chess Compendium] from [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springer_Science%2BBusiness_Media Springer]
* [http://www.amazon.com/Computer-Chess-Compendium-David-Levy/dp/0387913319 Computer Chess Compendium] from [http://www.amazon.com/ Amazon.com]
* [http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=61701 Computer Chess Compendium] from [http://portal.acm.org/portal.cfm ACM Portal]
* [http://www.abebooks.com/search/sortby/3/an/David+Levy+/tn/+Compendium Computer Chess Compendium] from [http://www.abebooks.com/ abebooks.com]
* [http://webpages.charter.net/tlikens/booklist.html#computer_chess_compendium Computer Chess Compendium] from [[Tom Likens|Tom Likens']] [http://webpages.charter.net/tlikens/booklist.html booklist]
=Contents=
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!
! style="text-align:left;" ; colspan="2" | Preface
! style="text-align:right;" | page
|-
! style="text-align:left;" | 1
! style="text-align:left;" ; colspan="2" | Introduction
! style="text-align:right;" | 1
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 1.1
| [http://www.pi.infn.it/%7Ecarosi/chess/shannon.txt Programming a Computer for Playing Chess]
| [[Claude Shannon]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 2
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 1.2
| Chess
| [[Alan Turing]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 14
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 1.3
| The Chess Machine:<br/>An Example of Dealing with a Complex Task by Adaptation
| [[Allen Newell]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 18
|-
! style="text-align:left;" | 2
! style="text-align:left;" ; colspan="2" | Famous Chess Programs
! style="text-align:right;" | 28
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 2.1
| [[NSS|Chess Playing Programs and the Problem of Complexity]]<br/>(excerpt)
| [[Allen Newell]], [[Cliff Shaw]], [[Herbert Simon]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 29
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 2.2
| [[The Bernstein Chess Program|Computer v Chess Player]]
| [[Alex Bernstein]], [[Michael de V. Roberts]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 43
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 2.3
| [[Kotok-McCarthy-Program|A Chess Playing Program for the IBM 7090]]
| [[Alan Kotok]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 48
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 2.4
| [[Mac Hack|The Greenblatt Chess Program]]
| [[Richard Greenblatt]], [[Donald Eastlake]], <br/>[[Stephen D. Crocker]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 56
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 2.5
| [[Tech|The Technology Chess Program]]
| [[James Gillogly]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 67
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 2.6
| [[Chess (Program)|CHESS 4.5]] - The Northwestern University Chess Program
| [[Larry Atkin]], [[David Slate]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 80
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 2.7
| [[Cray Blitz]]
| [[Robert Hyatt]], [[Albert Gower]], [[Harry Nelson]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 104
|-
! style="text-align:left;" | 3
! style="text-align:left;" ; colspan="2" | Position Evaluation
! style="text-align:right;" | 112
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 3.1
| [[Mobility|Statistics for the Chess Computer and the Factor of Mobility]]
| [[Eliot Slater]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 113
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 3.2
| A Five-Year Plan for Automatic Chess (excerpt)
| [[Jack Good]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 118
|-
! style="text-align:left;" | 4
! style="text-align:left;" ; colspan="2" | Tree Searching Techniques
! style="text-align:right;" | 122
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 4.1
| Tree-Searching and Tree-Pruning Techniques
| [[John Birmingham]], [[Peter Kent]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 123
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 4.2
| Some Methods of Controlling the Tree Search<br/>in Chess Programs
| [[Georgy Adelson-Velsky]], [[Vladimir Arlazarov]],<br/>[[Mikhail Donskoy]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 129
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 4.3
| The Heuristic Search and the Game of Chess.<br/>A Study of Quiescence, Sacrifices and Plan Oriented Play
| [[Larry Harris]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 136
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 4.4
| A Theory of Evaluative<br/>Comments in Chess with a Note on Minimaxing
| [[Donald Michie]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 143
|-
! style="text-align:left;" | 5
! style="text-align:left;" ; colspan="2" | Analysis
! style="text-align:right;" | 156
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 5.1
| The Sequence of Phases
| [[Adriaan de Groot]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 157
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 5.2
| Skill in Chess
| [[Herbert Simon]], [[William Chase]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 175
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 5.3
| Decision Making and Computers
| [[Mikhail Botvinnik]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 189
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 5.4
| A Chess Mating Combinations Program
| [[George Baylor]], [[Herbert Simon]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 196
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 5.5
| [[Mate-in-two|Robot Chess]]
| [[Dietrich Prinz]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 213
|-
! style="text-align:left;" | 6
! style="text-align:left;" ; colspan="2" | Writing a Chess Program
! style="text-align:right;" | 220
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 6.1
| A Computer Chess Tutorial
| [[Norman Whaland]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 221
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 6.2
| Using Patterns and Plans in Chess
| [[David Wilkins]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 233
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 6.3
| [[Mate at a Glance]]
| [[John Birmingham]], [[Peter Kent]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 258
|-
! style="text-align:left;" | 7
! style="text-align:left;" ; colspan="2" | Special Purpose Software and Hardware
! style="text-align:right;" | 266
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 7.1
| Some Ideas for a Chess Compiler
| [[Mike Clarke]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 267
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 7.2
| [[El Ajedrecista|Robots]]
| [[Henri Vigneron]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 273
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 7.3
| [[CHEOPS]]: A Chess-orientated Processing System
| [[John Moussouris]], [[Jack Holloway]],<br/>[[Richard Greenblatt]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 279
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 7.4
| [[Belle|BELLE]]: Chess Hardware
| [[Joe Condon]], [[Ken Thompson]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 286
|-
! style="text-align:left;" | 8
! style="text-align:left;" ; colspan="2" | The Endgame
! style="text-align:right;" | 293
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 8.1
| [[Corresponding Squares|Co-Ordinate Squares]]:<br/>A Solution to Many Chess Pawn Endgames
| [[Kenneth W. Church]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 295
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 8.2
| Goal-Directed Search in Chess Endgames
| [[Jaap van den Herik]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 316
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 8.3
| Computer Analysis of a Rook End-Game
| [[Vladimir Arlazarov]], [[Aaron L. Futer]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 330
|-
! style="text-align:left;" | 9
! style="text-align:left;" ; colspan="2" | Games Played by Chess Programs
! style="text-align:right;" | 337
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 9.1
| style="text-align:left;" ; colspan="2" | Games from the [[ACM North American Computer Chess Championship|ACM Tournaments]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 338
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 9.2
| style="text-align:left;" ; colspan="2" | Games from the [[World Computer Chess Championship|World Computer Championships]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 382
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 9.3
| style="text-align:left;" ; colspan="2" | Blitz Games between Computers and Human Players
| style="text-align:right;" | 408
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 9.4
| style="text-align:left;" ; colspan="2" | Simultaneous Games between Computer Programs and Human Players
| style="text-align:right;" | 410
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 9.5
| style="text-align:left;" ; colspan="2" | Games Played by Computer Programs in Human Tournaments
| style="text-align:right;" | 411
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 9.6
| style="text-align:left;" ; colspan="2" | Miscellaneous Games played by Computer Programs
| style="text-align:right;" | 418
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 9.7
| style="text-align:left;" ; colspan="2" | [[World Microcomputer Chess Championship|The World Microcomputer Championships]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 419
|-
! style="text-align:left;" |
! style="text-align:left;" ; colspan="2" | Bibliography
! style="text-align:right;" | 421
|}
'''[[Recommended Reading|Up one Level]]'''
