Manuel Cristóbal López-Michelone

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Manuel Cristóbal López-Michelone, (Morsa) a Mexican FIDE master of chess, blogger and chess columnist, computer scientist and professor at department of computer science, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).

=Description Language for Chess= Along with Jorge L. Ortega-Arjona, Manuel Cristóbal López-Michelone introduced a pattern description language for chess positions, published in ICGA Journal, Vol. 42, No. 1 Abstract: The game of chess involves patterns. In this article we develop a simple description language for chess positions as patterns. It seems useful to catalogue similar positions in a generic form, based on common elements, in order to simplify the search for chess positions. A simple chess pattern language is used here to develop a computer program to find similar chess configurations. The aim is to avoid a commonly-used brute force approach. Further, this language could explain why some typical maneuvers actually work in some patterns. This could also be a step forward to model and build chess programs, which perform in a way closer to what a human being does.

The instructions of the language are: =Selected Publications=
 * A(B) – Piece A attacks/defends Piece B
 * A(square) – Piece A attacks square
 * A square – Piece A at square
 * taboo(square) – Make a square unavailable to defender
 * action(chess movement) – The recommended move for the pattern
 * structw([list of pawns]) – Defines the structure of the white pawns on the board
 * structb([list of pawns]) – Defines the structure of black pawns on the board
 * Logical connectors(“,”, “;”) – “,” is AND, “;” is OR.
 * Single line comments can be made with the “//” delimiter, for example, //This is a comment.
 * Manuel Cristóbal López-Michelone, Jorge L. Ortega-Arjona (2020). A description language for chess. ICGA Journal, Vol. 42, No. 1

=External Links=
 * Lopez Michelone, Manuel FIDE Chess Profile
 * Blog de La_Morsa
 * M. en C. Manuel Cristóbal López Michelone
 * Manuel López Michelone, Autor en Proceso Portal de Noticias
 * Morsa VS Kaspárov en la UNAM, YouTube Video

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