Brute Force (Program)

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Brute Force, a chess program by Louis Kessler that participated in the 8th and 9th North American Computer Chess Championships in 1977 and 1978. Brute Force was a Tech like program, including such features of an iterative alpha-beta routine, a quiescence routine using swap-off values, and an evaluation function based on the opponent's mobility. At the 9th NACCC, it suffered from an "en passant bug" twice, which turned out a wrong implementation due to Kessler's misinterpretation of the rules.

=Selected Games= ACM 1977, round 4, Brute Force - 8080 Chess [Event "ACM 1977"] [Site "Seattle USA"] [Date "1977.10.17"] [Round "4"] [White "Brute Force"] [Black "8080 Chess"] [Result "1-0"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bf4 Nf6 4.Nb5 e5 5.Bxe5 Bb4+ 6.c3 Nxe5 7.dxe5 Bxc3+ 8.Nxc3 Ne4 9.Nxe4 dxe4 10.Qa4+ Bd7 11.Qxe4 b5 12.g4 O-O 13.Bg2 c6 14.h4 a5 15.O-O-O Ra6 16.Qd4 f5 17.Qxd7 Qxd7 18.Rxd7 fxg4 19.Rd6 Rxf2 20.Bxc6 Rf5 21.Bd5+ Kf8 22.Rxa6 Rxe5 23.e4 a4 24.Rb6 g5 25.hxg5 Kg7 26.Rb7+ Kg6 27.Rhxh7 Kxg5 28.Rxb5 Kf4 29.Ra5 a3 30.Rf7+ Ke3 31.Rxa3+ Kd4 32.Rg7 Kc5 33.Rxg4 Kd6 34.Ra6+ Kc5 35.Nf3 Re7 36.Rc6+ Kb4 37.e5+ Kb5 38.Nd4+ Ka5 39.Nb3+ 1-0

=See also=
 * Brute-Force
 * Comics
 * Saitek Brute Force
 * Tech
 * Type A Strategy

=External Links=

Chess Program

 * A Memorial to BRUTE FORCE

Misc

 * brute force - Wiktionary
 * Brute force from Wikipedia
 * Brute-force attack from Wikipedia
 * Brute-force search from Wikipedia
 * Proof by exhaustion from Wikipedia
 * Brute Force (1947 film) from Wikipedia

Comics

 * Brute Force (Volume) - Comic Vine
 * Unsung Characters of Comicdom: Brute Force | ComicAttack by Josh, February 12, 2010
 * 80 Page Giant: It Came From the Dollar Bin: Brute Force by Trixter, July 10, 2012
 * Paul Scheer And Nick Giovannetti Talk Bringing Brute Force To Deadpool Bi-Annual #1 | Comicbook.com by Jamie Lovett, August 24, 2014

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