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'''Shura-Bura's Program''',<br/>
 
'''Shura-Bura's Program''',<br/>
an early Soviet chess program supposedly developed by a group of scientists at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steklov_Institute_of_Mathematics Steklov Institute of Mathematics] headed by [[Mikhail R. Shura-Bura]]. A brief description of the program was given in an interview with Shura-Bura on computer chess by V. Tomanov, published as part in the 8th Bulletin of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1961 Botvinnik Tal 1961 revenge-match] for the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Championship world chess championship] - entitled "The best move in 58 seconds", cited in [[Jaap van den Herik|Jaap van den Herik's]] Ph.D. thesis ''Computerschaak, Schaakwereld en Kunstmatige Intelligentie'' <ref>[[Jaap van den Herik]] ('''1983'''). ''Computerschaak, Schaakwereld en Kunstmatige Intelligentie''. Ph.D. thesis, [[Delft University of Technology]]. Academic Service, The Hague. ISBN 90 62 33 093 2 (Dutch), 2.2.9. Sjoera-Boera - translation from Russian by J.P. Warris, Russian teacher at TH Delft</ref>. Further, two games of the program were published. However, it seems, the program mentioned by Shura-Bura was not his own program, but a forerunner of the [[ITEP Chess Program]] developed by [[Georgy Adelson-Velsky]] et al., also due to [[Mikhail R. Shura-Bura#ComputerizedChess|Shura-Bura's quote]], not mentioning his own chess program, and more recently, suggested by [[Sergei Markoff|Sergei S. Markoff]] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=70939&start=5 Re: The mystery of Alex Bernstein] by [[Sergei Markoff|Sergei S. Markoff]], [[CCC]], June 08, 2019</ref>.
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an early Soviet chess program developed by a group of scientists at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steklov_Institute_of_Mathematics Steklov Institute of Mathematics] headed by [[Mikhail R. Shura-Bura]]. A brief description of the program was given in an interview with Shura-Bura on computer chess by V. Tomanov, published as part in the 8th Bulletin of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1961 Botvinnik Tal 1961 revenge-match] for the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Championship world chess championship] - entitled "The best move in 58 seconds", cited in [[Jaap van den Herik|Jaap van den Herik's]] Ph.D. thesis ''Computerschaak, Schaakwereld en Kunstmatige Intelligentie'' <ref>[[Jaap van den Herik]] ('''1983'''). ''Computerschaak, Schaakwereld en Kunstmatige Intelligentie''. Ph.D. thesis, [[Delft University of Technology]]. Academic Service, The Hague. ISBN 90 62 33 093 2 (Dutch), 2.2.9. Sjoera-Boera - translation from Russian by J.P. Warris, Russian teacher at TH Delft</ref>. Further, two games of the program were published.  
  
 
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Shura-Bura's Program,
an early Soviet chess program developed by a group of scientists at the Steklov Institute of Mathematics headed by Mikhail R. Shura-Bura. A brief description of the program was given in an interview with Shura-Bura on computer chess by V. Tomanov, published as part in the 8th Bulletin of the Botvinnik Tal 1961 revenge-match for the world chess championship - entitled "The best move in 58 seconds", cited in Jaap van den Herik's Ph.D. thesis Computerschaak, Schaakwereld en Kunstmatige Intelligentie [1]. Further, two games of the program were published.

Description

The program is reported without any search to select the best move with the help of a static evaluation function, which had seven distinct components:

  1. Material (Pawn 1; Knight, Bishop 3.5; Rook 5; Queen 9.5; King 109)
  2. Mobility
  3. Static Exchange Evaluation
  4. Pawn Structure
  5. Center Control
  6. King Safety - Patterns
  7. King Safety - Pawn Shield

See also

Publications

Forum Posts

External Links

References

  1. Jaap van den Herik (1983). Computerschaak, Schaakwereld en Kunstmatige Intelligentie. Ph.D. thesis, Delft University of Technology. Academic Service, The Hague. ISBN 90 62 33 093 2 (Dutch), 2.2.9. Sjoera-Boera - translation from Russian by J.P. Warris, Russian teacher at TH Delft

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