tony@alberta.UUCP (Tony Marsland) (02/18/85)
The current issue (Vol 7, No. 4) of the International Computer Chess Assoc. Journal is available. It contains two technical articles: "Interior node score bounds in a brute force chess program" by D. Slate and "Uniqueness in Game Trees" by A.N. Walker, plus several reports on recent computer chess events, including the one at last October's ACM Conf. The magazine is available by subscription, US $15 for 4 issues, from William Blanchard, 3 So. 253, Blackthorn Lane, Warrenville, IL 60555.
tony@alberta.UUCP (Tony Marsland) (11/17/85)
The Sept. 85 issue of the Int. Computer Chess Assoc. Journal is being distributed by William Blanchard. Additional copies and subscriptions can be obtained as follows: Subscriptions, $15 per year for 4 issues, available from W.T. Blanchard, 3S, 253 Blackthorn Lane, Warrenville, IL 60555 The following articles appeared in that issue Grammatical description of chess positions, data-base versus human knowledge by R. Seidel Elementary theory proved, a conjecture refuted. by van den Herik and Herschberg A test to compare hyman and computer fairy-chess problem solving by Laszlo Lindner In addition many small reviews and articles including report on: The US Open Computer-Chess Championship (Mobile) The 5th World microcomputer-chess Championship (Amsterdam) At 80 pages, good value for money.
tony@alberta.UUCP (Tony Marsland) (09/05/86)
The June 1986 issue of the ICCA Journal is now being distributed.
The issue contains the following articles:
"Intuition in Chess" by A.D. de Groot
"Selective Search without Tears" by D. Beal
"When will Brute-force Programs beat Kasparov?" by D. Levy
Also there is a complete report on the 5th World Computer Chess Championship
by Helmut Horacek and Ken Thompson, including all the games.
There are many other short articles, reviews and news items.
Subscriptions available from:
Jonathan Schaeffer, Computing Science Dept., Univ. of Alberta,
Edmonton T6G 2H1, Canada.
Cost: $15 for all four 1985 issues
$20 per year beginning 1987, $US money order or check/cheque.
email: jonathan@alberta.uucp for more information.