A program for analyzing two move chess problems

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Müller, Dieter^{; *; **; ***}

Affiliations: Chemnitz, Germany

Correspondence: [***] E-mail: michael.j.schlosser@t-online.de.

Note: [*] Dieter Müller, a well-known German chess composer (1946–2019), left an unpublished manuscript from 1979. So far only a short note (half a page) was published (Reuter, 1978). For a short vita see the Appendix.

Note: [**] Revision by Michael Schlosser, Rainer Staudte, and Christian Posthoff, Chemnitz, Germany (mail: michael.j.schlosser@t-online.de).

Abstract: This contribution reports about an almost forgotten attempt to find themes in chess composition automatically by machine. Based on investigations of the late International Master of Chess Composition Dieter Müller in the 1970s, the writers describe some of his results. They hope to fill a gap in the great history of chess programming.

DOI: 10.3233/ICG-200162

Journal: ICGA Journal, vol. 42, no. 2-3, pp. 171-177, 2020