ICGA Journal - Volume 9, issue 1

Authors: Herschberg, I.S. | van den Herik, H.J.

Article Type: Editorial

DOI: 10.3233/ICG-1986-9101

Citation: ICGA Journal, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 1-2, 1986

Authors: Marsland, T.A.

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: Chess programs have three major components: move generation, search, and evaluation. All components are important, although evaluation with its quiescence analysis is the part which makes each program’s play unique. The speed of a chess program is a function of its move generation cost, the complexity of the position under study and the brevity of its evaluation. More important, however, is the quality of the mechanisms used to discontinue (prune) search of unprofitable continuations. The most reliable pruning method in popular use is the robust alpha-beta algorithm, and its many supporting aids. These essential parts of game-tree searching and pruning …are reviewed’ here, and the performance of refinements, such as aspiration and principal variation search, and aids like transposition and history tables are compared. Show more

DOI: 10.3233/ICG-1986-9102

Citation: ICGA Journal, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 3-19, 1986

Authors: Skiena, Steven S.

Article Type: Research Article

DOI: 10.3233/ICG-1986-9103

Citation: ICGA Journal, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 20-28, 1986

Authors: van den Herik, H.J. | Herschberg, I.S.

Article Type: Other

DOI: 10.3233/ICG-1986-9104

Citation: ICGA Journal, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 29-34, 1986

Authors: van Bergen, A.R.D. | van der Storm, Theo

Article Type: Other

DOI: 10.3233/ICG-1986-9105

Citation: ICGA Journal, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 35-36, 1986

Authors: Seidel, R.

Article Type: Other

DOI: 10.3233/ICG-1986-9106

Citation: ICGA Journal, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 37-44, 1986

Authors: Herschberg, I.S. | van den Herik, H.J.

Article Type: Other

DOI: 10.3233/ICG-1986-9107

Citation: ICGA Journal, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 45-49, 1986

Authors: Marsland, T.A.

Article Type: Book Review

DOI: 10.3233/ICG-1986-9108

Citation: ICGA Journal, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 50-50, 1986

Authors: The Editor,

Article Type: Meeting Report

DOI: 10.3233/ICG-1986-9109

Citation: ICGA Journal, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 51-55, 1986

Authors: Grottling, Göran

Article Type: Short Communication

DOI: 10.3233/ICG-1986-9110

Citation: ICGA Journal, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 56-60, 1986

Authors: Levy, David | Thompson, Ken

Article Type: Short Communication

DOI: 10.3233/ICG-1986-9111

Citation: ICGA Journal, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 61-62, 1986

Article Type: Announcement

DOI: 10.3233/ICG-1986-9112

Citation: ICGA Journal, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 62-62, 1986

Authors: Armez, Alain

Article Type: Other

DOI: 10.3233/ICG-1986-9113

Citation: ICGA Journal, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 63-63, 1986

Article Type: Other

DOI: 10.3233/ICG-1986-9114

Citation: ICGA Journal, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 64-65, 1986