Advances in Computer Chess 8

H.J. van den Herik and J.W.H.M. Uiterwijk (eds.)

Table of Contents

Preface

6-Piece Endgames

K. Thompson

My Experiences with Computers

D. Bronstein

Heuristics and Loops in KQKR

S.D. Milner and A.N. Walker

Diminishing Returns for Additional Search in Chess

A. Junghanns, J. Schaeffer, M. Brockington, Y. Björnsson, and T.A. Marsland

APHID Game-Tree Search

M. Brockington and J. Schaeffer

SSS+

A. de Bruin and W. Pijls

Fail-High Reductions

R. Feldmann

Parallel Controlled Conspiracy-Number Search

U. Lorenz and V. Rottmann

Gains and Risks of OM Search

H. Iida, I. Kotani, J.W.H.M. Uiterwijk, and H.J. van den Herik

Searching with Uncertainty Cut-offs

Y. Björnsson, T.A. Marsland, J. Schaeffer, and A. Junghanns

A Metric for Evaluation Functions

P. Mysliwietz

Information in Transposition Tables

D.M. Breuker, J.W.H.M. Uiterwijk, and H.J. van den Herik

New Advances in Adaptive Pattern-Oriented Chess

J. Allen, E. Hamilton, and R. Levinson

On Learning How to Play

E.F. Morales

Application of Fuzzy Logic and Case-Based Reasoning to the Generation of High-Level Advice in Chess

S.G. Lazzeri and R. Heller

Constraints for Solving Helpmates

R. Staudte

Decision Making under Uncertainty: A Rational Approach to Kriegspiel

P. Ciancarini, F. Dalla Libera, and F. Maran

The Composition of Tsume-Shogi Problems

M. Hirose, H. Matsubara, and T. Itoh

Appendices:

A Miscellany from the Conference

Two Demonstration Games Thoughts and Insights of a Grandmaster

D. Bronstein

A List of Delegates