About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 49. Chapters: Computer chess, Deep Blue, GNU Chess, Rybka, Chess engine, Virtual Chess 64, Chessmaster, Kotok-McCarthy, Zillions of Games, Hydra, Colossus Chess, Mizar chess engine, Mac Hack, Battle Chess, X3D Fritz, Sargon, Kaissa, ChessGenius, ChessV, SparkChess, Crafty, Wii Chess, Virtual Kasparov, Shredder, HIARCS, Fruit, Pocket Fritz, Video Chess, Houdini, List of chess software, Chess Titans, Deep Thought, Stockfish, Zappa, MChess Pro, Microchess, ChessMachine, Belle, Junior, Power Chess, Naum, Toledo Nanochess, Micro-Max, Kasparov Chessmate, ChipTest, KnightCap, Chessmaster 2000, REBEL, Tom Kerrigan's Simple Chess Program, Fidelity Ultimate Chess Challenge, 1K ZX Chess, Delfi, Sjeng, HiTech, Silver Star Chess, Cray Blitz, Chess Tiger, CilkChess, Socrates II, Ikarus, SmarThink. Excerpt: Computer chess is computer architecture encompassing hardware and software capable of playing chess autonomously without human guidance. Computer chess acts as solo entertainment (allowing players to practice and to better themselves when no human opponents are available), as aids to chess analysis, for computer chess competitions, and as research to provide insights into human cognition. Computer Chess IC bearing the name of developer Franz Morsch (see also Deep Fritz)Chess-playing computers are now accessible to the average consumer. From the mid-70's to the present day, dedicated chess computers have been available for purchase. There are many chess engines such as Crafty, Fruit and GNU Chess that can be downloaded from the Internet for free. These engines are able to play a game that, when run on an up-to-date personal computer, can defeat most master players under tournament conditions. Top programs such as the Proprietary software programs Shredder or Fritz or the open source program Stockfish have surpassed even world champion...
