3850. ---- BOOKS ON COMPUTER CHESS: ***** THIS SECTION UPDATED 2 JULY 10 *****
RETURN TO HOME PAGE Tony Peterson, 11 Westbury Road, Southend-on-Sea, Essex SS2 4DW, UK. Tel: 01702 462757. email: tony@chessbooks.co.uk £0.002992. 1996 KASPAROV - DEEP BLUE. Keene, Jacobs, Buzan: Man v Machine. The ACM Chess Challenge: Garry Kasparov v IBM's Deep Blue.
B.B.Enterprises, Sussex 1996. p/b. F. 112pp., background info, some previous games, 6 annotated games. (A.) Kasparov won 4-2. £7.002429. 1997 KASPAROV vs DEEPER BLUE. D.King: Kasparov v Deeper Blue.
Batsford 1997. p/b. F. 112pp., photos, background info, previous games. Deep Blue won 3.5-2.5. (A.) £7.004102. BENJAMIN (Joel): American Grandmaster. Four Decades of Chess Adventures.
Everyman 2007. 1st Edn. p/b. F. 268pp., autobiography and selection of games, lightly annotated. (A.) Traces his career from prodigy to experienced Grandmaster and chess consultant for IBM's Deep Blue computer. Includes many anecdotes, new perspectives on the Kasparov - Deep Blue match, the current major issues of chess. £14.001522. Botvinnik (M.M.): Computers, Chess and Long-Range Planning.
Heidelberg Science Library, 1970. 1st English Edn. p/b. F. 89pp. An important work on the subject, and quite scarce. £18.002074. Clarke (M.R.B.) Ed: Advances in Computer Chess 1.
Edinburgh Univ. Press, 1977. 1st Edn. F, d/w. 118pp. Various contributors, including H.Berliner, D.Michie, S.Tan. A collection of 7 papers presented at a symposium held at Oxford in March 1975. £20.003670. Harding (T.): The New Chess Computer Book.
Pergamon 1986. Repr. p/b. VG. 312pp. A comprehensive work on micro-computers at that time, their development and future, including games. (A.) £9.003253. Kishon (E.), H.Pfleger & O.Weiner: Der Schachcomputer, Gegner und Freund.
Munchen, 1990. 1st Edn. Square h/b. VG. 167pp., photos, history of computer chess, numerous positions as examples of computers in play. £8.003439. Kongsted (C.): How to Use Computers to Improve Your Chess.
Gambit 2003. p/b. F. 192pp. "Computer enthusiast provides practical advice on working with computers so as to become better and more rounded players." (A.) £8.001599. Levy (D.): Chess and Computers.
Batsford 1976. 1st Edn. Ex-library with stamp on endpaper and verso of title-page o/w VG,d/w. 145pp. Includes chess machines, early history of computer chess, the modern era, bibliography. £7.0023. Levy (D.): Computer Chess Compendium.
Batsford,1988. 1st Edn. Large p/b. 440pp. VG. "All important articles on the subject have been collected together...with the best games by chess computers...and an extensive bibliography." £15.00186. Levy (D.N.L.): The Chess Computer Handbook.
Batsford 1984. 1st Edn. p/b. VG. 129pp. (A.) Includes a bibliography. £5.00