3850. ---- BOOKS ON COMPUTER CHESS: ***** THIS SECTION UPDATED 21 MAR 08 *****
Home page: www.chessbooks.co.uk 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.) £7.002811. Beal (D.F.) Ed: Advances in Computer Chess 4.
Pergamon Press, 1986. 1st Edn. VG. 197pp. Various contributors, including H.Berliner, D.Michie, D.Levy, W.Hartston, R.M.Hyatt. A collection of 13 papers presented at the fourth "Advances in Computer Chess" conference held at Brunel University, London, in April 1984. £18.001522. 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. £20.0051. BOTVINNIK (M.M.): Selected Games 1967-1970.
Pergamon 1981. 1st English Edn. p/b. G. 312pp. 40 games, plus articles, including his pioneering work in computer chess. (A.) £12.002074. 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.) £9.002317. Jongman (Dr.R.W.): Het oog van de Meester. Een Experimenteel-Psychologisch Onderzoek naar Waarnemingsprestaties van Schaakmeesters en Ongeoefende Schakers.
Assen, 1968. 1st Edn. p/b. VG. 186pp. A study of the kind of knowledge and skill a machine-programme should be provided with, if the computer were to equal the chess-master's skill in 'reading' positions. (Summary.) £15.003253. 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.) £9.001599. 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