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From: mclure%SRI-Unix@sri-unix.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.chess
Subject: Re: Miscellaneous
Message-ID: <3191@sri-arpa.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 18-Jul-83 12:58:00 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul 18 12:58:00 1983
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Not really about chess but...

I played BKG 9.9 extensively but finally gave up after winning 11 7 pt
matches to 3 7 pt matches.  Its doubling leaves a lot to be desired and
is definitely the main weakness of the program.

Last I heard, Dr. Berliner was converting part of BKG to LISP so that
it could answer questions about its actions in a manner similar to
Winograd's SHRDLU.  Also he mentioned that he was preparing an endgame
book so that BKG could simply look up the proper move in situations
where contact between the two sides is broken.  I'm not sure if this is
only for when everyone is in the home-board or when contact is broken.

Stuart