Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!mclure@SRI-Unix 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 Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.3191 Posted: Mon Jul 18 12:58:00 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 20-Jul-83 08:30:15 EDT Lines: 14 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