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Computer chess

Computer chess includes both hardware (dedicated computers) and software capable of playing chess. Computer chess provides opportunities for players to practice even in the absence of human opponents, and also provides opportunities for analysis, entertainment and training. Computer chess applications that play at the level of a chess grandmaster or…

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Availability and playing strength

Types and features of chess software

Computers versus humans

Computer methods

Endgame tablebases

Opening book

Computer chess rating lists

History

Categorizations

Notable theorists

Solving chess

Chess engines

Chess web apps

Impact of AI on chess

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Computer chess

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Computer chess

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related to Timeline · 74
Computer chess → After, AI, Ajeeb, Alan Turing, Alex Bernstein, American Computer, Association, B-class, Because, Bell Labs, Ben Mittman, BESM, Canadian, Championships, Charles Hooper, Chess, Claude Shannon, Computer, Computing Machinery, Cybernetics
related to Further reading · 58
Computer chess → AI, American Mathematical Society's Proceeding, AMS, Annals, Applied Mathematics, Ars Technica, Artificial Intelligence, August, Automated Reasoning Programs, Barbara Jane, Based, Berkeley, Brute, Build, California, Chess Endgames, Chess EngineColes, Computer Science, Deep Blue's, Dobb's JournalHuberman
related to Sources · 42
Computer chess → Academic Press, Age, Behind Deep Blue, Building, Claude, Computer, Computer Chess Comes, Computer Chess History Timeline, Computer History MuseumBill Wall's, Computer Science Press, David, Deep Blue, Defeated, Feng-hsiung, Gambit Publications, Game, Garry Kasparov, History, How Computers Play Chess, Hsu
related to Early software age: selective search and Botvinnik · 37
Computer chess → After, After Botvinnik, Alexander Reznitskiy, Alexander Yudin, Artificial Intelligence-based, Boris Stilman, Botvinnik, Botvinnik's, Butenko, CC Sapiens, Chess Master's Mind, Control Sciences, Dutch Television, Eureka, In, ITEP, John McCarthy, Kaissa, Kotok-McCarthy, Kotok-McCarthy-Program
related to Commercial dedicated computers · 31
Computer chess → Applied Concepts Inc, ARM-based, Boris, Boris Diplomat, Chess Challenger, ChessMachine, Chessmaster, Constellation, Excalibur Electronics, Fidelity Electronics, Gideon, Glaser, Hegener, In, Mephisto, Novag, Phoenix Chess Systems, Rebel, Saitek, Sapphire
related to External links · 30
Computer chess → Archived, Bill Wall, Browser-based, Chess, Chess Club ForumsThe Strongest, Chess Programming, Chess Theory Page, Computer Chess Engines Over, Computer History MuseumACM Computer, Ed Schröder, Edward WinterComputer Chess Information, Endgame TablebasesGameDev, François-Dominic Laramée Part, Game, God, History, How REBEL Plays Chess, Humanity's Honor, KB, Ken Thompson's
related to Notable theorists · 26
Computer chess → American, American Professor, Association, Berliner, Computer Science, Computing MachineryClaude, CraftyDanny Kopec, Cray Blitz, Deep Blue, English, Georgy Adelson-Velsky, HiTech, Hsu, International Chess Master, Israeli, Kopec-Bratko, Kronrod, Mikhail Botvinnik, Newborn, PioneerAlexander Brudno
related to Neural network revolution · 25
Computer chess → AlphaZero, AlphaZero's, August, Blondie25, CUDA, Efficiently, Even, Giraffe, GPUs, However, Komodo, Leela Chess Zero, May, Morph, MuZero, NeuroChess, Nvidia's CUDA, Royal Society's Venki Ramakrishnan, Some, Stockfish
related to Graphical user interface · 17
Computer chess → By, CECP, Chess Engine Communication Protocol, Computer, Edwards Notation, Engines, FEN, Forsyth, GUI, Nearly, Older, PGN, Portable Game Notation, See, Starting, UCI, Universal Chess Interface
related to Computer chess rating lists · 14
Computer chess → CCRL, CEGT, Computer Chess Rating Lists, CSS, Fat Fritz, FGRL, IPON, Komodo, Leela Chess Zero, REBEL, SSDF, Stockfish, Various, WBEC

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chess computer moves programs engines first play search program game computers human evaluation positions world position time fritz match deep

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Chessbaseinstance ofeither alone or alongside GUI programs0.80text
the mobile apps for Chess.cominstance ofeither alone or alongside GUI programs0.80text
Lichessinstance ofeither alone or alongside GUI programs0.80text
Stockfish can be expected to beat the world's best players reliablyinstance ofTop engines0.80text
even when running on consumer-grade hardwareinstance ofTop engines0.80text
Fritz or Rybka may have a built-in mechanism for reducing the Elo rating of the engineinstance ofengines0.80text
Shane's Chess Information Databaseinstance ofbut there are alternatives0.80text
CT-ARTinstance ofConvekta provides a large number of training apps0.80text
its Chess King line based on tutorials by GM Alexander Kalinininstance ofConvekta provides a large number of training apps0.80text
Maxim Blokh.There is also software for handling chess problemsinstance ofConvekta provides a large number of training apps0.80text
Juniorinstance ofcommercially available programs0.80text
Fritz were able to draw matches against former world champion Garry Kasparovinstance ofcommercially available programs0.80text

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