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Gentlemen, stop your engines!

Haworth, G. M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9896-1448 (2007) Gentlemen, stop your engines! ICGA Journal, 30 (3). pp. 150-156. ISSN 1389-6911

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Abstract/Summary

For fifty years, computer chess has pursued an original goal of Artificial Intelligence, to produce a chess-engine to compete at the highest level. The goal has arguably been achieved, but that success has made it harder to answer questions about the relative playing strengths of man and machine. The proposal here is to approach such questions in a counter-intuitive way, handicapping or stopping-down chess engines so that they play less well. The intrinsic lack of man-machine games may be side-stepped by analysing existing games to place computer engines as accurately as possible on the FIDE ELO scale of human play. Move-sequences may also be assessed for likelihood if computer-assisted cheating is suspected.

Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Science
ID Code:4519
Uncontrolled Keywords:kqkr; opponent
Publisher:The International Computer Games Association

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